I'm very excited to present a new model and product from my workshop: Alco C420, as far as I know another first in Z. It's not a kitbash as usually, it's a all-metal etched shell, mostly soildered together with a heavily modified MTL Geep chassis underneath. So what has driven me to do this? John Bartelotto asked me if I could do a kitbash based on a GP9. Green as I was I agreed...At the staet of the project I looked, of course, a bit closer on the design and decided such a kitbash would never look right. Having some experience in designing a metal etched fret with my Coil Car (BTW: I got the material and will start "production" soon) I decided to give it a try with a loco shell. I think it's not too bad for the first shot, I know now what needs to be changed for the low hood C420 that will follow. So what are the main faetures apart from a 0.25mm nickel-silver etched shel of approx. 100 parts? YThe MTL chassis is milled down by approx. 0.8mm and stretched. The narrow chassisa in combination with the thin metal shell allow I prototypical accurat hood width. The insulation between chassis and shell is formed by some electrical tape. The truck frames are Hallmark Veranda sides, not 100% prototypical (before somebody complains...) but give the an overall o.k. apperance. The loco is painted in LIRR colours, John's favorite RR and ideal addition to his very special LIRR fleet of Alco RS3 and Fairbank-Morse C-Liner. Enough words, have a look. Forgot: before people ask, you can't get THIS for pocket money....

Thursday, 29 September 2011

951

0

227.74 KB (480 x 640 px)

Gerd

227.74 KB (480 x 640 px)