Conrail RS3m 8481 still exists and has been in Tuckahoe NJ for many years, which is what I picked it to build. I think I saw it running once in the 1990s near Wildwood Junction. I bought a 3D printed HO DeWitt Geep parts kit but want to measure the real thing to hopefully better confirm my designing of the S Scale parts. Since it is January as I write this it will be a few months until that will happen. |
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This
is an American Models RS3 first released in 1991. American Models has been the constant
reliable S Scale supplier since 1982. I have called them the “Athearn Blue Box”
of S Scale. They run well and are a great place to start to make a detailed
locomotive.
In spite of being in S Scale for 35 years now and the MANY locos I have detailed and/or painted I have not built a RS3 yet. This was going to be an easy paint only project but as usual my inner obsessions escape making this at least a medium detail level build. Those that know diesel phases count louvers etc is generally not me. I am not shaving off any incorrect details if there are any but plan on adding brass handrails and the roof details that make this a “DeWitt Geep” EMD conversion.
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