Actually, Mike, what you saw were regauged Atlas #6 switches. SHABBONA RR uses a lot of those. Since Atlas can be as "S"notty as some hobby shop owners when you suggest an S scale version of the Atlas Customline #6, you can make your own simple and economically.
Also, since Atlas now offers a #8 Customline switch in Code 100, you now have that as a choice in either Code 100 or Code 83. S is THE scale for independent thinking modelers who want more than the "H"ow "O"rdinary hobby shop offerings, which are not near as great as in years past. Another tip: you can find HO code 100 flex track at bargain basement prices, much more economical than a bundle of rail. You can either split the ties down the middle to regauge it for S, or you can remove and set aside (never throw away) the HO tie strip if you want to lay your own track. S is perfect for the guy who wants to take "it can't be done" and do it anyway. Welcome aboard! Bob Nicholson ________________________________________________ --- In [email protected], "Real Deal" <shur-way@...> wrote: > > > > My friendly local hobby-shop owner feels that the available S-scale turnouts > are unreliable. > > > " If you can scratch build a structure you can scratch build a switch to > suit your exact needs just like modelers have done for decades in HO scale. > Only difference is it's easier in S scale cause the parts are a bit bigger > and easier to handle.....dave" > > Hi Dave, > I am not sure just what you mean by the parts being bigger for S scale > turnouts. I am using the same code rail in S as I did in HO in the early 80s. > Code 100 and code 70. The components are the same size just guaged wider than > HO. > > With that said I have learned from pictures on this group that you can take a > code 100 Shinohara (SP) in HO guage and cut it down the middle to widen it to > S Scale. Just a great idea. > > I have handlaid all my track but I do plan to play with that idea. I think it > is pretty cool. > > Mike S > ------------------------------------ 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/
