01-08-2012, 05:08 PM
For what it's worth -- and I don't mean to minimize one bit the outstanding quality and astonishing quantity of your work -- many X29s, including the PRR, had bolsters spaced five feet from the ends, while the TM underframe has them five feet six inches. This is a "feature" that carried over to the Walthers version. On painted Walthers PRR cars, I've left this alone, but on some cars I extensively rebuilt from early TM cars, I did change the bolster spacing. I've heard that some guys simply drill a new hole in the Walthers or TM bolster six scale inches closer to the end of the car and leave it at that. Not a biggie and probably not noticeable.