Does anyone know if scale drawings have been produced for the Union Pacific ALCO C-855 diesel locomotive  and where they could be found. I've had no luck looking in the usual places.

I'm trying to collect/build each of the Union Pacific's double diesel engines and still have the C-855 to collect/build.

Finding a brass version is very difficult and go for stupid prices so may have to resort to scratch building/kitbashing.

Any help  would be appreciated.

Larry B

The Mississippi River bluffs surrounding Dubuque, Iowa, rise and recede simultaneously. I'm hoping to fashion narrow benchwork, so, is it possible to model 40ft-50ft of bluff height and use a photo backdrop to show the rest of the bluff height?

The question, I think, is can the two - modeled scenery and photo backdrop scenery - be merged to look seamless? Color matching will be key, but other issues, such as a flat backdrop with 3D scenery in front impossible to look good?

Thanks much,

Brian Chapman / Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Joe or moderators, I need your help. I just spent uploaded a bunch of photos into a post. Unfortunately, all of them needed rotating as they came from an iPhone. In most cases, when I rotated them, they would get truncated. If I reloaded them and rotated them, I eventually got them done, but it was a frustrating experience. Here are the steps I took.