All, I am on the downhill swing of getting my one of a kind (In S Scale and on the Mighty PRR) H27 hopper ready for paint. It is the only offset hopper ever owned by the PRR. Only 1 was made. http://lanestrains.com/H27.jpg
I got it a few months back from Reading Guru John Hall. His father the late Richard Hall did most of the heavy lifting. It is made from chopped American Flyer offset hopper shells. I remember seeing it years ago on his layout when John lived in Delaware thinking "that would be neat to have". Now I do.... It is going to be a "good enough" rendition for sure, by far not a brass level model. It was only decaled on 1 side when I got it so I thought I would strip it and give it a new paint job. I am well beyond just a paint job now, but am just improving it a bit. Nonetheless, I will have the only one of the only one..... I have now done the old school carving off the cast on grab irons to add wire grabs. I am never going to do THAT again! So I am a bona fide S Scaler now. Been there done that.... I have 3-6 new never been painted A F 3 bay shells that I am now absolutely sure I will never touch. I may have the Ace conversion bolsters as well since I have had them that long. I am pretty sure these shells were unofficially made and stuffed out the back door at Lionel at some point - so the story I was told. Let me know if you have some interest in them. They are not here right now. I have to look for them but they are absolutely new and pristine. Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 See my finished models at: http://www.lanestrains.com Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! Custom Train Parts Design http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! http://www.prrths.com http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
