All,
Here is a quick n dirty view of what I am doing. This may be a first here. I have never heard of anyone doing it before. This was built by Don DeWitt. I saw a date of 1986 written on the frame. I thought for a second that I was messing with S-Mod history, but I can't afford to build all new. At least some of the components will live on and be actively used instead of only at an occasional show or convention. I have 2 S-Mod 30" x 4' modules that were built on pine frames. At least 1 of them had a wracked twist to it. If you sighted the module end to end it was rather apparent. I decided to custom build 1 new 8' long frame, removed the old frames and attach the decks to it. http://www.lanestrains.com/Frame_Removal.jpg As you can see I did it with not ONE wire cut and barely any bruised insulation! It really was not as bad as I thought it was going to be. I got a flush cut blade for my saber saw. The pine had a tendency to break at lines where holes were drilled for wires. That is just where I wanted the wood to spilt!. As a side note if you think you want a flush cutting blade for your saber saw find them and buy them. My wonderful indy hardware store had some but could actually have been 20 old stock. I could not find them anywhere else. I was not sure if the wiring is good. But wiring like this is not one of the things I do best. I thought it was best to leave the wiring intact at least for now. It may all be stripped off and started new for DCC at some point. I should have the decks put on the new frame. I hope to try and see if anything will run on it later today! Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 See my finished models at: <http://www.lanestrains.com/> http://www.lanestrains.com Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! Custom Train Parts Design <http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm> http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! <http://www.prrths.com/> http://www.prrths.com <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! <http://www.prslhs.com/> http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL [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/
