I noticed that Don Heimberger had a few Shinohara turnouts at the convention in a new style box. I have no idea if the changes Jim mentions were made but the box appears to be new. I do have a few Shinohara turnouts on my layout in some minor use locations. I tore many of them out because their durability just wasn't there long term. Additionally even though the important part of the turnout is short the rest of the turnout is somewhat longer than a true #6, which means they waste that space making them less than desirable in many yard situations.
Bob Werre BobWphoto.com > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>, 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 > 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/
