and he notes - Now that's good point. What good are the correct wheels if they run on the wrong size rail. But then what good is the correct size rail if the ties are not to scale.
Having the correct ties is as important as having the correct rail. And the era makes a difference too as well as the area modeled. Ties in Missouri were often hand hewn as late as 1940. On this site one can learn more than needed to know about hand hewn or 'hacked' ties: http://mdc.mo.gov/conmag/1996/10/40.html I'm sure hacked ties were used in other places too so all those uniform shaped, blackened (aka creosoted) ties have t' go! Once your layout has been converted to hand made ties, you can lay the proper code rail and held in place with N Gauge spikes (as they are about the correct length). With the rail dilemma solved, a simple fix for the wheel problem would be to print a decal or gummed paper overlay with either ribs or a shaded contour and attach them to the rear of the wheels. Since they would be mostly hidden by the truck frame, the fact that it wasn't three dimension wouldn't be noticeable. Now with wheels converted to simulated ribbed back or contoured forged steel running on code 94 1/2 rail on hand cut ties, a freight car will look very realistic... except for the coupler... Oh d - -mn! We're right back where we started! Hmmm... Raleigh in double boring Maine... At 08:37 AM 9/8/2008, Robert Nicholson wrote: >Boy! What would we do if we didn't have so much important stuff to >worry about! Build layouts, maybe? Perish the thought, at least >without rib-back wheels and exact-to-scale couplers! > >Isn't it about time to discuss exact-to-scale rail sizes? How could >anyone suggest building a layout without that? > >Bob Nicholson ____________________________________ > >--- In ><mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected], >"Tom Hawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: raleigh > > . . . . . . . . it seems that so much attention is paid to couplers >and yet > > we ignore the very foundation of a railroad car - the wheels! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Everything Raleigh said above is true, as far as I know, but what's >even > > more obvious in the difference between a real wheel scaled down to a >64th > > and one of our wheels is the width. SHS's code 110 wheels are an > > improvement in that aspect over our 125± wheels, if your trackwork is > > precise enough, but even 110 is not really 1/64 real world. If we >say a > > real wheel's tire is about 6 inches wide, that would call for a >"code 094" > > wheel. > > > > Getting back to the back of the wheel, let's wait and see what Mr >King's > > wheels, soon to be released, look like. > > > > Tom Hawley > > > > [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/
