B.T.S. Depressed-Center Flat Car kits.... Re: {S-Scale List} Silence!
On 9/27/2013 9:40 AM, shabbona_rr wrote: The board's been pretty quiet, lately. Did I scare everybody off, or is everybody been NEO'd? Is it time for the DCC/non-DCC discussion again? No, please, no more of that!! Quick update... depressed-center flat cars are being cast now and should be shipped to me by mid-October... just in time for me to get them in the box before I head to CA for brain surgery in Nov. Price for the kit is $59.95. Take care Bill -- == Scale Model Railroad Products == == Manufacturer - Retailer - Importer == Bill and Diane Wade B.T.S. 1782 Trinity Rd Belington, WV 26250-7621 Phone: 304-823-3729 FAX: 304-823-2901 http://www.btsrr.com We wish you Fair Winds and Following Seas. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: s-scale-dig...@yahoogroups.com s-scale-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: s-scale-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/
Re: {S-Scale List} Silence!
You're right boB. This list does seem to be MUCH quieter than when I was last active in S scale. Don't know what happened while I was gone... but a very different list exists now. 'Tis a bit of a shame, actually, for I was looking forward to the fun interaction here that I remembered when active in S scale previously. Upside: Doesn't seem to be mini-flamefests as often either. Oh well... it is what is has become... or something like that. I guess you and I can chat it up here, huh??? Along that line: What brand of string do you prefer? (After doing some preliminary examining to see what will be involved to cram a Tsunami TSU-1000 decoder w/sound and a Railmaster Bass Reflex speaker into an AM S-12 Baldwin... I may need to join you on the string thing!) Andre Ming From: shabbona_rr The board's been pretty quiet, lately. Did I scare everybody off, or is everybody been NEO'd? Is it time for the DCC/non-DCC discussion again? boB Nicholson
Re: B.T.S. Depressed-Center Flat Car kits.... Re: {S-Scale List} Silence!
On 9/27/2013 10:05 AM, Andre Ming wrote: Brain surgery? Are they going to give you brain a replacement??? (Hmm... may be hope for me, then.) Seriously: That sounds very ominous Bill. I sincerely hope for the best possible outcome. (snip) Thanks, Andre! Most folks are surprised that I actually have a brain. More info about my current challenge can be found at http://www.btsrr.com/btshealth.htm Take care Bill -- == Scale Model Railroad Products == == Manufacturer - Retailer - Importer == Bill and Diane Wade B.T.S. 1782 Trinity Rd Belington, WV 26250-7621 Phone: 304-823-3729 FAX: 304-823-2901 http://www.btsrr.com We wish you Fair Winds and Following Seas.
Re: {S-Scale List} Silence!
Been busy working in shop producing product for OCT 16 rollout at NTTM working on details of first rolling stock offering in Scale Gauge I'm quiet by nature Jim laughing on the Keystone Main Lyle Sent from my iPhone On Sep 27, 2013, at 10:02 AM, Andre Ming lam...@cebridge.net wrote: You're right boB. This list does seem to be MUCH quieter than when I was last active in S scale. Don't know what happened while I was gone... but a very different list exists now. 'Tis a bit of a shame, actually, for I was looking forward to the fun interaction here that I remembered when active in S scale previously. Upside: Doesn't seem to be mini-flamefests as often either. Oh well... it is what is has become... or something like that. I guess you and I can chat it up here, huh??? Along that line: What brand of string do you prefer? (After doing some preliminary examining to see what will be involved to cram a Tsunami TSU-1000 decoder w/sound and a Railmaster Bass Reflex speaker into an AM S-12 Baldwin... I may need to join you on the string thing!) Andre Ming From: shabbona_rr The board's been pretty quiet, lately. Did I scare everybody off, or is everybody been NEO'd? Is it time for the DCC/non-DCC discussion again? boB Nicholson
Re: B.T.S. Depressed-Center Flat Car kits.... Re: {S-Scale List} Silence!
