Hi all; We have two West Coast NYC experts, Ed. L. and Dick Karnes. What either of them has to say is certainly worthy of consideration. I don't know how many other NYC fans there are in S, although Jeff English also is well qualified.
The Wabash Valley shell on an AM drive would be OK, but there are really a lot of compromises. To get anywhere close to the quality of an SHS unit would take a LOT of work and many detail parts. Rather like buying an old Varney F3 in HO and trying to make it look like an Athearn "Genesis" unit. If you do have some sort of time limit, I'd keep looking for an SHS F unit and decals to repaint. It will be a time saving and make you happier in the long run. Pieter E. Roos --- On Tue, 5/31/11, ctxmf74 <[email protected]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], > "Jeff Ngowe" <chocolatte777@...> wrote: > >I have come across a wabash valley f7 shell >on an > AM chassis. Would >that along with a P&D hobbies O > scale f7 be >suitable for a little > > battle of the scales I'm planning? > > Given that I have abut 2 years of modeling time left, > i don't think >it would be prudent to wait for another f7 > to show up, if the former >is not up to snuff. > > Jeffrey Ngowe > > > > Hi Jeff, I'd suggest asking EdL about the NYC > available models as he probably knows more about S scale NYC > than anyone around. > I don't know what you mean by only 2 years > lft to model but that's not very long when it comes to > building a layout so I'd definitely consider HO or N scales > if I had to do something in that time frame.....dave > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
