Gale: I'd like to have an entire tank car, preferably from the link coupler or early knuckle coupler era. Appearance is secondary, as long as the car is straight.
Be watching your mailbox. Bob Nicholson _______________________________________ --- In [email protected], "Gale Hall" <frisco91@...> wrote: > > certainly hit send to fast > > sure how much of it do you want? tank or AF car? > > gale----- Original Message ----- > From: Gale Hall > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 12:31 PM > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} ACE conversion floors & bolsters > > > > sure....how much of do want tank or an AF car? > > gale > ----- Original Message ----- > From: shabbona_rr > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 12:24 PM > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} ACE conversion floors & bolsters > > 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. â?oSâ?omeday 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 donâ?Tt 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] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [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/