Brain surgery? Are they going to give you brain a replacement??? (Hmm... may be hope for me, then.) Seriously: That sounds very ominous Bill. I sincerely hope for the best possible outcome. Andre Ming - Original Message - From: Bill Diane, B.T.S. Quick update... depressed-center flat cars are being cast now and should be shipped to me by mid-October... just in time for me to get them in the box before I head to CA for brain surgery in Nov. Price for the kit is $59.95. Take care Bill
Re: {S-Scale List} Silence!
And that's unfortunate. I'm new to the scale and very enthusiastic, but there isn't a whole lot of on-topic discussion activity. I will say that posting questions does generate a good response, but then things come back to a stop... Ken Ford Aurora, IL --- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Andre Ming laming@... wrote: You're right boB. This list does seem to be MUCH quieter than when I was last active in S scale. Don't know what happened while I was gone... but a very different list exists now... (snip) Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: s-scale-dig...@yahoogroups.com s-scale-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: s-scale-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/
Re: {S-Scale List} Silence--not so! FNF for 9/27/13
Hi all -- I think some of it has to do with the more vocal of the group forming their own groups/SIG and having enough to do with just that. Also, the recent convention in Scranton probably took some more of the need to converse out of the picture, and NASG elections are over so that is not a factor. Speaking of the NASG, Bill Pyper, the new “Dispatch” editor, is looking for good Christmas season photos for the December issue. If you have some please send him at rrbil...@comcast.net .Also, bill is looking for feedback as to when you receive your October issue so he can more accurately gauge the time in transit from the printer. He has made the commitment to have all issues published and in members’ hands within the cover month date. The October issue is going out as I type...One more thing – I have been thinking about having the “Dispatch” done on the odd months rather than the even months as it is now.I think that would give the magazine a more timely relationship to the many events and seasons it covers. What do you think? As far as Bill Lane’s question about modeling and the FNF for this week, this week we had Pete and Linda Moffett as guests, so we ran trains rather than model. Otherwise, I have been digging up the front yard trying to discover where the root intrusion into the sewer line is located.No small task, as the line is over four feet down... I did order out a few more decals for the Coal Creek Central.I also did the usual solving of problems within the NASG (as well as I can, anyway). Have fun! Bill Winans -- boB Well you're correct in the quietness of this list. I haven't had any Yahoo changes but nearly every list is completely filled with this stuff. I will let the wider S community know about doings here in the Houston area. We have been invited to display our modules at four upcoming shows plus my Great Plains Northern Terminal Railroad will host visitors in late November as part of our yearly Fall Layout Tour --probably one of the largest in the country. The city of Galveston will be our first show next weekend. Their Museum was pretty much wiped out with Hurricane Ike. In fact I just learned that two passenger cars have been sold to scrappers--an ex ATSF business car and an ex Rock Island observation. I did extensive photo work on the ATSF car before the damage, BTW is was renamed the American Flyer by it's owners. It's a slow climb back to being a real museum. Anyway, this is the fourth time we've been involved in this show. It's also somewhat unique in that we setup outdoors under the overhang of the station. So we're protected from the rain but we've had issues with wind gusts. boB, you would like this because you can switch a yard without string or even an engine--just plan your gusts of wind carefully! Andre' and other guys operating the real stuff would like this also because they usually have a 1:1 GMC switcher moving boatloads of kids around the yard. The show after that is just a few miles away in Texas City where they have another museum devoted mostly to model railroads. That will happen in early November. In January, we'll be operating during the return of the World's Greatest Hobbies show. When that marketing program started, Houston was among the first cities to be visited. It's was a big event and we expect this one to be similar with 20,000 attending. We expect to have our biggest layout ever. In February we again expect to participate in a one day show called The Greater Houston Train Show which is an annual event that has been around before my time--and that's becoming a long time. It's a much smaller event but is similar to our own conventions with smaller vendors, contests, modules and clinics. So call us busy! You can check our club's website--Houston S Gaugers in case you are traveling in our neighborhood. Your invited! Bob Werre PhotoTraxx PS, and by the way were are DCC, handlaid code 100 rail and we use any coupler that works! -- The board's been pretty quiet, lately. Did I scare everybody off, or is everybody been NEO'd? Is it time for the DCC/non-DCC discussion again? boB Nicholson
