According to the dimesions published by ACF in the 1940 Car Builders
Cyclopedia (reprinted in Trainshed Cyclopedia No. 12), the Athearn AAR
105 tank ("Chemical Tank") at around 11000 gals is close to a 3000 gal
tank in S (used for clorine). The frame would need to be wider, of
course, and details replaced. Given that the HO frieght car guys say
the Athearn valve cover is way oversized, it should be fine in S. A
number of prototypes dating back to the 1920's are also shown in the
the Trainshed volume.
The PBL Sn3 tank car kit should be convertible to S standard gauge, as
the prototype was a std gauge car narrowed to run on 3 ft gauge.
Again, the frame needs some widening. I think the RPI site has some
info on convering the HOn3 version to std gauge, which would still
apply to S as well. I remember at least one coversion of the same car
in On3 to S scale published a few years back, that version was more
free-lanced (but a prototype might be found with some searching). I'm
not aware that any O scale cars in 3-4000 gallon range are available.
Such a car would be close to an S 11000 gal propane car.
Pieter
--- In [email protected], "Alex Binkley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Is there a small or medium sized O scale tank that can be converted
to S or
> are their dimensions too far off.
> cheers
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: T Larson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 9:33 PM
> Subject: [S-Scale Modeling] tanks
>
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> >
> > Here's the articles that I'm aware of regarding small tank cars;
use a
> > large HO tank to make a small S scale tank;
> >
> > "Modeling a Shipper's Car Line 4000 gallon tank car.........."
> > Model Railroader, June 1994.
> > I used a photocopier to adjust the plans to S scale, brought the
plans
> > to a hobby shop, held various HO tanks over it until I found one
that
> > was a good match.
> >
> > "North American Car Co. two - dome tank car" 4000 gallon
> > Railroad Model Craftsman, April 1989
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ted Larson
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