Bert said:
> Andre, Don't feel bad about tearing apart AM diesels, i do it all the time
> including putting in NWSL drive train and gear parts...
Just can't leave well enough alone, can we????
Brian said:
> Hmmm.... I know this is kind of annoying to say,
> but I would say go for it and just collect stuff as it
> comes out.
Ooooo! I like the way you think, Brian! One thing that does NOT take much
encouragement for me to indulge in, is to purchase neat model railroading
stuff!! According to the Mrs, I do that best.
> A good-sized railroad takes time to build,
> especially if you're doing a large switching railroad
> based in, say, a city?
Starting with a small layout first. If it gets finished and I want more...
then an out building will be considered.
> You've got one switcher now, right?
One undec SHS SW9, one SHS SW9 in the wrong Frisco scheme for my era (bought
it as a "look see" at S scale), and a still-in-the-flat-box Railmaster Alco
S2 flat kit. Nice looking kit. However, the drive system for that one will
need some TLC before it can approach SHS running qualities.
> Well, you can always get other switchers.
Indeed! I intend to purchase an appropriately decorated (for the KC area)
AM Baldwin S12. That is, as soon as I get some responses to emails I'm
sending out.
> Um... uhhhh....... ye gods, I can't find a roster for the Frisco in the
> Diesel Shop's lists... that's... just wrong... Well, I know they had a
> variety of locomotives, there's got to be SOMETHING available that they
> used
Yup. Frisco switchers appropriate for my chosen era would be: Baldwin
VO1000's, VO660's, DS-44-1000's, EMD NW2' and SW's, Alco S-2's, and FM's.
Pieter said:
> I've always been happy with the way my Baldwin S-12
> operates...
Another satisfied owner... what more could I want?
> The only problem I have with it is it has AAR road trucks instead of
> switcher trucks.
We won't talk about that. <g>
> Mine runs that way anyway, until more pressing projects are complete to
> allow replacement of the drive.
Ditto!
Now, if you've plowed through yet another Andre Ming post to this point...
then you should at least know that I have NOT just been typing posts
tonight. Nosirree... I've been MODELING in between posts.
Yup. I have been in my paint shop program readying another KC building, even
printed it out, and it is now ready for assembly. I have also spent some
time making a list identifying and prioritizing what has me on high center
in regards to an S scale effort so I can make my licks count (both $$ and
effort). Oh... and I've sent some inquiries so I can spend some money...
that counts too, doesn't it?? <g>
Andre Ming
The Pain In Patootey, OK
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