Jace, Yes, the torpedo tube tanks are BTS along with the high early MU stands, the PRR antenna stanchions, the steam generator details, fuel fill, exhaust stacks, horn, and handbrake. The handrail stanchions are DPH. Other parts not yet added include the drop walkways that are centered above the coupler, speed recorder, MU cables, air hoses, windshield wipers (all available from BTS), and of course a crew. The DL&W units had dynamics which you could salvage from the AM hood.
Bob Frascella Wenham, MA On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 12:39 PM, JGG KahnSr <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > And I was thinking DL&W, which my references suggest had only the GP-7's. > I have been planning on one myself, starting with > an undec that was my first S scale Geep, to which Ken Zieska contributed a > DPM long hood replacement. Are the torpedo tubes > also 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 > > > >
