Bob,
I was actually in the middle of doing a similar truck modification because of a broken ear, but mostly to attach the much better BTS side frames when part of the gear box snapped off the trucks with normal handling. That is when I found out about the brittle metal, got majorly discouraged and threw everything back in the boxes for 7 or so years. As far as interest, I knew there is some historical reverence here. I also know that there are some amazing reworked American Models locos out there. But for me you can spend a ton of time reworking them to get it up to the detail level of the brass model right out of the box. If possible I will go for the brass model first. Further it is not really possibly to modify the AM units with what I have planned for the brass units. I have only had 2 A M RS3 in my time, both of which are long gone now. 1 was a CNJ and the other was an in progress PRR that was some of the inspiration for what I am trying to do with the brass models. 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/> 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> http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls> 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.prrths.com <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! <http://www.prslhs.com/> 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/
