Raleigh, I bought 3 of Howard Phillips' AF HW 80' conversions at a subsequent convention somewhere along the way for something like $20 or so each. Your assessment of virtually no visible splice is correct. I asked how it did it and he said on a table saw. I have never been able to get such precise work from a table saw.
The only thing that made those conversions stand out was the roof profile on the AF HW cars was too wide and a bit squatty. Billy raleigh wrote: > > and he notes - > > Yes that's the guy. He and Howard Phillips attended the 1968 NESGA > Convention in Nashua, NH. They had a couple of parts, a steam chest > was one of them. As I recall they were gonna revive the 2-8-0. I was > more interested in the spliced AF passenger car shell Howard brought > with him. He turned a couple of combines into an 80' coach without a > trace of the splice! > > After 40 years, my memory is a bit sketchy on what ever came of the > Nord idea but I do remember Beadle saying that he started Nord then > sold it to someone named Stinson. There's no way to jog my memory as > to who was who as everyone in that room (except me of course) has > passed on. > > I have a Nord catalog somewhere and may look for it this weekend. > > Raleigh in chilly Maine > > P. S. - I visited Wiscasset when Gene Fletcher was alive but nothing > was running that day. It's about a 2 hour drive from where I live. > > At 11:44 PM 8/27/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:mjjarm%40core.com> wrote: > > >The Chuck Beadle I knew in model railroading (and sold my lost wax > >equipment to) was from Warren Ohio, the later Brunswick, > >Ohio>. He had a line of HO locomotive parts. I > >remember Nord only from Minnesota. There is some correspondence > >buried somewhere in my house. Chucks brother was a vice president of > >Chrysler. > > > >Raleigh have you been laying track at Wiscasset? > >John Armstrong > > > > and he notes - > > > > > > Charlie Beedle was from St.Paul. > > > > > > Raleigh > > > > > > lAt 07:46 PM 8/27/2008, Don Thompson wrote: > > > > > > > >>Dear Jim, > > >>I do not remember the man's name, > >but I think he told me he had > > >>started Nord too. I believe > >the company was called American Scale > > >>Models. After a feeble > >attempt at prodcution, all was sold to Jan > > >>Lorenzen of > >Locomotive Workshop. I saw some partially assembled > > >>boilers > >in his shop as well as drivers and other parts. I am not sure > > >>if he ever got to a point where they were marketed. > > >>Best regards, > > >>Don > > >> > > >>On > >Aug 27, 2008, at 5:45 PM, raisinone wrote: > > >> > > >> > > > A 4-6-0 kit was produced in the early 80's by a gentleman in > > >> > Minnesota > > . > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ 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: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
