Ed,
Thanks for your information on the SD45 fans and fan bases. I have
searched the two reference books you mentioned but have been unable
to find any photos that allow me to see the top of the fans. Do you
have another source to suggest or do you have personal knowledge that
the fans should be the open flat top variety? Until I find
differently I am proceeding with your recommendation of the Cannon
fans. For the horn, I placed it centered between the 1st & 2nd
cooling fan. Not knowing exactly what kind of horn to use, I used an
Overland 2 trumpet horn mounted on the rectangular high base cut off
of one of the Precision Scale horn sets. Hopefully this is close
enough.
To others who advocate mixed fans, I am trying to do this model in as
close to "as built" as practical since it is painted in the green &
white transition paint scheme which only lasted for a very short
time. Thanks for everybodys comments.
Dale
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Ed Pavlovic <cbq168a@i...> wrote:
> Dale,
> I don't have the books here at the moment, but I believe
> that there should be an overhead photo in Dorin's
> "Everywhere West, The Burlington Route" and Holck's
> "Burlington Route Color Pictorial Vol. 2" by Four Ways
> West. Both will be useful for your purpose, and also show
> the detail of the horn and the mounting near the radiator
> fans.
>
> In short, you do want the open top fans by Cannon & Co.,
> you'll need the 9 blade fans for the radiator fans, the
> dynamics only come with the 10 blade fans. Also you have to
> fill in the recesses under the P2K fan bases on the radiator
> hatch, or simply remove the hatch and replace it with an
> etched replacement hatch from Plano, either way will work.
>
> Ed Pavlovic
>
>
> Dale DeWitt wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to detail one of the new HO scale SD-45s and need to
know
> > what type of cooling and dynamic fans are appropriate. The model
is
> > #525 in the transition green and white scheme and none of my
photos
> > show the top where I can see what type of fans were used. The
model
> > comes with pan type flat top fans. Based on data from other
roads it
> > seems to me that these should be changed to open flat top fans
such
> > as those produced by Cannon. (By pan type I mean that they have a
> > flat disk in the center of the grill work ).
> >
> > Does anyone have a top shot that will clarify this detail.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help.
> >
> > Dale DeWitt
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