GP9 detail improvements

[ConducTTor]

I could use a couple of those if anyone has extras.

[Murad]

I could use a couple of those if anyone has extras.

Hope will be avaliable by the end of summer

[RodTT]

I take it these are for the Lok-n-Roll chassis rather than hacking the existing plastic chassis?

[MacG]

The etched parts from Carsten are an addition to the Lionel plastic chassis. The used drive is irrelevant. They are mounted on the visible places. The drive is inside. See here at ICV RR

Supplement: Carsten does not have any further batches of this sheet metal produced.

[MacG]

The etched handrails may be available again soon.

A friend asked me if I could make these spark arrestors (picture 1, picture 2). Unfortunately, the exhaust pipes on the Lionel model are quite wide. That's why my spark arrestor is a little wider than the one on the prototype. This G Scale Spark Arrestor served as a template.


What do you think, does that still look right? It is 3.2mm wide (like the exhaust), 4mm high, and 6.6mm deep.

[areibel]

Looks good! There are some detail pics that show measurements of a real GP9 here-
http://www.planomodelproducts.com/GP9pics.html
if you go down to the 10th row there are a few pics of the exhaust, unfortunately they are not close but if your eyes are better than mine you might be able to make it out? The metal plate is to keep water out of the exhaust, they were added but railroads after the locomotive was built
so that part isn't original.

[MacG]

Thanks Al, but I already know this site. I find the photographed details very good.

After a look at these photos (pic 1, pic 2), I now have the sides pulled down to the roof. The exhaust is thus completely surrounded.