Bob,
I think that might be AF HO.
Charles Weston
From: RobertN user141...@mediacombb.net
To: S-Scale@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2013 4:44 PM
Subject: {S-Scale List} AF Mantua-based 4-4-0
Has anybody ever heard of, or seen, the Mantua
Well, scratch that Great Idea, I guess. What's it going to take to get a
mid-(Civil War period) 19th Century 4-4-0 and rolling stock to match, assuming
I would live long enough to see it?
I already know what I could do with the Franklin passenger cars.
boB Nicholson
The. A/F Franklin in S IS an interesting beastie. Drive is basically from
a 302. Smoke unit is HO. Engine and cars are oversized. Working on
installing Amber lighting strips from DALLEE in 2 coaches.Lots of Franklins
around, far fewer Washington sets around.
The H O version is
The Mantua HO General 4-4-0 came out before W W II. The first loco I ever
owned. Die Cast
John Armstrong
- Original Message -
From: RobertN
To: S-Scale@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2013 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} AF Mantua-based 4-4-0
boB
Am I understanding this...you are looking for an HO something from which to
build an S scale Civil War era 4-4-0? If so you might have better luck going up
a scale to O. Bachmann's On30 4-4-0 broke my heart because its prototype was
just to tiny to convert to S standard gauge, but if might