Re: {S-Scale List} Silence--not so! FNF for 9/27/13
Bill W. said: I think some of it has to do with the more vocal of the group forming their own groups/SIG and having enough to do with just that. Well, the forums at the S Sig website are deader than doornails... unless there's a top secret S Sig forum I'm not aware of. (Which could be the case, after all, would YOU let ME be a part of YOUR forum???) Last (and only) posts in both forums were made in Dec. of 2011. As far as Bill Lane’s question about modeling and the FNF for this week... FNF 9/27/13: Unfortunately, my wife has experienced a death in her family (her father) and this has caused intermitten/sporadic time at the house/etc for me as I commute back/forth to NW AR (where her family is located). Thus, no FNF news from me. I get to browse/look some on the web via some time at the house or my iPhone... but nothing really substantial in any arena has been done this week due other much more important priorities. However, in the words of the great Gen. McDoogle (or was it MacArthur?): I shall return! Andre Ming
Re: {S-Scale List} Silence--not so! FNF for 9/27/13
Hi Andre -- The SIG is a lot more active than that, but I don’t use the forum often enough to remember my user name or password, and wherever I wrote it down has disappeared also. To me, having to go through all of that to use the the forum is more trouble than it is worth, and like you, I am sure it is to keep riff-raff like me from cluttering it up with facts. grin Sorry to hear about your wife’s father. Pass along our condolences. Bill Winans --- Bill W. said: I think some of it has to do with the more vocal of the group forming their own groups/SIG and having enough to do with just that. Well, the forums at the S Sig website are deader than doornails... unless there's a top secret S Sig forum I'm not aware of. (Which could be the case, after all, would YOU let ME be a part of YOUR forum???) Last (and only) posts in both forums were made in Dec. of 2011. As far as Bill Lane’s question about modeling and the FNF for this week... FNF 9/27/13: Unfortunately, my wife has experienced a death in her family (her father) and this has caused intermitten/sporadic time at the house/etc for me as I commute back/forth to NW AR (where her family is located). Thus, no FNF news from me. I get to browse/look some on the web via some time at the house or my iPhone... but nothing really substantial in any arena has been done this week due other much more important priorities. However, in the words of the great Gen. McDoogle (or was it MacArthur?): I shall return! Andre Ming Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: s-scale-dig...@yahoogroups.com s-scale-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: s-scale-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/
Re: {S-Scale List} Silence--not so! FNF for 9/27/13
Andy, Just to clarify, the most recent posting on the S SIG forum at www.sscale.org was made yesterday morning. Brooks Stover Well, the forums at the S Sig website are deader than doornails... unless there's a top secret S Sig forum I'm not aware of. (Which could be the case, after all, would YOU let ME be a part of YOUR forum???) Last (and only) posts in both forums were made in Dec. of 2011. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: s-scale-dig...@yahoogroups.com s-scale-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: s-scale-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/
B.T.S. Depressed-Center Flat Car kits.... Re: {S-Scale List} Silence!
Just keep this in mind, Bill - maternity leave in Bible times was ten minutes at the edge of the field to deliver the baby, then back into the fray! Seriously, though, wishing you the best. boB (no DCC!) Nicholson ___ --- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Andre Ming laming@... wrote: Bill: Wow. I've never heard of that condition before. Like you said, the best news in all this bad news is: BENIGN. I'm sure you and Diane are VERY thankful it wasn't the dreaded C word. You're one of the good guys when it comes to trying to help S scale. Your quick and full recovery is expected and even demanded, so don't fart around about it once the surgery is over. Now, GET TO IT. :-) Andre Ming - Original Message - From: Bill Diane, B.T.S. Thanks, Andre! Most folks are surprised that I actually have a brain. More info about my current challenge can be found at http://www.btsrr.com/btshealth.htm Take care Bill Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: s-scale-dig...@yahoogroups.com s-scale-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: s-scale-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/
Re: {S-Scale List} Silence can be good at times
I have to rebuild the truck sides on this Bachmann 4-4-0 tht suffered my ill
attempt at rewiring it. My idea now is to make a back plate from .156 x .060
styrene, drill new axle holes, then cement the pieces of the Bachmann truck to
that.
