Bob: Nice modeling and a great job on the FM! Are there additional photos of your layout? Looks nice... would like to see more!
Andre Ming ----- Original Message ----- From: "adguytrains" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 3:59 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} SMM FM H-12-44 Switcher conversion > Ugly switcher fans... > > I just posted some quick photos of my just completed conversion of the SMM > FM H-10-44 switcher into a Southern Pacific H-12-44. I included a shot of > the "beast' next to one of my ALCo S-2 switchers for comparison. They are > in the photos section under "Bob's FM Switcher". > > The model represents one of the first order of eight H-12-44's (a very > early H-12-44 model) on the Southern Pacific. Four additional classes > followed of more modern designs and came without the barrel-keg > headlights, for a total of 45 FM H-12-44's. > > The conversion involves removing all of the hood louvers and replacing > them with smaller and different vents & louvers, adding screens to doors, > filling in the nose top, removing the roof overhang plus the addition of > Espee's many unique appliances. After adding all of those Zebra stripe > decals you start to appreciate Espee's the more modern simple paint scheme > of scarlet and grey. I may also need new reading glasses! > > Unlike the SMM 70 tonner, the FM kit comes complete with a RTR drive train > requiring no assembly (Yeah!). For those thinking about building one of > these brutes, the only difficult (?) part of building the original kit is > the construction of the end handrails. Kim King created one fantastic > single-piece body casting for this engine! Thank you, Jim. This engine > makes a great companion piece to the AM Train Masters. > > Bob Hogan > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 4984 (20100330) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
