Regarding modeling a P32ac-dm

Guys,

Eventually, I'm in the interest of persuing a kitbash of an Athearn AMD103 shell into a Metro North P32AC-DM. I have the article from an older edition of Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine that shows how to kitbash, however the air intake grills were never changed, and want it to be the exact prototype. Of coarse if you have an OMI Brass engine, it's all done but for the steep price. Can anyone shed light into how you can actually get the right air intakes which on a P32AC-DM is the larger 3 grille rather than the P40/42 the smaller 4, and who would make it? And if not, if someone actually did the kitbash, how was it done? The other thing is Metro North is using the new scheme, and it seems nobody makes the decals for it yet, so can someone shed me some light? Or will there be an actually resin shell release of this locomotive model? Anybody's help here is appreciated.

Thanks,
Neil Feldman

You'll need at least two P42/P40 shells; one to hack up and the other as the subject. See my post from almost 2 years ago:
http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopi ... 32&t=75183

I see it, but the question is how did you make the rear intake grilles?

It's hard to explain verbally/in writing but I cut and combined the intake grills of both shells to make them taller. I basically, cleanly cut out the last three intake grills leaving only the first one on the main model and then took two of the intake grills from the scrap shell and put it adjacent to the one grill that I left on the main shell. I then made the grills taller by adding the top half from the scrap shell on top. I hope that makes some sense. I eventually plan on putting together a "how to" page on my website with pictures showing where to make the cuts, etc.

Thank you very much!