Re: D&SNG Car 6531

David J Price Wrote:
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> Just a big thanks to all who replied to this
> thread - in particular to Jerry Day who went out
> of his way to take some shots of 6531 for me, and
> to Dick Bell who also provided some great shots.
>
> This is how the final build came up:
>
> [attachment 78113 6531-1.jpg]
>
> I wasn't about to scratch build the excavator (the
> one in Jerry's shot that inspired me is, I
> believe, a 160LC) but the 200LC in the shot is
> from the same time frame.
>
> Lettering is not spot on as I won't be getting to
> Colorado any time soon, and I would have had to
> get custom decals made up - not pretending to be a
> museum quality model but I'm reasonably satisfied
> with the build given the circumstances.
>
> And a close up of the ramps and the slide-out hard
> coupler:
>
> [attachment 78114 6531-2.jpg]
>
> No K28 to attach to it I'm afraid - I don't model
> the D&RGW or the D&SNG and was only attracted to
> do this build having seen the car as I passed it
> on the way to Silverton on the train back in 2017,
> and then by Jerry's shot.

Excellent build David and really nice weathering on everything. Thanks for sharing.

William
aka drgwk37