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On Apr 11, 2012, at 7:50 AM, [email protected] wrote:

> Hello Jeffrey,
>  
> I didn't do the New River Mining but its "sister" kit - ballast loader.  The 
> windows were fine.  My issue was adjusting the height and width of the doors 
> to make it fit S.  It involved some cutting and splicing.  Also, I bought two 
> kits and used the parts to create one longer building and miscellaneous 
> shorter one.  As my layout in this area is viewed only from one side, I was 
> able to get a lot of mileage out of them.  On occasion, I had to use styrene 
> sheet metal to fill in a few "holes" and the different width gives somewhat 
> of a different look when painted.  All in all, though, the detail in the kits 
> makes it worthwhile.  I also painted the kits (using spray cans, principally 
> primers) and used plenty of lightweighht spackle to fill in gaps. 
>  
> I think you'll run into many of the same issuues with New River that I did 
> with the ballast loader.  Hope above helps. 
>  
> Good luck!
>  
> Paul Schilling
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Ngowe <[email protected]>
> To: S-Scale <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sat, Apr 7, 2012 11:40 am
> Subject: {S-Scale List} New River Mining Conversion
> 
>  
> Has anyone ever tried using the walthers new river mining kit in S? Minus the 
> windows it seems like a decent conversion could be made. 
> Jeffrey Ngowe
> 
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