First of all, let me apologize for accidentally hitting the send button before I had typed my message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------
Bob, I am interested in the S people you used to populate your JC/Chester passenger cars. When I finish applying Laser Horizons sides on a short dining car and a short steam excursion recording car, I will have a complete model of the Southern Railway Steam Excursion train as it looked in the mid-1970s. Trouble is I have no people riding the train. And steam excursions usually were sold out and railfans were hanging out the windows, the vestibules, the mid-train club car, the recording car, and the open platform car. It may be a monumental task for me to put seats and people in all the cars, and also expensive. The cost of some of the S people can really add up, depending on what you buy. Plus, a lot of the S people really are not S. So I am interested in knowing more about the riders in your passenger cars. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I would also like recommendations on how to open the top half of the dutch doors in the vestibules so that railfans can be leaning out the windows as they always do on steam excursions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- I see this project as possibly being more than I can do but I am studying it, and if I proceed, hope to have it ready for display at the 2012 NASG Convention in Chattanooga. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- I have a lot of full length passenger cars but the steam excursion train is primarily made up of American Models 70 foot heavyweights. But they look nice. And I have changed out the 4 wheel trucks for 6 wheel trucks because Southern heavyweights look funny with 4 wheel trucks. (Note for anyone interested, the L&N had 70 foot coaches which closely resemble the American Models heavyweight coaches right down to the 4 wheel trucks). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- - Earl Henry, Nashville In a message dated 9/12/2011 9:25:15 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Like Bill, I had started building a few of the J. C. Streamlines/Chester cars. I had gotten about 40% into the construction phase when the AM streamliners were introduced. I bought a couple as 'stand-ins' and eventually made up an entire train all painted UP. As time passes and age closes in, I finally decided to make them more or less permanent fixtures. I've added plastic diaphragms, PALACE SEATS with lots of PASSENGERS. Next will be the various under-body appliances and I'll probably be very pleased, with one exception. I like the appearance of the old Budd Buddy trucks with the reliability of the AM trucks, whose appearance I don't really like. [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/
