I did the same with a small fleet of SHABBONA RR gons many moons ago. I'll try to remember to post some photos later. I also converted a T&P gon that I picked up at the S Spree in Ohio last spring. I don't remember exactly (being so involved with air brake schedules and What S Needs Now) what I did on it, but I did not use Ace flat conversions
Photos forthcoming Bob Nicholson ___________________________________________ --- In [email protected], Pieter Roos <pieter_roos@...> wrote: > > Hi George; > > I have used the plain, flat bolsters which Ace once sold, as well as building > up a bolster from plain flat styrene. I use a Dremel tool to grind away the > the AF truck mounting before adding the styrene. The flat Ace bolsters do not > have to compensate for AF mounting, so they add less height. The styrene > bolsters can be even lower, you just have to make the wheels clear the floor > and the couplers come out at the correct height. > > As Tom indicates, there are a number of good prototypes that can be made from > the Flyer gon. It is a T&P car, although the version with the ribbed ends > should have grabs, not ladders, on the side. If you change the ends to > Dreadnaught type, the car becomes an AAR standard gon used by C&NW, ACL, CofG > and others (or a T&P car with the side ladders). Ace sold stamped metal > Dreadnaught ends which can be cut down for the gon, or maybe a badly damaged > boxcar model can provide the ends. > > Pieter E. Roos > > > --- On Tue, 12/6/11, Thomas Baker <bakert@...> wrote: > > > 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 > > > 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 <*> 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/
