Pieter, Are you suggesting using the drive from an AM streamlined Pacific under an AF boiler. Hmm, I hadn't thought of that. I wonder if the AM drive would fit. I certainly have no need for an AM streamlined K4. I think the Pennsy had only two of that variety but could be wrong because I never followed the PRR other than to obtain basic knowledge of its locomotives and trains.
With the current AM price for a streamlined Pacific, if a retrofit of an AM drive were possible into an AF Pacific boiler, well, then who knows? I've kitbashed my share of freight cars of AF, AM, and SHS, but a Pacific. Wow! Intriguing! Tom _____ From: [email protected] on behalf of Pieter Roos Sent: Mon 11/15/2010 12:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} Scale steam was RE: I get it... Hi Tom; AM's web site lists their streamlined K4 pacific on sale (DC scale version) for $179.95. Ebay lists lots of K5 boilers, only one C&NW pacific, mostly for under $20. That would suggest you could get a scale pacific for under $250.00, plus some work. Searching for "shell" under American Flyer on ebay brought up about 100 entries, many steam loco boilers (including the Northern, and Hudson but mostly the Atlantic and K5). Pieter E. Roos --- On Mon, 11/15/10, Thomas Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Thomas Baker <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} Scale steam was RE: I get it... > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, November 15, 2010, 12:21 PM > Well, if a drive mechanism were > available to retrofit AF the AF Milwaukee/C&NW Pacific, > I would purchase one, assuming it would not cost as much as > a ready-to-run SHS Consolidation, an AM Pacific, or a Lionel > Mike. I view the AF Milwaukee/C&NW Pacific as a > light USRA type or close to it. It would look pretty > good with 69" or 70" drivers and the proper USRA trailing > truck. One would have to rework the front, but it > could be done. One reason such a thing never happens > is perhaps the availability of AF shells for such a > project. The other might be that not enough modelers > survive to make the project worth a manufacturer's time and > effort. > > I would still love to see a Lionel Mike with scale > drivers. That MIke is a very good-looking > lcomotive. It would look great with 63" drivers which > is what USRA light Mikes had. That, so it seems, will > never happen. > > Tom > > _____ > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links [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/
