Diesel Details

SD45 Rear number board "gasket" frames. These gaskets were developed from SD45 prototype dimensions. They may not match the model you are working on but are prototype size.

SP SD45 Tunnel motor 'elephant ears'. These brass shrouds are meant to represent the tunnel motor shrouds the SP used on there SD45s. For more prototype information on the shrouds, I will point you to the experts pages. Please note: these will not fit on the Athearn/RPP SD45 shells. The shape of their DB is different than the Kato and Proto2000.

Santa Fe rebuilt some of their GP30s with filter shrouds and smoke deflectors. Phase I and Phase II cab shrouds are available in brass. Stainless steel smoke deflectors are included with the the shrouds kits or available seperately. These smoke deflectors can also be used on other models, such as the FP45s.

Here are a few photos of a GP30 model built by Jim Drennan using our shrouds and smoke deflectors.

CNW and DT&I Gong bell Nose plates. Adding those gong bells to the front of the CNW or DT&I diesels has always been one of those tasks that always gave me trouble. As the number of models needing these bells grew, a easier method was researched and found. These new plates just fold up with sides, bottom and a top cap and slide into an opening you make in the nose with the aid of a included template. There are three nose plates per package. Gong bells are not included but any of the commercially available bells will fit.

If you are a Rock Island fan, you may be interested in our stainless steel FARR style grilles to fit the Bowser / Stewart U-25-B model.
This photo by George Elwood from his Fallen Flags web site has a very good view of one of these grilles on a Rock Island U25B.

Rotary beacon and antenna mounting brackets made of stainless steel are easily bent to shape. No styrene building for these details.

Etched liftrings? Yup, four different sizes are available. These are not just some flat rings you are supposed to imagine as being round rings. While these rings are not the 'round' rings of the prototype, once installed and painted they will appear round. And no where not talking about the eyelet/hole being round. We are talking about the round rod that forms the ring. Our rings have halves that are folded together to give them thickness. But each half has two levels of etch. So, once folded together, you have three levels of etch. And once painted, the paint fills in the edges leaving a round liftring. Four different sizes are available to cover most sizes used on EMD diesels. Each package contains 48 lift rings.

Here are a few applications for the different sizes of rings on EMD units.

3 3/8 X 1 3/4 - DB hatches and side of long hood end

2 3/4 X 1 1/2 - Radiator hatch

2 3/8 X 1 3/8 - Inertial filter hatch and exhaust hatch

Model ship builders have also found these useful for different rigging eye bolts

For those needing a variety of lift lugs/plates, we have made the lugs found in our #14771 winterization hatch screens kits available separately. There are three style of lift lugs in each package

First generation EMD SD units had lift lugs on the sides of the long hood in front of or to the rear of the intake screens. Some of these were just regular lift rings, while some of these units, mostly later units, had a larger plate with a hole in them attached to the side of the units. We have these lift plates available made out of phosphorus bronze. There are six per package and two of them have a flag holder bracket etched on them.

And for those who like to add lift rings to their models, we have some very small lift lugs do add to your Paper AirFilter Boxes found on GP and SD 38s / 38-2s. These stainless steel lift lugs have a hole in the center of them and a taper on the outer edge, just like the prototypes. What, you haven't seen these before? Just look at the upper corners of the paper air filter box next time you look at one the these engines.

Fan Hatches are here! Our hatches feature etched in bolt heads, holes for lift rings, and holes for fans (enabling you to add a new fan). They fit any shell available and accept any fan on the market.

Stainless Steel Fan mounting brackets to hold our 48 inch fans in place. These mountin brackets are designed to hold any one of our 48 inch fans #471, #472 or #473. Four of them are configured to match the hole locations of our Fan Hatch Plates #180, #185, #187 and #188. The fifth kit contains two individual brackets for those specialized projects. Each kit contains three different sized brackets to hold the fans at different depths in your fan housings. These brackets are intended for use on diesels with open fans needing new fans but are not candidates for Cannon fan housings. Here is a photo of a preproduction set of brackets to show you what an assembled kit will look like. There are also a few photos of one of these brackets installed in an Athearn FP45 model in the #11807 link below.

