Sorry I can't make it this year Earl. We do enjoy the road trips to shows but my wife is too ill to travel just yet.
Howard On Jul 28, 2012, at 9:28 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Thanks. I have read about your great modeling. Maybe even have seen photos. > I hope you are coming to the NASG. > > - Earl Henry > > > In a message dated 7/28/2012 11:25:53 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > HI Earl > > > I did not mean to over simplify things. My main message was for the wheels > which are not hard as long as you order for the specific engine as mentioned > on another post in answer to this issue. Couplers are another deal entirely > but the answers are out there or rather here on the list for specific > engines. Ron at AM also answers questions about his engines specific scale > coupler needs. > > Howard > > > > On Jul 27, 2012, at 5:38 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> >> >> Howard, I like reading what you reported. But isn't it a little more >> complicated than that? >> >> You mentioned being careful in aligning the fittings. But are all the >> fittings the same? >> >> Also, I have found that adding scale couplers to FP7s that were delivered >> with high rail can be a nightmare. Not for all of them but for some of >> them. The truck frames on some of the highrail units were different from >> the truck frames on the scale units. I do not have them with me right now >> to look at, so I apologize that I cannot spell out the problem in detail. >> >> Some of my diesels have fittings for scale couplers but Kadee or SHS >> Kadee-style couplers do not fit them. I know there is some kind of a >> coupler pad and maybe the fittings are for the coupler pad rather than the >> Kadee couplers themselves. >> >> I finally got so frustrated that I sent the units to a professional who was >> able to make the conversions. >> >> Let me qualify my comments. My AM diesels are limited to FP7s, FAs/FBs, and >> E8s. >> >> - Earl Henry, Nashville >> >> >> >> In a message dated 7/27/2012 5:37:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> Rhett >> >> >> I have converted several AM engines to and from scale for buyers as well as >> myself. It is no problem to get a set of diesel engine wheelsets from AM to >> do so. It is a simple matter of unscrewing the frames holding the sets in >> place and changing the wheelsets being careful to align the fittings. >> Also, they can provide the couplers too. The same ease of conversion is >> true for their other rolling stock. >> >> Howard Sheffield >> Howard' S Trains >> >> >> On Jul 27, 2012, at 3:10 PM, rhettgraves wrote: >> >>> >>> Howdy, >>> >>> Has anyone bought a Hi-Rail version of an American Models diesel and >>> converted it to scale? What all is involved? >>> >>> I'm thinking of buying some American Models equipment for my kids to start >>> out and the letting them convert it to scale when they get older and want >>> to run it on Dad's layout... >>> >>> Regards, >>> Rhett Graves >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > >
