Converting Broadway Y6b to Y6a ... how easy?

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Did I miss something? I never got any photos of Jon's conversion. Where are they or where did they go?
Roger HuberDeer Creek Locomotive Works 

    On Saturday, February 8, 2020, 09:16:18 PM CST, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:  
 
 
Very nice modeling, Jon.  Thanks for the description and photos.

  

Jim King

http://smokymountainmodelworks.com/

  

From: NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> 
Sent: Saturday, February 8, 2020 11:31 AM
To: NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
Subject: Re: Converting Broadway Y6b to Y6a ... how easy?

  

I started a conversion of a BLI Y6b into a Y6a a few months ago. I haven't finished all the little details, but I did go ahead and paint it. I cut the smoke box down with a cut off wheel on a dremel tool and rejoined it to the boiler. The down side is I ran out of room for the smoke unit to fit inside, so it got left out. I cut the catwalks and moved them around, moved the air compressor, mounted the feedwater heater and ran some piping to and from it. I practiced on an old rivarossi y6b first before sacrificing an expensive BLI. There's more I want to do to it, but for now, I'm happy with it.

  

Jon Jones

  



  
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