Jim, Thanks for the excellent explanation. Shame on Shinohara for allowing it to happen. Ed Kozlowsky Sanford, Maine
--- On Fri, 7/30/10, raisinone <[email protected]> wrote: From: raisinone <[email protected]> Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Is there one...?? To: [email protected] Date: Friday, July 30, 2010, 7:18 PM --- In [email protected], Ed Kozlowsky <soldado7...@...> wrote: > > I've never bought a Shinohara S turnout, but I've used dozens of their HO 6s > and find it hard to beleive that they would be that sloppy. They have a > first class reputation. I may actually buy one just to measure it. > > Ed Kozlowsky > > --- On Fri, 7/30/10, Jeffrey Madden <nasgdispa...@...> wrote: > No, it's actually about a # 4.5 or 5 at the most. <snip> Ed: The urban legend goes that someone (who remains nameless) convinced Shinohara to take the HO turn out and basically split it and regauge it to S scale. The result was an S Scale turn out with a #6 frog but a point to frog distance equal to a #4.75 turn out. They work fine when used in the appropriate application, it is just they do not scale out to NMRA standards for a #6 switch. I was under the impression that since the initial production runs that situation had been fixed, but maybe that is an urban legend I am telling myself!! Jim Kindraka [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: [email protected] [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/
