Nice recommendation Pieter!
Mike B. To: [email protected]
From: [email protected]
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:42:27 -0700
Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Plastruct Pratt Truss Bridge Kit
There was also a Walthers double-tracked HO bridge I've seen used in S.
Still better detail than the Plastruct bridge.
If you search on "Double Track Truss Bridge, Walthers Cornerstone, 933-3242"
you will find some available.
Pieter E. Roos
--- On Fri, 6/24/11, scale S only <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: scale S only <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Plastruct Pratt Truss Bridge Kit
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Friday, June 24, 2011, 2:37 PM
> Hi Butch,
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> The CV HO bridge is tight, even for large HO steamers
> the one on Jack Parkers layout (owner of Central Valley)
> would not pass an HO ATSF 4-8-4. It is also
> a bear to build as a friend of mine said,Great
> kit. I will never build
> another. If you plan to use it with
> Sn3,, then it is OK, but it will no way handle standard
> gauge. It is also fairly short,
> relatively. I would take a look at (and
> for) some of the bridges done by Atlas, K-Line and Lionel
> for O. Its easier to narrow than to
> widen... Span also makes a difference as to
> the most appropriate choice to modify. The
> CV parts are available as separate items if you want to
> scratch a bridge up from parts...
>
> Good luck!
> Bill Winans
> Prescott Valley, AZ
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> Thanks Mike! I hadn't thought about the Central Valley
> bridge kit. It's sure to be better detailed
> Butch
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