How time flies - it hardly seems one year since Mr Sebastian gave us a first status report on the SSA SD45. Happy birthday SD45 announcement ! :-)
Ron, is there any chance of some more pictures ? Is there any news on which roadnames will be done ? Hungry and enquiring minds would love to know. Cheers. Pete M. --- In [email protected], "dphobbies" <dphobbies@...> wrote: > > Colin, > > Thanks for asking. No, it will not be a kit, much less a flat kit like the > GP7 conversion. It will be a complete locomotive, composed of components not > unlike a current Intermountain or Athearn Genesis offerings. The carbody > itself consists of a long hood, cab, nose and deck. The photos that my very, > very good friend Don Thompson posted show these except the nose. The nose > mold was recently completed and will be added to the samples. > > I think only one person other than myself has seen the nose and that is Greg > Elams. Greg has been a tremendous help to our moldmaker in the development of > many of the details. My hats off to Greg for keeping quiet on this until the > carbody was substantially done and we had something to share. > > The astute will notice that a good number of the components are common to > many second generation GPs and SDs. My GP35s have already been recabbed and > will both get nose jobs shortly. > > Regards, > > Ron Sebastian > Des Plaines > > > --- In [email protected], "cms_inv_2001" <colin.s@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Just passing through and I notice the news on the SD45, here's a project > > with plenty of kit bashing scope, is this to be a body kit like the SSA > > GP7? > > > > Colin > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
