Hi, Wes! You an old Conspirator? Didn't find North Yard on On Line's site; I must be cyber-challenged. Reluctant to by from "overseas", but I think New zealand mail would be a beter experience than was the UK. JR On Nov 30, 2010, at 8:40 AM, Wesley Ewell wrote:
> Joe, > This is common practice in New Zealand, where the prototype > railroads are 42" gauge. Lots of kits and supplies are available > from North Yard and On Line Models. On Line has a page with North > Yard's full catalog. http://www.onlinemodels.co.nz/ > -Wes Ewell > > --- On Tue, 11/30/10, switcherjoe <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: switcherjoe <[email protected]> > Subject: {S-Scale List} Hello, Again! > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 11:25 AM > > > > It's Joe Raymaker("JR", usually) out in soggy Bremerton, WA. > > I joined you all a couple of weeks ago, during a RR dilemma, a > decision > about which size On30 I wanted to model. After a few conversations > I put you all on "remote" mail, and haven't checked back til now. > > Which size? Whaddya mean which size? On30 is O scale, 1:48, right? > > Structures are 1:48 but there are many different sizes of engine > and rolling stock. > "Narrow" gauge is not that restrictive. A look at Boulder Valley > Models > and at the Peterboro Railroad Store will show you a range from > Bachmann > (Ohio River and Western) to almost toy-sized cars. Many On30 folks use > Bachmann Branchlines and Hornby 00 cars, and Bachmann HO Plymouth/ > Davenport > switchers. So On30 means a lot of different size options. > > I LIKE the simplicity of opening a box and plopping it on the > rails, which leads me to > Bachmann sized cars and engines. But the engines look HUGE on my > shelf layout, > and the most radius can get is 17 inches, which is problematic for > anything > that big. > > So, opening thee lid on Pandora's box, does anybody out there do Sn42, > putting HO trucks on everything, and mounting S scale shells on HO > engines? > > thanx for any ideas, except: "you're CRAZY!" <g> > > JR > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [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/
