Tom,
I'll take what I can get. The ACE bolsters have use beyond conversions of AF stuff, especially bolster #2006. I'm pulling that number off the top of my head. I refer to the coal hopper conversion bolster that I use in reworking almost any AF item except the box cars. I do still have several floors, even a couple of the old metal versions. Yeah, they are not prototypical, but I'm hoping that no one will come down to my basement to inspect, a sort of government bolster inspector. Tom ________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Tom Hawley [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 3:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: {S-Scale List} Ace substitutes ----- Original Message ----- From: Thomas Baker . . . . . I had no idea IRON RAILS is getting out of the business. I had plans to purchase additional bolsters and hopper car conversion kits. Funny thing about the old ACE bolsters, just a few years ago, they were plentiful. Now they're as rare as the piliated woodpecker. > > > > > > > > > > > > Hang on to the last one and get to know your local counterfeiter. I have a friend who can run off copies of anything you give him in some kind of styrene or urethane, as long as it's not too big. He said he didn't think he could do the Ace boxcar floor, but he made for my club the scrap metal loads we sold with the GTW gondolas when we ran the Spring Spree. Tom Hawley -- Lansing Mich
