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
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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
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
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
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:
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...
This new YAHOO may be part of the reason?Stan Houghton ---In s-scale@yahoogroups.com, WJJIM@... wrote:Been busy working in shop producing product for OCT 16 rollout at NTTM working on details of first rolling stock offering in Scale Gauge Im quiet by natureJim laughing
Having been addicted to chatlists for going on fifteen years now, I am starting
to think there is a life-cycle to most of them. Initially there is quite a bit
of interest and energy invested and quite a lot of useful information.
Eventually, over time, most of the major interests and concerns
Hi everyone, I used to love Grandpa (Henry Sprague) bringing me to the club in
Sunnyvale, well I think it was Sunnyvale. Do you have a Face Book page? I
would really appropriate pics of my Grandpa or the trains he built if anyone
has them. Thank you so much Linda (Sprague) Paine.
I just posted a photo of the 2 story building by Monster Models, nice kit, easy to build. I added a number of braces inside to make sure I never have a problem when the humidity changes. I also just received their cut quarried stone wall sections. Great stuff, I have some good uses
Ken,
Very nice model! I always find stone structures visually appealing.
Unfortunately, there were none around the BCG so I've never had reason to
build one! Maybe I can find a reason to freelance one.
Brooks Stover
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Always looking for ways to get S in print, I sent a photo of my recently
completed BO EL-3 to Model Railroader for use in Trackside Photos and it was
accepted. I was told by the editorial staff recently that they are always
looking for images to use. Their backlog of quality photos for use in
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
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
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
Well, I would love to your pic, Ken. But using either of my browsers,
Yahoo/Neo is so screwed up that I can't click a New Photos link and view the
new photos. (Firefox displays the Yahoo S Scale list home page as if I'm not a
member, but I'm logged into Yahoo!) Thus, I would have to search
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
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
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,
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,
I've been in the throes of rebuilding a VT 19th Century 4-4-0 that my
meandering keyboard fingers committed me to on Ebay last summer. I should say
destruction, since that seems to be more like I'm doing to it. It could be
worse, tho, like the G scale 4-6-0 those same fingers committed me to
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
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.
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!)
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
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,
Who is doing real S Scale modeling? Let's hear about THAT!
I am repairing an Overland USRA pacific now.
Thank You,
Bill Lane
Installing DCC control bus and prepping the backdrop for painting. Have
fine-tuned track and cars and have my M1a 4-8-2 pulling a 23-car train. The
rumor from the
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
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
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
EXPLORER??!! Not even Firefox? Try Google Chrome.
Jace Kahn
General Manager
Ceres Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co.
To: s-scale@yahoogroups.com
From: pickyca...@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 06:57:20 -0700
Subject: {S-Scale List} Silence
My
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
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
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
Hi All,
Several years ago either RMC or RMJ ran a series of articles and photos on
intermodal containers. Does anyone recall which magazine ran the series and the
approximate year/years? Thanks.
Ed Davis
Stockton, Ca
Ed:
You'll have to register but the following index site is a good tool:
http://trc.trains.com/magazineindex/
Model Railroading ran a series called Containers A - Z that started in May
2000 and looks to have run into 2003. Rail Model Journal looks to have had a
series also form sometime
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.
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
I currently have one each of the REX; 0-4-0, 0-6-0, 2-4-4, 2-6-0on my work
bench. I'm taking out the drivers and replacing them with 110 drivers and to
the NASG specs. I'm also building my own idler gear boxes from brass and will
be using can type motors.
I'm down to an Overland A-A NYC
Bert Mahr came over this afternoon and helped me install some tempered
hardboard for backdrops in an area where they were not yet installed. Other
than that, I have been working on a curved three-way stub switch and the
tracks radiating from it this week.
Dave Heine
Easton, PA
Not the group, the trains.
Question: Do the SHS diesel locomotives come in dedicated AC or DC? In other
words, when shopping the secondary market for an SHS diesel model... must it be
DC specific, or does one model do both AC/DC?
Thanks.
Andre Ming
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