S scale content: I finished a clamshell crane for unloading gogondola loads of
sand at the ready mix and concrete block factory at Mooar Yard.
boB Nicholson _
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, JGG KahnSr jacekahn@... wrote:
I'd be interested in hearing about your progress on the USRA Pacific, having
bought a basketcase one from another list member some months ago and mostly
put it back to rights. I am still vexed that one of the steps from the pilot
to the running board is about 1/64 off from the other but I don't have the
time or energy to redo it now.
Jace Kahn
General Manager
Ceres Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co.
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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 10:43:08 -0400
Subject: {S-Scale List} Silence can be good at times
Posting about the list being it being quiet? (:-) Who is doing real S Scale
modeling? Let's hear about THAT! I am repairing an Overland USRA pacific now.
Thank You,
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Last weekend I re-converted my AM FA2 to S-CAB. I had removed the components before so that NWSLcould replace the stock AM motor with one of theirs. The S-CAB components I passed around at my clinic at the NASG convention were the ones removedfrom my FA2. Now they are back in their place. http://pmrr.org/Equipment/FA2/index_LVL2_7.htm The NWSL motor replacement was a slight improvement, but in retrospect not worth the cost. Of course, I didn't know that ahead of time. I think, ultimately, at fault is the gearing in the AM gear tower (it has the low gear). At this point in time that is beyond my capabilities (I am not a mechanical engineer/machinist), so I will leave that issue for my future self to tackle. I do plan to pursue super-detailing the engines in the future (already have the B.T.S. parts). I found the S-CAB powered engine derailing on my tracklast night. I discovered that the headlight wiring touches the front truck gear tower, and prevents it from smoothly swiveling, so that, I presume, is the cause of the derailments. My second, now un-powered, A unit would derail as well, but for a different reason. Upon close inspection I found that the wheels toward the center ofthe engine floated just above the rail (i.e. the truck was not parallel withthe rail). Looking for the cause, I found that the mounting lug (towhich the truck is attached to the frame) wasn't perfectlystraight, so when the mounting nut is tightened, it pulled the whole truck out of alignment with respect to the track. Loosening that nut solved the alignment issue (i.e. all four wheels of the truck touched the rail), but re-introduced the wobbling of the frame/shell. My solution was to glue a piece of styrene to the underside of the frame where the truck gear tower just barely touches the frame when tightened, which forces the truck to sit at a slight (opposite) angle. It was just enough to cause the four wheels to once again touch the rails. And that solved the derailment problems with that engine. It was kind of fun testing that unpowered engine by having it be pulled by my NW2. In the prototype, the FA2 engines would break down often, so my guess is that there were times when they were indeed pulled by other engines. Today I plan on fixing the headlight wire issue mentioned above, and then doing a full charge on the engine's batteries. Then this weekend I hope to do my endurance test (running the engine, light, on my layout until the battery is drained). As Bob Werre mentioned earlier, next weekend we will be at the Galveston show, where I hope to run the AM FA2 (A-B-A set) with a full train and see how long its battery lasts on a powered layout (Digitrax DCC on our club layout). That's what I've been up to, as far as modeling is concerned. - Peter. On 09/27/2013 9:43 am, Bill Lane wrote: Posting about the list being it being quiet? (:-) Who is doing real S Scale modeling? Let's hear about THAT! I am repairing an Overland USRA pacific now. Thank You, Bill Lane -- Peter Vanvliet (pe...@fourthray.com) Houston, Texas My Model Railroad Site http://pmrr.org/ (RSS feed http://pmrr.org/rss.xml) Fourth Ray Software http://fourthray.com/ Houston S Gaugers http://houstonsgaugers.org/ N.A.S.G. http://nasg.org/ --
Re: {S-Scale List} Silence can be good at times
