Pieter/Jace, We had a thunderstorm that knocked out power to my studio, so I wasn't able to reply sooner--but yes, I was kidding for the most part, but most of us who consider ourselves builders (more or less) have done similar things. Also bear in mind that SHS original idea was to supply scale wheel sets + drivers in a similar manor as their diesel units. Apparently as the engine progressed it became impractical to make that happen. However, I see no reason why the drivers couldn't be removed, turned down to the proper contour and replaced back in position.
Our 'father figure' machinist kinda guy, Jack Troxell has done many such procedures in the past. One time he got real ambitious and turned down a mess of those powdered American Models wheel sets to smooth out the rough surface and reduce the flanges from #125 to #110. We had purchased a large quantity of NWSL blackened wheel sets, but Jack didn't like the look of the brass wheel thread. So he set the NWSL wheels aside, lived with the magnetic properties of the steel wheels just to have shiny steel wheel threads. So to each his own way of making things work! Bob Werre BobWphoto.com > > > Hi Jace; > > I didn't say you should (I'm pretty sure that Bob's tongue was firmly > planted in his cheek when he made it), but it is worth remembering > that all S gauge is now and has always been 2 rail. > > Pieter E. Roos > > --- On Fri, 9/24/10, JGG KahnSr <[email protected] > <mailto:jacekahn%40hotmail.com>> wrote: > > If you say so--I hadn't really paid much attention to the > > trucks I took off AF cars but checked now and see they are > > plastic wheels. Never owned any AF locomotives. > > Still am not going to take Bob's suggestion... > > > > Jace Kahn > > > [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/
