David, I'm wondering if we are talking about the same toy. This one is mostly metal, with plastic domes, stack, wheels, etc. The boiler is a two piece assembly split horizontally. The cab roof measures a scale 9' 9" wide, the boiler is a scale 60" in diameter, it is a scale 17' tall over the smokestack, the pilot to the back of the cab is a scale 34', the toy wheels are 1 1/8" wide at the center of the tread, the frame between the drivers is 25/32" wide, narrow enough for scale drivers to fit over. If I were to split this toy vertically through the boiler and widen it, it would no longer fit on S scale track, but on O scale track. Plus it would take a bandsaw or hacksaw and a bunch of frustration to do any widening of the toy. There are a bunch of screws that hold the various parts together that are right on the centerline. Sawing through them would likely mean a handful of various parts that you would have to glue together with epoxy.
Basically I am of the opinion that the toy I have in front of me is very close to S scale in its basic components. Thank you for checking, as I sure wouldn't want to spend over $100 putting wheels, motor, gears, scale castings, and a lot of time into a model only to find out that it isn't even S scale! Darrell S --- In [email protected], "David R Henley Jr" <henley...@...> wrote: > > Howdy Mr Smith, > Are you sure this toy is S scale? I bought one a couple of years > ago to make a stocking holder for Christmas. To mount it to the base > I used S-helper track. For the model/toy to fit on the track I had > to cut it down the middle and spread it about a quarter of an inch. > The split was covered with fake snow. After adding a couple of trees > I had a stocking holder I was proud of. I know in the 1800s a lot of > roads at the time had wider track gauges. Taking this into acount I > guess this toy could be pure S scale. I would imagine all rolling > stock and track would need to be customized for a wider guage. From > what I have seen is most people who model the 1800s want to do it in > narrow guage. I would be interested in seeing your future work. > > -David ------------------------------------ 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/
