Building a second GP-18

[peggyrothschild]

I friend sent me a P2K MP GP-18 last month in exchange for some parts I had. I decided to not strip the factory paint and see if I can just mask off the windows and paint over it. As with the first GP-18 I removed the oversized grilles and replaced them with PE parts from Plano. On this model I decided to include the PE shutters. The sunshades and their oversized track were removed too and filled in with a length of Evergreen 2″ x 4″ and Tamiya gray putty.

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[John Garavaglia]

Beautiful!!!!

[peggyrothschild]

Parts list
A-Line
EMD sunshades part 29210 (photo etched brass)

Bowser or Cal Scale
Lift rings 190-501 20 to a package

Microscale
MC-4131 Number Board Numbers EMD Square Style (1946+)
87-74 Missouri Pacific Diesels (1962-1974)
TF-2 Black

Plano Model Products
471 Eight Blade Fan set
467 48″ Flat top fan grilles (2)
14862 GP18/GP20 Intake Grilles set

Details West
2510 .040 brass rod
PL-303 snowplow
SA-124 Spark Arresters (2 in a package)
AH-174 Wabco type are single chime air horns (2 in a package) Look for the brass versions as they look better than the white metal ones.

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