I wonder if that was the guy I met? Regardless, there is supposed to be an open house or layout tours or something around April down there somewhere. I figured I would figure out where and when - when the time came :). Regardless, CP Electric Lines and progenitors is a pretty cool prototype. I have the Mills book, but there is supposed to be another one coming out at some point.
--- In [email protected], Jim and Cheryl Martin <farnhamho...@...> wrote: > > Wow! Thanks for this. This will also be useful for me. I know Roger > Chrysler > and he's a real nice guy, but I didn't know about this link. Roger has been > most helpful giving me info about the Lake Erie and Northern which will be a > part of my layout. That's what Roger also models in HO along with the LE&N's > sister line, the Grand River Railway. It was he who put me onto the fact > that > these kits were also available in S. Co-incidentally I'm off to see William > Flatt this evening to pick up some detail parts for the Red Ball kit. > > Jim > > ________________________________ > From: riffer73 <riffe...@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, January 5, 2011 9:01:02 AM > Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Shaping a brass roof > > > Just in case you haven't seen it, here is a build log of the Model Railroad > Warehouse steeplecab in HO, I believe: > > http://2guyz.info/Forums/viewtopic/t=3010.html > > I don't know if it was the same builder, but I did see these at the Toronto > Train show and they were well done. > > Regardless, be bent all the curved parts around brass tube. > > --- In [email protected], Thorinn Marty <lagthor@> wrote: > > > > Good morning, > > I am assembling a brass steeplecab kit. All of the pieces come > > flat. > > The roof consists of a piece of 0.040" thick brass. (Wire gauge 19.) I am > > supposed to curve it to create a standard boxcab roof: flat with curves > > only > > from side-to-side. The radius at the edge is about 1/4 inch and the rest > > is a > > > wide, gentle curve. > > > > I just shaped the first roof for my steeplecab fleet. It was not fun and I > > am > > > not trilled with the results. (Fortunately a wooden pantograph platform > > will > > > cover most of the mess.) The piece is too wide for my bending brake. My > >hands > > > > are not strong enough to shape this 0.040 or 19 gauge brass sheet. It is > > too > > > slippery for my vice to hold with a rod plus I am trying to not damage the > > rivet detail. Do I need a specialty tool? > > > > This one is small at only 3 1/2 inches in length. I plan to build some big > > boxcabs, starting with a NYNH&H EF-3b. These will be the same width but > > much > > longer. > > > > I know these lists includes some masters of brass. How do you shape such > > things? > > Thorin > > > > > > [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/