On another front, my literary skills seem to be returning, and I have been working on an article manuscript that no editor in his right mind could resist, so be warned. On the other hand my typing skills have not kept pace, so everybody should be safe for a while. boB )String forever!) Nicholson --- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Peter Vanvliet groups@... wrote: Last weekend I re-converted my AM FA2 to S-CAB. I had removed the components before so that NWSLcould replace the stock AM motor with one of theirs. The S-CAB components I passed around at my clinic at the NASG convention were the ones removedfrom my FA2. Now they are back in their place. http://pmrr.org/Equipment/FA2/index_LVL2_7.htm The NWSL motor replacement was a slight improvement, but in retrospect not worth the cost. Of course, I didn't know that ahead of time. I think, ultimately, at fault is the gearing in the AM gear tower (it has the low gear). At this point in time that is beyond my capabilities (I am not a mechanical engineer/machinist), so I will leave that issue for my future self to tackle. I do plan to pursue super-detailing the engines in the future (already have the B.T.S. parts). I found the S-CAB powered engine derailing on my tracklast night. I discovered that the headlight wiring touches the front truck gear tower, and prevents it from smoothly swiveling, so that, I presume, is the cause of the derailments. My second, now un-powered, A unit would derail as well, but for a different reason. Upon close inspection I found that the wheels toward the center ofthe engine floated just above the rail (i.e. the truck was not parallel withthe rail). Looking for the cause, I found that the mounting lug (towhich the truck is attached to the frame) wasn't perfectlystraight, so when the mounting nut is tightened, it pulled the whole truck out of alignment with respect to the track. Loosening that nut solved the alignment issue (i.e. all four wheels of the truck touched the rail), but re-introduced the wobbling of the frame/shell. My solution was to glue a piece of styrene to the underside of the frame where the truck gear tower just barely touches the frame when tightened, which forces the truck to sit at a slight (opposite) angle. It was just enough to cause the four wheels to once again touch the rails. And that solved the derailment problems with that engine. It was kind of fun testing that unpowered engine by having it be pulled by my NW2. In the prototype, the FA2 engines would break down often, so my guess is that there were times when they were indeed pulled by other engines. Today I plan on fixing the headlight wire issue mentioned above, and then doing a full charge on the engine's batteries. Then this weekend I hope to do my endurance test (running the engine, light, on my layout until the battery is drained). As Bob Werre mentioned earlier, next weekend we will be at the Galveston show, where I hope to run the AM FA2 (A-B-A set) with a full train and see how long its battery lasts on a powered layout (Digitrax DCC on our club layout). That's what I've been up to, as far as modeling is concerned. - Peter. On 09/27/2013 9:43 am, Bill Lane wrote: Posting about the list being it being quiet? (:-) Who is doing real S Scale modeling? Let's hear about THAT! I am repairing an Overland USRA pacific now. Thank You, Bill Lane -- Peter Vanvliet (peter@...) Houston, Texas My Model Railroad Site http://pmrr.org/ (RSS feed http://pmrr.org/rss.xml) Fourth Ray Software http://fourthray.com/ Houston S Gaugers http://houstonsgaugers.org/ N.A.S.G. http://nasg.org/ -- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: s-scale-dig...@yahoogroups.com s-scale-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: s-scale-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/
Re: {S-Scale List} Silence can be good at times
S scale content: I finished a clamshell crane for unloading gogondola loads of sand at the ready mix and concrete block factory at Mooar Yard. boB Nicholson _ boB, Whose crane would that be? I've been looking for something like that, that isn't collector die cast priced! I'm actually looking for one with the electro magnetic attachment more than a clamshell. I built one of those for an S Gaugian product review. Bob Werre
Re: {S-Scale List} Silence--not so! FNF for 9/27/13
