Bud, I agree! I like this approach and would be much more inclined to buy a model WITHOUT grabs and railings than one with molded-on grabs and railings. For step wrongs, ladders and short grabs I prefer molded plastic details over pre-formed bent wire details or over bending my own wire details, but acknowledge the durability of wire over plastic.
As for the FP nose... even LifeLike Proto 2000's first E-units from many years ago had the wrong nose contour... so bad, in fact, that (if I remember the timeline correctly) Walthers corrected the issue when they bought the P2K line from LifeLike. So, if AM got it right, that says a lot!!! Too bad I don't need any FP-7s... :( Then again... I could always model a few black and yellow SCL, ex-ACL FP-7s from the 1980s... just to have them. John Degnan [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Bud Rindfleisch To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 06:49 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: A M Shells John, As for "modeling", one thing the Am Models FP's did that pleased me to no end, was to "NOT" cast on handrails! They left them off altogether.....much easier to just drill and add wire "standoff" handrails. I make my own now with the EMD type having distinctly smaller attachment rods top and bottom and inch and a half verticals. Despite any criticism, the AM FP nose is a real good representation of EMD's bulldog nose. Other details can be easily improved with some "modeling". Bud Rindfleisch [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ 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/
