New front end cow catcher for my Frateschi OO scale SAR 34 class Diesel Electric Locomotive:
Fitted handcrafted Vacuum Brake Hoses and HO
"scale" head metal "whisker®" Kadee coupler #158
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| Modified cow catcher, fitted handcrafted vacuum brake hoses, closed pilot hole and fitted Kadee coupler #158... |
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| HO "scale" head metal "whisker®" Kadee coupler #158 |
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| A real SAR 34 class Diesel Locomotive.... with the old Bushveld Train Safaris badge. |
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| Air-horns in incorrect position for SAR |
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| Air-horns now fitted on driver cab... |
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| and air-horns fitted on engine cab... |
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| Another detailed Aliwal North SAR Layout scene... |
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| SAR 35 class Diesel Locomotive (35-345) on the left, to make and fit air horns. Almost finished the SAR 34 class Diesel Locomotive (34-108) on the right. |
Last week I revisited this project -
Tackled the 34-509 and the 34-108
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| Painted the Handrails black and with the Air horns on the roof, it represents a pre 1980 model... 34-509 To fit the Jumper Cable Receptacle Box. |
Between 1974 and 1977 Iscor placed forty-four GE U26C diesel-electric locomotives in service on the Sishen-Saldanha iron ore line. The locomotives were designed by General Electric and built in three batches by the South African General Electric-Dorman Long Locomotive Group (SA GE-DL, later Dorbyl). In 1977 and 1978 thirty-nine of them were transferred to the South African Railways, where they were initially reclassified to Class 34-400 ex Iscor and renumbered in the range from 34-501 to 34-539. They later became commonly known as Class 34-500.
(GE U26C breakdown: GE = General Electric, U = Universal, 26 = 2600 horse-power and C = Co-Co bogie configuration - 3 axles per bogie.)
(GE U26C breakdown: GE = General Electric, U = Universal, 26 = 2600 horse-power and C = Co-Co bogie configuration - 3 axles per bogie.)
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| Painted the Handrails black and with the Air horns on the roof, it represents a pre 1980 model... 34-108 To fit the Jumper Cable Receptacle Box and to paint two Grills on the RH side. |
Between July 1971 and March 1973 the South African Railways placed one hundred and twenty-five Class 34-000 GE U26C diesel-electric locomotives in service. Designed by General Electric, the first three locomotives were built by GE and imported, numbered in the range from 34-001 to 34-003, while the remainder were built in South Africa by the South African General Electric-Dorman Long Locomotive Group (SA GE-DL, later Dorbyl) and numbered in the range from 34-004 to 34-125.
I also revisited this project - Tackled the 35-345
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Both Frateschi OO scale models - The one on the Left is
straight from the box (A low detailed replica of our SAR
35 class Diesel Locomotives). I am busy super
detailing the one on the right with scratch built parts.
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| Adding the Front Frame and the Connecting Jumper Cable Receptacle Box. |
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| Made and fitted new Handrails. The finished Front Frame and the Connecting Jumper Cable Receptacle Box are intact. |
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| Painted all the detailed parts. |
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| Removed the other inappropriate handrails and fitted a lens in front of the two vertical headlights. This creates the impression that the lights are in fact horizontal. To make and fit the Air-horns. |
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| A thinner running board effect was achieved by masking it with Revell Earth Brown Matte. Then to make and fit the air-horns and milling the new side windows... |
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| A real SAR 35 class Diesel Locomotive. |
Cab changes:
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| 35-345 |
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| 35-345 |
The South African Class 35-200 type GT18MC diesel-electric locomotive was designed for the South African Railways (SAR) by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (GM-EMD). The first twenty-five were built by GM-EMD and imported, delivered by November 1974 and numbered in the range from 35-201 to 35-225. The remainder were built in two batches by General Motors South Africa (GMSA) in Port Elizabeth, with seventy-five being delivered between 1974 and 1975, numbered in the range from 35-226 to 35-300, and another fifty between 1975 and August 1976, numbered in the range from 35-301 to 35-350 & in SAR Gulf Red Livery with Yellow Whiskers.
