Earl and All, To be fair to BIll Lane, he said he wasn't interested in H31 hoppers. H31's were a class of 700 some cars compared to, say H21's, at about 30,000, and GLa's at about the same, so to say that H31's are not on your short list makes sense. Don Thompson once said a PRR car repairman was more likely to be hit by lighting on the way to work than to fix an H31 after he got there. The major problem using the AM car for a PRR H21 is that the middle bays are facing the wrong way. Not insurmountable, but major for PRR guys. The bays at say the left end of the car should face each other, and those at the right should face each other, rather than having the bays on each end face the center. (This is much easier to understand than to explain.) Other than that, I think the car is a decent start on an H21. I would want to replace the molded grabs too. A lot of work for a fleet! Jamie Bothwell
--- In [email protected], "Earl Tuson" <etuson@...> wrote: > > Thank you, Bill, for sharing the outstanding PRR photos! > > His pictures are particularly useful to the majority of modelers who model > the postwar era, as they show some of the > upgrades that these car received, such as the upper chord stiffener applied > to the H21a. > > Anyone modeling PRR hoppers should consider acquiring Teichmoeller's book- > lots of photos and modeling hints along > with the history. > > The AM ribbed quad can be used to make an H21 with extensive rework (or > perhaps as-is as a stand-in model,) now that > BTS's urethane H21 is no longer available. On the other hand I do have one > of the latter NIB I would like to sell. I also > have etched brass Carmer coupler releases for sale that are appropriate for > these and other PRR cars. > > Earl Tuson > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
