I bought an American Models streamlined shorty coach at the NASG convention in
St. Louis a year ago.
It's a beautiful car, but it always seemed to ride a little high, which gave it
a gangly, sort of an "odd man out" look compared to my other passenger
equipment. This is because the springs keep the journals at the extreme end of
their travel, against the keepers.
This past week, I solved the dilemma by putting .030" styrene "pillow blocks"
under the journals, which raises them approximately 2 scale inches while
lowering the car the same amount. The styrene is .030" by .125" and cut into
1/16" lengths so they will rest on the keepers.
This makes the journals rest at about half way through their travel, as if the
car is actually depressing them as would the prototype.
I didn't even have to glue them in place, so if anyone wants to try it and
don't like it, you can take them out again, but in my eyes, the improvement in
appearance is well worth the small amount of effort to acquire it.
I'll try to post a photo later.
Bob Nicholson __________________________________________
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