And I was thinking DL&W, which my references suggest had only the GP-7's. I
have been planning on one myself, starting withan undec that was my first S
scale Geep, to which Ken Zieska contributed a DPM long hood replacement. Are
the torpedo tubesalso BTS?
Jace Kahn
General Manager
Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co.
It's (or will be) PRR 8551. The Pennsy had 66 GP-7's but only three looked
like this one with it's roof mounted air tanks. The pilot steps are from BTS.
I also replaced the steps at each of the four corners of the body because the
AM steps are grossly undersized. I used styrene strips that I perforated to
resembel safety tread. You can find really good S-scale plans for the GP-7 in
the October 1982 issue of Mainline Modeler (long out of print, but pops up from
time to time on Ebay). the DPH hoods are fantastic and not that difficult to
add to the GP-9 shell. Some day I'd like to do an article on this conversion.
Bob Frascella
Looks preaty sweet! What prototype is that. Also where did you find the new
steps.
Thanks
Michael Ostertag
