HO Shay to On30?

[Anubis]

Hello all,

I have a Bachmann HO 3-truck Shay that I acquired several years ago, and which has had very little use (less than half an hour).

I am thinking of bashing it into a (small) On30 runner, by replacing the cab, smokestack, and sand domes, as I have already done with some older 00 and HO 0-4-0 locomotives.

Has anyone else ever attempted anything like this conversion, and what are your views?

[tac]

Sir - there is a company in the USA that actually makes a kit to do this and it builds into a very convincing small Shay.

I'll try and find it for you...

Meanwhile, have a look at this great Australian site and weep!!

tac
www.ovgrs.org

[hminky]

http://bouldervalleymodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=87

[tac]

http://bouldervalleymodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=87

THAT's the one!!!

Thank you, Sir!!!

tac
www.ovgrs.org

[Anubis]

Hey fellas,

Many thanks for the link to Boulder Valley and their On30 conversion kit.

Looks like it will do the job nicely, as well as saving me a pile of hassles.

What a great bunch you all are!

[Tomcat]

Hey Anubis,

you can even do a conversion by using brass parts from PSC or any other kind of kitbash-able material: I´ve done a conversion by using Bill Banta´s On30 cab for the HO shay, did produce a tender water tank from two Bachmann Oil tanks which came unused from my Bachmann 2-8-0 Connies, a stack from Xerodon and a bit of plastic sheet material.

It´s not difficult. Almost prototypical.
I´ll see if I can add a photo here.

;)Cheers, Tom