Another model that caught my eye recently on Shapeways was this GP20. I decided to buy one and see what it was like.

I suspect it was designed as an N scale model and scaled up to 1/76. It is not a high detail model, but it has the proportions of course. The material is a nylon plastic that has “a matte finish and slight grainy feel.” My other models are also this material, so I knew what to expect. What I’m hoping to do with this model and also the FA1 recently purchased is work up a better surface and paint job. I’ll report later how that goes. I liked though that this model has no handrails, I will be adding those and some other details.

I had worked up fuel tanks for this model a while ago, inadvertently really, as I spliced together TYCO GP20 fuel tanks to use on my U23B model. I have experimented with possible drives but I’m going to opt to build it as a dummy.

It will still be a low detail model, but one I look forward to running with my 1970s/80s era equipment. And I like that it won’t be too hard to finish, you need some of those to keep things going forward.

UPDATE: And a size comparison with the Tyco HO version. The Shapeways model is bigger in every dimension. The only part of the Tyco version that are OO scale size are the truck sideframes.