Figured I would post this as a way of documenting the recent work I did to my Con-Cor Galloping Goose model in order to convert the model from HO scale to HOn3, to change out a melted body piece, and to replace some of the incandescent bulbs responsible for the melting to LEDs.
I have had my model now since 2011 and I originally got it as Goose #5 with the Wayne Bus body and tourist configuration. Also, as I am part of an HO model railroading club, I got it in HO scale seeing as I had no HOn3 track to run it on but still loved the Goose and wanted to have one.
Years later, I now have started to collect HOn3 equipment to hopefully run on a layout of my own someday, but it just felt wrong to have a goose that wasn’t also HOn3. Also, because of the heat generated in such a small cab by the incandescent bulbs, part of the cab had started to melt! So not too long ago I called Con-Cor up and asked if it were possible to order a replacement cab and HOn3 trucks to do the conversion and sure enough it was! Here are pictures to show the melted/deformed cab. It is only slight but it is enoiugh to bother me and want to correct it.
https://i.imgur.com/MrqHICk.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/jEII760.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/C4iRZON.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/3EtDfQq.jpg
After receiving the necessary parts I got to work
