v3.1
Redesign of my 8-wide GP38-2 with an engine body that's been shifted forwards by 1/2 stud to allow for way more prototypical proportions. The nose got a plate-height shorter, resulting in a less uncanny face. The cab is shifted forward by half a stud, so the long hood could grow by a stud in length, too. Overall, proportions are spot-on now. I ended up doing a full rebuild of my two original 9V powered GP38-2s.
Powered by two 9V train motors, therefore the wheel base on the trucks is wildly short.
All the major decals are self-designed and home-printed, the little warning signs are from a BMR decal kit I still had around.
Special thanks go, once again, to Chris Stone.
Prototype picture
Tags: lego train bnsf gp38-2 burlington northern santa fe 8-wide 8w
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v3.1
Redesign of my 8-wide GP38-2 with an engine body that's been shifted forwards by 1/2 stud to allow for way more prototypical proportions. The nose got a plate-height shorter, resulting in a less uncanny face. The cab is shifted forward by half a stud, so the long hood could grow by a stud in length, too. Overall, proportions are spot-on now. I ended up doing a full rebuild of my two original 9V powered GP38-2s.
Powered by two 9V train motors, therefore the wheel base on the trucks is wildly short.
All the major decals are self-designed and home-printed, the little warning signs are from a BMR decal kit I still had around.
Special thanks go, once again, to Chris Stone.
Prototype picture
Tags: lego train bnsf gp38-2 burlington northern santa fe 8-wide 8w
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v3.1
Redesign of my 8-wide GP38-2 with an engine body that's been shifted forwards by 1/2 stud to allow for way more prototypical proportions. The nose got a plate-height shorter, resulting in a less uncanny face. The cab is shifted forward by half a stud, so the long hood could grow by a stud in length, too. Overall, proportions are spot-on now. I ended up doing a full rebuild of my two original 9V powered GP38-2s.
Powered by two 9V train motors, therefore the wheel base on the trucks is wildly short.
All the major decals are self-designed and home-printed, the little warning signs are from a BMR decal kit I still had around.
Special thanks go, once again, to Chris Stone.
Prototype picture
Tags: lego train bnsf gp38-2 burlington northern santa fe 8-wide 8w
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v3.1
Redesign of my 8-wide GP38-2 with an engine body that's been shifted forwards by 1/2 stud to allow for way more prototypical proportions. The nose got a plate-height shorter, resulting in a less uncanny face. The cab is shifted forward by half a stud, so the long hood could grow by a stud in length, too. Overall, proportions are spot-on now. I ended up doing a full rebuild of my two original 9V powered GP38-2s.
Powered by two 9V train motors, therefore the wheel base on the trucks is wildly short.
All the major decals are self-designed and home-printed, the little warning signs are from a BMR decal kit I still had around.
Special thanks go, once again, to Chris Stone.
Prototype picture
Tags: lego train bnsf gp38-2 burlington northern santa fe 8-wide 8w
© All Rights Reserved
v3.1
Redesign of my 8-wide GP38-2 with an engine body that's been shifted forwards by 1/2 stud to allow for way more prototypical proportions. The nose got a plate-height shorter, resulting in a less uncanny face. The cab is shifted forward by half a stud, so the long hood could grow by a stud in length, too. Overall, proportions are spot-on now. I ended up doing a full rebuild of my two original 9V powered GP38-2s.
Powered by two 9V train motors, therefore the wheel base on the trucks is wildly short.
All the major decals are self-designed and home-printed, the little warning signs are from a BMR decal kit I still had around.
Special thanks go, once again, to Chris Stone.
Prototype picture
Tags: lego train bnsf gp38-2 burlington northern santa fe 8-wide 8w
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