HiJace; At the very least, he got the hoppers out of it. Most of the cars retained the ends, and even the sides were mostly sanded down and over-layed with scribed sheet and Plastruct shapes for ribs and/or diagonals.
As with most things S, Frank took what was available and made a fleet of varied cars. Not that they would satisfy everyone, but the option was a fleet of offset cars and a couple of Kinsman wood kits. Pieter E. Roos --- On Tue, 11/9/10, JGG KahnSr <[email protected]> wrote: > It is hard to think what would have been left of the poor > AAR offset-side twin with some of those conversions; almost > easier, I would think > to scratchbuild, although when Frank Titman was pioneering > S scale, the extensive use of styrene now common was almost > unthought of. > > Jace Kahn > > General Manager > Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. ------------------------------------ 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/
