Do I understand right that it may as well to sell the steps in sets of six; I'd have to check to see if any loco would take a different number of them for each unit. Come to think of it, B-units could take 8 steps each. DJE
----- Original Message ----- From: Bud Rindfleisch To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 5:36 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Rusty's Magical Replacement F Unit Steps Bill, This was exactly my plan, cut off all the cast on plastic ones,replace with brass. I approached Rusty a couple months ago with this request for the brass steps with integral mounting pins. The idea was not my own. Years back Kent Singer came up with the idea of replacing the original Enhorning plastic steps, that broke off with regularity, by drilling the uprights and acc'ng music wire pins into the broken steps. These were then pinned into drilled holes in the bottom of the shell sides. This worked but was ripe for an improvement, hence the request for brass ones. These steps are also perfect for replacing the Am Models FP-7 steps which are not even close in shape to EMD steps. To Enhorning's credit, their original castings at least had that part right. Bud Rindfleisch > > One way to make sure they all match perfectly is to cut off all of the > plastic steps and replace them all with Rusty's brass steps. Call it > preventative maintenance since the plastic steps are pretty fragile anyway. > > > > Thank You, > Bill Lane > > > >
