.I'd say just swap out the 3 axle trucks for 2 axle trucks like for any Athearn, if you can find the 2 axle trucks you want. Don't know if Athearn still has spare parts available. What about the underbody details? Your photo seems to have a smaller tank than the typical Athearn SD45, and more forward perhaps, due to the fewer axles. Will you be building your own wide cab? I thought there was someone years ago, that made a wide cab conversion kit. I'd like to add a wide cab to some of the GP40-2s as an upgrade, but not looking for another scratch building project. Ended up getting some GP60Ms last time Athearn ran them, so my freelanced line would have some modern smaller wide cab equipped locos.
I'd say just swap out the 3 axle trucks for 2 axle trucks like for any Athearn, if you can find the 2 axle trucks you want...
MK added split radiators when they added HEP and stretched the frame.Your photo looks like the unit has flaired grills in the rear. Don't recall that design on any GP40-2s. I understand about the funds, fwiw.
Your photo looks like the unit has flaired grills in the rear. Don't recall that design on any GP40-2s. I understand about the funds, fwiw.
Oh, and to me, a GP40-2 and GP40X are not the same thing, visually. I know that years ago, Athearn made a GP40X model, but not sure they've rerun it recently, as I recall, only 1-2 railroads had them, with SP being one, so in my mind, it would be a hard model to find, at least in plastic. Most people don't kitbash in brass.
Toot - I stand corrected then, I had information that they were all repainted in 1998, maybe some were repainted in warbonnet? Those pictures don't look like a nearly 40 year old paint job!
Willie