Hi Brooks! Ah, then one must be registered/etc before the actual forum(s) can be accessed. Understood. Don't know if my hobby philosophy would gin well there. (I tend to not take hobby things too serious.) So, I reckon' I'll just pester this group and the OGR S scale forum for now. BTW, it's Andre not Andy. Andre Ming From: bcgsteam Andy, Just to clarify, the most recent posting on the S SIG forum at www.sscale.org was made yesterday morning. Brooks Stover
Re: {S-Scale List} Silence--not so! FNF for 9/27/13
As one of the first guys involved in the S Sig, I've also had problems returning to that fold. Chris has tried in vain to get things right, but the times I've tried have been fruitless so far. I'll be trying again, just might try a different door! I still like this form for the most part even though one gentlemen seems to email me individually regarding my views on making our scale better. You can't please all the people all the time and this guy is just plan unhappy all the time I guess. Bob Werre Hi Andre -- The SIG is a lot more active than that, but I don’t use the forum often enough to remember my user name or password, and wherever I wrote it down has disappeared also. To me, having to go through all of that to use the the forum is more trouble than it is worth, and like you, I am sure it is to keep riff-raff like me from cluttering it up with facts. grin Bill Winans ---
Re: {S-Scale List} Silence--not so! FNF for 9/27/13
Andre, I think you have to be logged into the SIG's forum before you can see the last-updated date. The public, non-logged-in, page does show a December 2011 last-updated date. That may be a side-effect of the forum software that that web site uses. Just my guess. - Peter. On 09/27/2013 12:10 pm, bcgsteam wrote: Andy, Just to clarify, the most recent posting on the S SIG forum at www.sscale.org was made yesterday morning. Brooks Stover Well, the forums at the S Sig website are deader than doornails... unless there's a top secret S Sig forum I'm not aware of. (Which could be the case, after all, would YOU let ME be a part of YOUR forum???) Last (and only) posts in both forums were made in Dec. of 2011. -- Peter Vanvliet (pe...@fourthray.com) Houston, Texas My Model Railroad Site http://pmrr.org/ (RSS feed http://pmrr.org/rss.xml) Fourth Ray Software http://fourthray.com/ Houston S Gaugers http://houstonsgaugers.org/ N.A.S.G. http://nasg.org/ --
Re: {S-Scale List} Silence can be good at times
Bob: Mine was a Buy it Now from Ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/MODEL-POWER-HO-SCALE-TRAINS-WALKER-SON-SAND-GRAVEL-RAIL-CRANE-BUILDING-KIT-/370845617922?pt=Model_RR_Trainshash=item56581f0f02 It's small, but I mounted it on a raised base, and it don't look to bad boB --- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Bob Werre bob@... wrote: S scale content: I finished a clamshell crane for unloading gogondola loads of sand at the ready mix and concrete block factory at Mooar Yard. boB Nicholson _ boB, Whose crane would that be? I've been looking for something like that, that isn't collector die cast priced! I'm actually looking for one with the electro magnetic attachment more than a clamshell. I built one of those for an S Gaugian product review. Bob Werre Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: s-scale-dig...@yahoogroups.com s-scale-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: s-scale-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/
RE: {S-Scale List} Silence
EXPLORER??!! Not even Firefox? Try Google Chrome.
Jace Kahn
General Manager
Ceres Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co.
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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 06:57:20 -0700
Subject: {S-Scale List} Silence
My participation has been curtailed because I always get this error message
'sorry, an error occurred while loading content' either scrolling down through
the chronological topics index or after hitting reply at the bottom of the text
body box. I'm wondering if there is a permissions or security setting in
Explorer that is blocking something. I don't receive emails or the digest
version but rather view the list through Yahoo Groups. The errors occur there
and I don't want to receive the individual emails or digest in my email box.
