Models Coming Soon

What's on the workbench?

01/30/10 --  ROUND CAB CF7 test run is complete.... here you go!  This test in primer paint shows the original "open frame", round-roof cab with three windows per side, high front battery box, and the twin "Chicken basket" spark arrestors on two stacks.

01/10/10 --  I'm ready to 'fess up here.  I finally got over all the technical casting issues and the N Scale CF7 project is ready to at least announce as 'coming soon'.  

The conversion kit will furnish options for both different frame types, and at least three different cab options - one round cab and two angled, along with separately-cast details like steps, stacks, and battery boxes to allow for all the individual unit variations.  The test model assembly above has sixteen resin pieces plus the hood! Photos above do not have the final photoetched details (steps, rails, grabs, etc.) applied.  This will have the same high photoetch standards as the 70-tonner, just more parts!   If there's enough interest I may also add the original strange "2649" cab that had the F-unit windows, and some of the additional round and angular cabs with blanked-out windows.

The basic mechanism is the high-quality Atlas GP7/GP9 (2006 copyright frame date) mechanism, sold separately  The long hood is an Atlas-supplied part, either from your own GP7 Phase I non-dynamic locomotive, ordered from Atlas, or supplied by me.  I'm probably offering the kit both with and without the Atlas hood.  The conversion kit precisely fits that part.  It 'may' fit other GP7's, but it was designed for this one.

I'm taking advance e-mails of interest - not orders yet - so I can accurately order the photoetch part batches.  Please send interest and inquiry emails to cf7@randgust.com.  I'll record these emails and offer to you first when they are ready before they go on open sale.  I'm estimating pricing at $49, but that may come down if I get a better quantity discount on etchings.

Shots in gray primer paint so you can actually see the detail:

While the truck centers from a GP7 are a foot longer than a CF7, the trucks were crowded toward the ends 3" so that the end result is a shell that is only 6" longer than drawings - 49'6" over the end sills:

03/03/09 --  Ore cars are moved out! Hmmm.  Now what...But the 'big project' that's been around forever is still waiting....  (hint, look up!)

06/25/08   -- The 70-tonner is in production, and the workbench is cleared for the 'next great project'....stay tuned, I'm not ready to blow my cover just yet.  But I'll give you a clue, I've already scratchbuilt these before...... now it's time for the kit. 

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