Not really - The Shinohara #6 switch was designed from the ground up. The incorrect point-to-frog measurement is one that got by the final design inspector (me)
Bob Nicholson ____________________________________________ --- In [email protected], Ed Kozlowsky <soldado7...@...> wrote: > > Jim, > Thanks for the excellent explanation. Shame on Shinohara for allowing it to > happen. >  > Ed Kozlowsky > Sanford, Maine > > --- On Fri, 7/30/10, raisinone <raisin...@...> wrote: > > > From: raisinone <raisin...@...> > Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Is there one...?? > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, July 30, 2010, 7:18 PM > > >  > > > > > --- In [email protected], Ed Kozlowsky <soldado7264@> 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 <nasgdispatch@> 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/
