athearngp38review
Athearn GP38 Review...
Athearn does not make a GP38 kit. So you may be
asking why do a review on a kit they do not make. Well Athearn does
make a GP38-2 kit that can easily be made into a GP38. If you look
at my Athearn
GP38 page, it outlines just such a project. I would not
recommend spending the time doing this sort of project. Since I started
my Athearn GP38 conversion, Atlas has released outstanding models of the
GP38 that are ready to go out of the box. Buy the Atlas model and
save yourself hours of work.
I got my kit as a dummy for about $10. Powered units
should run $20-30.
The GP38 and GP38-2 are very similar locomotives.
The primary differences are the GP38-2 had a sight glass on the right side
of the long hood, the GP38 did not. Filling the hole is easy.
The GP38-2 also had its two fans on the top of the long hood close together,
the GP38's were more spread apart. This is a time consuming task,
and probably not neccessary.
Below is a pic of a real GP38. Chessie did not own
any GP38-2's.
Dean Heacock Photo
Below is a pic of my Athearn GP38. See my B&O
4813 page for more pics.
