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B to A conversion Locos and rolling stock
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Regular poster 226 posts tommypelley Regular poster 226 posts
tommypelley

I have a spectrum F7AB set. got a great deal on ebay. these are  N scale models. problem is that i need 2 A units. is it possible to just change the B body shell out for an A unit shell?
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bapguy54 Regular poster 171 posts
bapguy54

Pull the shells off both

Pull the shells off both units and compare the frames. If they're the both same frame then yes you can do it.  Joe
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JC Shall Prolific poster 1,486 posts
JC Shall

And then try it....

And if the frames look the same, try putting the A shell on the B frame.

-Jack

Louisiana Central Railroad

The Louisiana Central Blog
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gonzo Regular poster 204 posts
gonzo

B frame

I did this some time back so I forget the mfg but I had to round off the B unit chassis.
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tommypelley Regular poster 226 posts
tommypelley

thanks

i don't know why i didn't think of such a simple way to check. sometimes we just need a kick start to get the old brain working again.thanks for the help guys. ill try it when i get home next week
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g0 Regular poster 185 posts
g0

And here I thought...

... that you were modeling the Haysi Railroad:
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=448295
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-Fuzzy
DM Rail Group
 
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tommypelley Regular poster 226 posts
tommypelley

there's a prototype for almost anything

I never even heard of the haysi until now but that's a neat idea. I just looked a bachmann website and the frames appear the same. So I may just eat the ten bucks and buy the A shell. If a little minor modification is necessary then that'll be OK too
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