However writing a new message seems to work.Ben Trousdale
Re: {S-Scale List} Silence can be good at times
Hi Peter: Thanks for your article and information. The NWSL motor replacement was a slight improvement, but in retrospect not worth the cost. I have quite a bit experience in repowering, and it appears to me that the the motor used is too small for the heft of an S scale locomotive and components that engine will be carrying. I suspect it will need much more torque at lower RPM than can be produced by that small motor. For example: I recall using Mashima 18 x 33 flat cans in HO GP diesels with satisfactory performance when mated to improved Athearn 4 wheel truck assemblies. In contrast, a Sagami 1630 did NOT work as well using Athearn trucks on account of the 12:1 ratios (I think that was it) in the Athearn 4 axle truck assemblies. Again, not enough torque at slow RPM. I think, ultimately, at fault is the gearing in the AM gear tower (it has the low gear). It appears from the pictures that you have the later style power truck assemblies. My box-stock AM FA also has the later style truck assemblies, but it still doesn't quite approach the smoothness of all of my S-12's. As yet, I have not set about to determine why. My FA (as does yours) appears to use the same truck assembly as my S-12's, so logic would say that my FA can be made to run as good as my S-12's with some tinkering. My AM GP9's are a different matter. They use the earlier truck assemblies and they will need to be significantly improved before I will be satisfied with them. Have you disassembled your AM FA trucks to look for obvious issues? i.e. Cracked gears, tight mesh, binding worm, etc? Andre
Re: {S-Scale List} Silence can be good at times
boB, Over the years much of my work has been photographing cranes doing impressive things. A company call McDermet had a barge with a crane so large, we would have to use a G gauge model to come close to it. I've also been in traveling cranes in shipyards. They run on rails and are about 3-4 stories in the air, so they wiggle alot standing still and are crazy when moving. So any crane will do if it fits the job and has a cab that might fit an S figure. Thanks, Bob Bob: Mine was a Buy it Now from Ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/MODEL-POWER-HO-SCALE-TRAINS-WALKER-SON-SAND-GRAVEL-RAIL-CRANE-BUILDING-KIT-/370845617922?pt=Model_RR_Trainshash=item56581f0f02 It's small, but I mounted it on a raised base, and it don't look to bad boB
Re: {S-Scale List} Silence!
Solved! Actually, the list when this thread started showed 280 messages, which still averages better than 10 per day. It was the lightest month since June (246 messages). I hope people find the general quality better; the moderators frequently heard that we should clamp down on the off-topic chit-chat in the past. Pieter Roos Sent from my iPhone On Sep 27, 2013, at 9:40 AM, shabbona_rr user141...@mediacombb.net wrote: The board's been pretty quiet, lately. Did I scare everybody off, or is everybody been NEO'd? Is it time for the DCC/non-DCC discussion again? boB Nicholson Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: s-scale-dig...@yahoogroups.com s-scale-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: s-scale-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/
Re: {S-Scale List} Silence can be good at times
My friend Joe and I spent the day making S scale crossties out of some really
nice Eastern white pine. He models in HO, but is starting to dabble in S.
Lots of sawdust out in front of the garage!
Charles Weston
San Antonio
From: Bill Diane, B.T.S. wade...@ix.netcom.com
To: S-Scale@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2013 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Silence can be good at times
On 9/27/2013 10:43 AM, Bill Lane wrote:
Posting about the list being it being quiet? (:-)
Who is doing real S Scale modeling? Let’s hear about THAT!
I am building the sample models of the McCabe Cookhouse and Dining
Cars for the camp car series.
Take care
Bill
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Well... You are in the model train business! Also Seriously; We all hope you do well in CA and get to be with us for many more less interesting times. Talmadge C 'TC' Carr Sn42 and Hn42 somewhere in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest group_l...@dapenguin.net On 27Sep2013, at 07:09 , Bill Diane, B.T.S. wrote: Thanks, Andre! Most folks are surprised that I actually have a brain. More info about my current challenge can be found at http://www.btsrr.com/btshealth.htm Take care Bill
