Hi Robert; The SMMW GP-38 is due out this year. Since it is still in design and development, I suggest contacting Jim King from the SMMW site and asking about the fuel tank options.
The alternative if you want to "roll your own" from AM parts would be either working out the details yourself, or looking at model railroad literature from the 1970s or early 1980s before the Roco and Athearn GP-38 models became available. At that point there were some folks who made GP-38s from the closest available model, the Athearn GP-35 Pieter E. Roos --- On Wed, 1/9/13, Robert Lampe <[email protected]> wrote: From: Robert Lampe <[email protected]> Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} Re: Locomotive conversions aka a kitbash To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 3:54 AM Sounds like the SMMW model is the way to go. Does it have various fuel tanks? BAP used short tanks. Bob in MT To: [email protected] From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2013 07:07:23 +0000 Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Locomotive conversions aka a kitbash Hi Bob Assuming that you would want an accurate model of a 38-2 besides having to lengthen the chassis and body shell of the GP35 etc the hood door arrangement on the GP38-2 is different to the GP35 and would require extensive work to make it into an accurate model. I would agree with the suggestion of going for the SMMW version which if Jim's previous efforts are anything to go by will be very very nice indeed. Colin
