I have converted three AF gons, leaving two of them the same length as the original and splicing the third to make a 52' gon. In each case, I ground down and sanded away the gross details of the Flyer underbody castings. After that was completed, I borrowed a technique recommended by Bob Nicholson. That is to use ACE hopper bolsters. It works well: I have a C&NW heavy duty gon, an ACL K9 gon, and a 52' CGW gon. The gons may be Flyer's best item for easy conversion to a prototypical model.
Tom ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of gsc3 [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 10:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} ACE conversion floors & bolsters Pieter, Would it be too much to ask your method for doing your own gon conversions. Do you use commerial bolsters of any kind, for example? Apparently the Flyer T&P gon also works for another road, the COG, I believe. Thanks, George Courtney --- In [email protected], Pieter Roos <pieter_roos@...> wrote: > Hello Dennis; >\ I prefer to do my own bolsters to convert flat cars and gondolas as I feel >the Ace conversions for those cars make them sit too high. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ------------------------------------ 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/
