I have had an experience that I believe many in S scale have had: A friend modeling in HO comes up and says, "Oh, I found this S stuff in my basement or a friend found it. . . . Here you can have it." I'm no longer able to recall, but for years I've had three old AF flatcars, two metal, one plastic. I have decided to use them, but they will need some modification and will get it.
One modification, however, they will not receive is the grinding down of the old round bolster area. I've done this on AF gons, no problem, but it's not going to happen on AF metal flatcars and probably not on the plastic job either. I appreciate detail and all that, but this is a bridge too far. Yes, I will work in some underbody detail but will not go to the lengths I have on the scale cars or in reworking old AF gons and box cars. Now the question is whether someone out there would be willing to sell me three pairs of ACE bolsters for these cars. Contact me offline. Tom Baker
