Hi Gale; Yes, John Hall published an article in S Gaugian on building the Reading USRA mill gons, including the ones cut down as flat cars for hauling steel components to the Golden Gate bridge construction.
His version was the correct length, but didn't have the right number of ribs and panels. Mine is too long, but the panel count is right. Since the Reading car has lettering in every panel, I think the number of panels is more critical. You might agree with John that you want the length correct. If you cut each panel/rib apart and narrow them, you could have both correct - no way I plan to do that, maybe if I had a milling machine. Pieter E. Roos --- On Tue, 12/6/11, Gale Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > Isn't the low side Reading gondola > much like the one John Hall did cutting down the sides, I > believe he called it a Golden Gate Bridge car. > > gale > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Pieter > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 9:35 AM > Subject: {S-Scale List} ACE conversion floors & > bolsters > > > > Some time ago I had posted a photo of my Flyer > converted USRA gon together with a regular Flyer con > converted using the Ace conversion bolster. You can easily > see the difference: > > http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/252190/sn/98781748/name/Reading_USRA_Gon.jpg > > Pieter Roos ------------------------------------ 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/