OR, if you are modeling a diesel that has been rebuilt with a fan removed and plated over, maybe these round plates will work.

Those Southern highhood GP30 nose bell brackets can be added to your models using these brass brackets. Each kit includes 2 brackets, a drill template, NBWs and brass wire for conduit. A bell of your choice will need to be added

Coupler knuckle baskets have be found a several diesels over the years. And they are not all the same. We came up with a few variations of baskets. These baskets all feature wire mesh sides and optional lids. Each package contains two of the same size basket. Here are a couple photos with some baskets bent and formed to shape.

Winterization hatch screens are available to fit some of the winterization hatches found on models on the marcket. These screens represent the diamond mess screens found on the prototypes. Here are the ones available so far. More should be following soon.

Brass steps to replace all the steps on your model. Designed to fit the model. Sets include all corner steps and all cab steps, as applicable.

We have brass EMD Blower Housing Step Guards like those found on GP50's, GP60's and the SD60's. The slots in these guards slant at a slight angle.

GP7s & 9s can be found with a variety of body louver configurations. Models being produced use a 'common phase' configuration for the body louvers. Now kitbashers and detailers can add additional body louvers to their models without having to chop up an additional shell.

Switchers need louvers too. We have developed a set of switcher louvers that should allow you to update your model to represent the prototype you resire. Each package contains three different size configurations and there are fifteen of each size.

Some railroads had metal nose or side heralds applied to their E and F units. We have a few nose heralds to but on your nose.......

These stainless steel intake screens are design to replace the plastic screens found on the Proto2000 models.

As long as you are replacing the intake screens on your GP7 or GP9, you might as well install a set of intake shutters behind those screens. Instead of seeing an empty, open area, these brass shutters fill that opening and can be position in an open or closed or about any position.

These stainless steel intake grilles are design to replace the plastic grilles found on the Proto2000 GP18 and GP20 models.

These stainless steel intake screens are design to replace the plastic screens found on the Proto2000 models. Another detail for your SD7/9 are replacement end ladders.
If you are looking for SD7 and/or SD9 End Corner Tread Steps, those can be found in the EMD Steps section of this page.

These stainless steel intake screens are design to replace the plastic screens found on the Atlas SD24 and the SD26 model. A set of end ladders are also available for your detailing project along with corner pilot step treads.

If you happen to model the Southern Railway between the mid 70's to the late 80's and have any SD24s on your roster, you might be interested in this rebuild kit. It kit contains several detail parts like those seen on their SD24s after a rebuild.

And for those of you Southern modelers just looking for the sunshades, we do have them available separately (well actually two sets per package).

There where two kits available to convert the Atlas SD24 model to a CNW SD18 model. One of the kits covered the ex-southern High short hood units #6622-6642. The second kit covered the ex-UP low nose units #6643 - #6646. Each kit contained several unique parts specifically for those units. More information on these kits and the details can be found in the link of the kits part numbers. These kits DID NOT include our Intake screens #14890 or our Step set #14924, which we are sure you we want to replace on your model. These kits are now sold out and discontinued.

These stainless steel intake grilles are design to be used on Proto2000 models. Each kit contains one set of intake grilles and two winterzation hatch screens. The hatch screens are also available separately for those that just want to replace the screens. They are listed in the winterizarion hatch screens section.

At some point, EMD started using a 'modified' FARR style intake grille on E units. These grilles had larger opening over the intake areas. We have a VERY VERY SMALL run of these grilles for those who need them for their Proto2000 models

The following stainless steel intake grilles are design to be used on BLI E unit Models. These will be a very limited run of grilles. They will only be available directly through this web site. There are three variations of these grilles. The horizontal, FARR vertical and a 'Modified' FARR with wider openings in the intake areas. A note of warning. These A unit grilles will NOT fit the first run of BLI models

Not sure where else to put this but, We have been getting requests from modelers looking for our HO scale F7, F9 and FP7 grilles. Well, we have no plans to do any F unit grilles in HO. One grille does not fil all. Too many models being made to try cover them all or figure out which ones to cover. And there are several other grilles already out there. We feel it best we use that time to develop a few other projects that are not already available. Thank you for your understanding!