Converting Broadway Y6b to Y6a ... how easy?

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On 2/7/2020 5:07 PM, NW Modeling List wrote:
> I didn't attach any files to my email.
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> Nigel Misso
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> Subject: Re: Converting Broadway Y6b to Y6a ... how easy?
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> Nigel, I have been lurking along on this thread, to see if I might try 
> the conversion myself.  What kind of file is your attachment?  I 
> couldn't open it.  Thanks
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> Walter Davis, Youngsville, NC
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> On 2/7/2020 6:47 AM, NW Modeling List wrote:
>> Jim, smokebox length is another item. Compare your model with 
>> pictures of 2156. I suggest downloading some 2156 pictures, then 
>> taking matching pictures of your model. Then comparing the areas that 
>> are identified as being different by you and other sources to decide 
>> if those differences are important to you.
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>> Nigel Misso
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>> Subject: Converting Broadway Y6b to Y6a ... how easy?
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>> I’d like to convert 1 of my Broadway Y6b’s to an “a”.  I’ve not 
>> studied differences closely (yet) so haven’t made the yes/no decision 
>> to move forward.  Other than the “elephants in the room” changes 
>> (replacing the left side pumps with a feedwater heater, adding the 
>> 2^nd pump on the right, removing the fwh ahead of the stack, changing 
>> some piping/air tanks, etc.) can this conversion be done using the 
>> same boiler, cab, pilot and running gear?  I have a brass FWH for the 
>> left side and can get other parts from Cal-Scale/Bowser or ebay so 
>> necessary parts are easily available and lesser parts can be 
>> scratchbuilt.
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>> Jim King
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>> http://smokymountainmodelworks.com/
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