Our own Roger Nulton did an excellent job with an American Models
Pacific a few years back. It received some kind of award (sorry Roger
I'm not sure which award) at a past NMRA/NASG convention in San Jose. I
think there have been a couple of others, maybe using Fred's updating
kit. Our own local SP guy, Don Hand did a nice oil tender conversation,
so that's a good start. I don't think he ever made any photos of it though.
If you can find some old NASG Dispatches, they will have photos.
Bob Werre
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[Attachment(s) <#TopText> from Rich Gajnak included below]
Scott,
I'm assuming your asking about the plastic 21085 Pacific. I remember
seeing one from an estate that was converted way back when, I'm
guessing with Nixon drivers. The plastic boiler appears slightly
oversized, though.
I've also seen a couple of converted Flyer Pennsy K5's, which is much
better proportioned. The last one I saw used an American Models drive.
A better starting point would be the American Models Pacific. It's a
decent representation of a USRA heavy Pacific, available with scale
wheels, the drive is excellent and the boiler has very little detail
cast in or applied. It's a "blank slate" and dresses up quite nicely.
My only complaint with the AM pacific is the firebox is too wide for
the boiler. It would take some serious machining of the firebox to
reduce the width. I left mine alone. As I said, it dresses up nicely
and I just learned to ignore the width.
Attached are a couple of photos of my AM rework. I'm sure others have
done more intensive reworks.
Rich G(ajnak)
--- In [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>,
"Scott" <steamtramper@...> wrote:
>
> Okay, so far everyone has been slowly steering me down the right
track on my pilgrimage into S Scale, so now I have a loco question for
ya all. Has anyone tried to convert the AF Pacific Steam Locomotive to
a scale model. I don't own it to compare it with various Pacific's
that MR has published schematics of over the years, but was wondering
if a project along these lines was doable.
>
> Scott Huston, Las Vegas Nevada
>
