Hi All, Currently I am in the process of resurrecting the "White Oak" turnout previously supplied through Kelvin White. I have ordered a preliminary batch of #6 size with Code 100 rail, though have found a longer lead time than I expected and I still cannot supply freely. I will however find out what can be done to supply with motors, they are available with Hand Throws attached. I do, as with many dealers, carry AM turnouts which do have a very neat electric motor. Could Ron have his turnouts made with Code 100 rail in the same mould as the current AF compatible, Hi Rail, size? Keeping the gauge is the crucial thing! If the same mould can be used, it would get over the problem of economies of scale that Hi Rail has and Scale does not. AM turnouts can of course be made suitable for scale wheels very simply but the rail is a bit too high for some scale tastes.
Des Browne, Holywood, Co Down, Northern Ireland ________________________________ From: petemster <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, 12 February, 2011 17:26:00 Subject: {S-Scale List} Motorised Turnouts - was : S Philosophy If I may, I'd like to endorse what Dick Karnes said about the need for turnouts :- . . . " Granted, there are some missing items, notably flex-track-compatible motorized turnouts. . . . . To me, the unvailability of such a product hanging on a hobby shop sales rack, so to speak, is the single most glaring need in S. Dick Karnes " I personally am not qualified to speak about scale versus highrail, all I know is that there is a definite need for a standardised and reliable, easy-to-operate system of trackwork and turnouts. Among the people who set up this group are many respected members who,through sweat and effort, taught themselves the skills necessary to create and construct a quality S scale layout and/or models. To those people I express my greatest admiration. However, speaking for myself, I simply want to have a good layout based on ready-to-run quality models and trackwork. The standard I want is a universal track system that is suitable for operating with scale wheels from the likes of SHS and AM. As with just about everything in S scale it's questionable if there could be any sort of consensus on this but maybe it would be the best way to go to ensure the future of the scale. It seems a bit contradictory that even at a time of economic recession this group seems to be growing and growing - 981 members and rising. I can't help thinking that many, if not most, of these members would be glad and willing to go for a trackwork system as described. The outlook isn't something to be gloomy about - we have the SSA SD45 to look forward to, and that will need just the sort of switches that Dick Karnes was talking about. So, what's the chances of looking at this again and seeing if it can be moved forward and brought to fruition ? Pete Molloy. [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/
