I have one, I imagine if you're good at scraping and sanding off
details it wouldn't be too hard to modify one. The tricky part would
be adding on a FWH, since you'd either have to cut out part of the
smoke box for a Elesco, or modify the left running board for a
Worthington BL. Also you'd have to change the headlight, add an air
resivoir under the smokebox, change the cooling coils and air
resivoirs under the running boards, change the handrails, add a oil
bunker to the tender, change the tender ladder from the left to the
rights side, and add some minor details to the locomotive and
tender. It sounds like a lot, but if you're good enough, (which I'm
probably not, only been in the hobby 3 years), you could probably
handle it.
Regards,
Christopher Meyer
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Ray Bedard" <tczephyr@h...> wrote:
> Now that the Broadway Ltd 2-8-2 has been out some time, I am
wondering what
> the opinion is of those that may have bought it. I took it for a
test run at
> a local hobby shop (on their test track). I really liked the
chuffing sound
> and whistle, wasn't too crazy about the sound of the bell.
>
> I also was not impressed with the molded on detail, or lack there
of, so I
> passed on buying it. I have been thinking about it lately and
wondering if
> it would be worth the effort to make changes to the boiler by
removing some
> of the molded on detail and replacing it to be more prototypical
for the Q.
>
> Curious to know if anyone has attempted to make changes to the
boiler, what
> they did and how difficult it may have been.
>
> I do not operate DCC, I'm an old analog guy.
>
> Thanks for any info
>
> Ray Bedard
> San Jose CA
>
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