EMD SW1

[Altoona]

Meh...we all know that we need an H10-44 or H12-44. Fits perfectly on the Atlas VO1000 chassis, but tooling money doesn't grow on trees you know! 

Best wishes, Dave

Try Shapeways. They have both H10-44 and H12-44.

Judd

[randgust]

Well, those that would rather do something rather than just talk about it would be highly recommended to get a Kato NW2 and start chopping.  You can make it work.   You can do my shell or set out to do one on Shapeways, but whatever work you put into a Kato mech won't be wasted, and if you can cut rails with an abrasive disk in a Dremel and have enough sense to wear safety glasses and a pair of leather gloves, you can do it.

To me it's rather amazing to see threads like this.   I'm trying to remember WHAT YEAR I did my resin shell; I think it was..... 2007?   It was just before Kato did the NW2 as my very first one was on a L-L SW chassis (boy, was THAT hard!!!).   So just as a reminder, I think it's been a seven year wait so far...   A modeler that I knew well saw my very first attempt actually run, and run well, in his roadname commented 'no, I think I'll wait for it to come out commercially because yours has the wrong headlight'....    All I can say is that that person finally gave up N scale.    I'm always in the process of continuous improvement of my layout (anybody want any more rebuilt Trix cabooses that got replaced by IM's?) but I'd never let that stop me on trying my hand to make the best I could with what was available today, rather than ..... someday.

From what I can seen on Spookshow's site, the Bachmann NW2 chassis will either take a lot more work to shorten or not be possible.   I have to cut quite a chunk out of the nose and the cab area frame to move both toward the center, and that Bachmann frame looks like it has the same problem that LL did - that's exactly where they decided to put the frame screws.

[Dave Schneider]

Thanks for the suggestion Judd. Been there. Done that. A great design that cannot be printed in a satisfactory manner by Shapeways using their current technology. Seventy dollars poorer, and a fair bit of time spent trying to make an acceptable (to me) model. Not only is there an issue with the print quality, the models have developed a bow to them (in the sides) that is not easily fixed.

Best wishes, Dave

[mcjaco]

Thanks Matt. I didn't think you guys would let him get away with the wrong color!

Best wishes, Dave

And as Jim, stated, I knew there was a story behind the two colors.  And we would probably let Vince get away with a lot.  His stuff is amazing.   

[Denver Road Doug]

Well, those that would rather do something rather than just talk about it would be highly recommended to get a Kato NW2 and start chopping.  You can make it work.   You can do my shell or set out to do one on Shapeways, but whatever work you put into a Kato mech won't be wasted, and if you can cut rails with an abrasive disk in a Dremel and have enough sense to wear safety glasses and a pair of leather gloves, you can do it.

To me it's rather amazing to see threads like this.   I'm trying to remember WHAT YEAR I did my resin shell; I think it was..... 2007?   It was just before Kato did the NW2 as my very first one was on a L-L SW chassis (boy, was THAT hard!!!).   So just as a reminder, I think it's been a seven year wait so far...   A modeler that I knew well saw my very first attempt actually run, and run well, in his roadname commented 'no, I think I'll wait for it to come out commercially because yours has the wrong headlight'....    All I can say is that that person finally gave up N scale.    I'm always in the process of continuous improvement of my layout (anybody want any more rebuilt Trix cabooses that got replaced by IM's?) but I'd never let that stop me on trying my hand to make the best I could with what was available today, rather than ..... someday.

From what I can seen on Spookshow's site, the Bachmann NW2 chassis will either take a lot more work to shorten or not be possible.   I have to cut quite a chunk out of the nose and the cab area frame to move both toward the center, and that Bachmann frame looks like it has the same problem that LL did - that's exactly where they decided to put the frame screws.

 

Well, you don't like my post and I don't like your resin shells.  We're even.

[sd45elect2000]

Thanks for the suggestion Judd. Been there. Done that. A great design that cannot be printed in a satisfactory manner by Shapeways using their current technology. Seventy dollars poorer, and a fair bit of time spent trying to make an acceptable (to me) model. Not only is there an issue with the print quality, the models have developed a bow to them (in the sides) that is not easily fixed.

Best wishes, Dave

My FMs turned out pretty decent. Certainly not perfect by any means but it'll look good hauling ribside cars.

Randy

[up1950s]

I want 2 SW-1's , and not to make a TW-2 . Though ...........

[randgust]

Doug, to be perfectly honest I'm even more stunned that Kato hasn't done it themselves.  I've showed them exactly what I had to do to the frames, how much was re-usable, etc.   I'm doing RP myself now, tinkering and learning, I'm not particularly satisfied with what I did seven years ago either.  But what's underneath, the chopped Kato mech, well, that's about as good as anything you'd see on a brand-new model.  The Kato NW2 didn't even exist when I started this.