Hi everybody, I've had the SDP40F on my mind lately because Amtrak used it, and we have no US passenger stock in TT (that I know of anyway). Although I've been quiet on this board I've been lurking, enjoying seeing what you all are up to. Yesterday we ran the TT train for Thanksgiving guests!
Anyway, regarding this locomotive the additional advantage is that it was used by freight lines through 2001, according to Wikipedia.
So it's very versatile, could be used for passenger or fright.
Thinking of drafting this prototype in CAD for:
Phase I - Use in a computer game and eventually
Phase II - Once it's sufficiently refined, creating a physical TT scale model (Phase II of the project).
Doing something like this for me could easily become a lifetime project; already such projects are time consuming; in my case further slowed down because I'm new to all the techniques and skills needed: being proficient at Blender (my CAD/CAM program), molding with resin, etc.
EDIT: Meant to say, I'm looking for feedback on the feasibility of the project and whether this is an appealing direction (or not). Particularly, does anyone have pictures and dimensions of the prototype? Whatever I do, I want to get the nose right, I want a faithful representation of the prototype for these purposes.