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As promised, here are images of the finished model.
The good:
It’s definitely MoPac’s version of the E-7. The conversion was fairly easy with minimal cuts needed using the printed parts.
The bad:
I should have gone to the center door frames on both sides with the cuts. Trying to save the opening center door made it more difficult to fill the gaps. Also, there is absolutely no spare space between the shell sides and the chassis. I revised the drawings to make the parts thinner.
Overall, I think it went well. I like the glossy blue look of fresher paint. The details were scaled back since it was really about testing the concept. This was a $20 swap meet model that would probably have ended up in a parts bin otherwise.
There are other variations in the MoPac E-7 locomotives. Some had additional vent grills around the portholes. Others had different filter mounts behind the cab doors. This number was the closest prototype I found to match the Proto 2000 shell.
