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The Alco stack is glued on the carbody but comes right off with a little push. Unfortunately the stack sat in a shallow rectangle and the impression needs to be level with the top of the hood. I taped over the rivets on the hatch and spread Tamiya fine putty in the impression. Let it dry overnight and the sand down with medium and fine sanding sticks. Then shoot a light coat of Tamiya Fine primer over the area and dress up any imperfections. Also the carbody has several small details that I think the Chinese couldn’t determine they were Alco loops for lifting the hood so their best guess was the very small detail centered by the stack. Remove these but leave the small circular vent(?).
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I’m getting to the point where I feel I can build the large box that sits above the radiator. It sides flush with the sides and top of the hood so that will be my guide.
I’m getting quite a collection of necessary parts to to the GP-12 (tall and lower 36” fans, hand grabs, Plastruct tubing, etc). So contact me if you’re going to also make this conversion and I can help as some of the parts are hard to find or you don’t need a package of four fans when the model only takes one high and one low fan.
