Bob, I looked again at your B unit ends. I see you did what I first did and
that is to cut out the original end, cut it down the center and glue it flat. I
later bought two River Raisin brass ends for two A units. My B's now have the
flat ends resin cast from Am Models scrap shell ends. I won't be adding any
detail as I plan to install diaphragms. I also retained the peaked overhang of
the roof. The only real problem I see with this type of end modification is the
need to spread the shell sides a bit to install the floor stresses the joint. I
think I will be using 00-90 threaded screws as "pins" through the ends of the
sides into the built up sides of the new ends, cyanopoxied in place.
Bud
>
> Bud
>
> Thanks for sharing the info on the Wabash Valley/Enhorning shells. As you
> noted, there were a few anomalies with them, but overall they were nice for
> their time (especially the WV shells molded in styrene ). One of the
> biggest anomalies was the way the square ends followed the taper of the
> roof end. No F-unit was ever built that way. But, it's not all that
> difficult to correct. I've corrected both ends on my F7B. If you look in
> the photo section under the "Bob Frascella's FP-7" file, you can see how I
> corrected mine and detailed the end door.
>
> Bob Frascella
> Wenham, MA
>
>
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