Keith, I agree that SHS ribbed-side hoper makes a nice GLa conversion. The differences that you mentioned are not all that significant and the overall look is quite good. I liked the way that you tapered the ribs in true Pennsy style. I look forward to obtaining a bunch of your end details to enable me to do the same.
So taking this process one step further, would it then be possible to combine two SHS cars into one H21a? Food for thought. Bob Frascella Wenham, MA On Nov 16, 2012, at 12:29 AM, kbt000 wrote: > I've been contemplating whether to make the effort to cut down the SHS USRA > sides to the correct height for a GLa. Earl Tuson pointed out that with the > top > removed it would be easy to taper the side ribs, another distinguishing > feature > of the GLa. Since I am waiting on casting supplies I had some time to kill. I > posted two photos of the results: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/photos/album/2014569748/pic/list?mode=tn&o\ > rder=ordinal&start=1&dir=asc > > Cutting the top off was fairly easy with a razor saw. But first I marked > where the > side should be cut down to. For that operation I used a belt sander, with much > care. Earl was correct, once the top was off, I was able to file down the > ribs. > > The last photo is the car with the top reattached and the original SHS > handrails > added to the sills and the brake platform put back (moved from the original > position). I need to find a brake wheel and shaft. > > On the last photo you can also see where a small angled piece of the side has > been removed from the corner where the slope meets the side. > > The most glaring issue that remains is the locations of the handrails (need to > be moved up). But I think this is good enough for me. > > Keith Thompson > >
