AF tank cars, to me, always had (have) the wrong proportions for conversion to scale. However,I have some ideas on converting one that I would like to try, but I neglected to pick up a junker at the S Fest.
Anybody out there got one they would like to donate to the cause? Bob Nicholson ______________________________________ --- In [email protected], "scale S only" <scalesonly@...> wrote: > > Hi Pieter and Jace --- > > I have had some fun with AF tank cars over the years. I turn the > underframe into a flat car or use it under some house car. The tank > represents an insulated car, and the overhang beyond the bolsters was > stretched by AF to accommodate the over sized wheels / trucks. I take about > 1/4â out of that part of the tank and I get acceptable results. I was > able to get several sets of tank car chassis from Larry Jackman when he first > brought out the SSA tank cars, and I put them under the modified AF tanks. > As always, I got about 3/4 way through these and put them into service still > lacking all the grabirons, placards and handrails. âSâomeday I will > finish them! One tank got a Lionel O-27 dome (with new details) and that > is my favorite. S has not produced any of the BIG dome cars that you see in > WWII era photos. I will stick an early photo of the big dome tank in my > SLE&P photo album â" it is now all but ready for paint as handrails and > grabs are installed along with dome running boards. > > I donât know if Ron S. has extra parts for his SSA tank cars, but if he > does they are a quick, neat way to get reasonable running gear. > > Have fun! > Bill Winans > Prescott Valley, AZ > ------------------------. > > As Jace says, the AF tank car with the Ace conversion has a few issues of > proportion. I have some intentions of converting AF tanks into UTLX cars but > haven't actually done one yet, and the process is likely to be somewhat > involved. > > Pieter E. Roos > > > [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/
