As mentioned in another thread a while back, I bought a few Atlas S-2 yard switchers back in the late 1980's and now want to detail one of them for Union Pacific.
I'm trying to figure out which Smokey Valley stanchions I might use for the hand rails. Information on them is hard to come by.
They have a kit #17 for the Cary S-2 and I'm wondering if anyone has experience with making these stanchions fit the Atlas.
I have used the #11 kit on a Front Range GP9 and only had to file off a small square guide pin to get them to work. I'm wondering if the Alco stanchions might be adaptable to Atlas in some manner.
Any experience you might have had would be very helpful.
If anybody has done a similar detail job on the Atlas Alco S2 any choices you made on details would also be helpful.
I don't run them, only make display models. No layout, no space.
Thanks for any help.
EDIT: In examining the hand rails more closely, the stanchions don't look too bad. It's the molded on hand rail that's too thick. It almost appears that I could cut the hand rail from the stanchions and drill them out to take some .015 brass wire. Has anyone ever tried this? Can you glue to that material. It's a slippery plastic of some sort, whatever Atlas uses on engines made in Austria.
Deane
I'm trying to figure out which Smokey Valley stanchions I might use for the hand rails. Information on them is hard to come by.
They have a kit #17 for the Cary S-2 and I'm wondering if anyone has experience with making these stanchions fit the Atlas.
I have used the #11 kit on a Front Range GP9 and only had to file off a small square guide pin to get them to work. I'm wondering if the Alco stanchions might be adaptable to Atlas in some manner.
Any experience you might have had would be very helpful.
If anybody has done a similar detail job on the Atlas Alco S2 any choices you made on details would also be helpful.
I don't run them, only make display models. No layout, no space.
Thanks for any help.
EDIT: In examining the hand rails more closely, the stanchions don't look too bad. It's the molded on hand rail that's too thick. It almost appears that I could cut the hand rail from the stanchions and drill them out to take some .015 brass wire. Has anyone ever tried this? Can you glue to that material. It's a slippery plastic of some sort, whatever Atlas uses on engines made in Austria.
Deane
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