Hi Bob; The theory I have read is that A.C. Gilbert co. misinterpreted the tables in the car builders cyclopedia for tank cars, and thus made their car about 20% over sized. My plan has been to cut both the tank and the frame shorter (although building a new frame may end up being easier). Since the UTLX built X3 series cars had slightly longer end platforms they are a obvious candidate. Plans are in Mainline Modeler.
The problem with most of the Ace conversions is that in order to get clearance over the original truck mounting they boost the car up, and provide a thick pad for the coupler to get it back down to correct height. Cutting or grinding off most of the Flyer truck mounting is more work, but the results are much better for scale. Pieter E. Roos --- On Mon, 12/5/11, Bob Werre <[email protected]> wrote: > Although this isn't AF list, I'm > somewhat glad to hear the original > chassis was a bit long, because it made my SSA tanks look a > little > scrunched! I have my original (Gulf) tank car on the > layout less it's > chassis and being used for liquid storage. ------------------------------------ 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/
