Yeah, but look at the bright side. We get that "Oh Boy" new feeling over and over again with the same old stuff. :-).
Butch --- In [email protected], Michael Byers <byemic01@...> wrote: > > > Butch; Sad, really sad.--I know how you feel.After the recommendation of the > double wide CV by Pieter, I too just remembered that I have them also. In > fact, that's why I abandoned the project on the single track conversion.Sad. > memory can be a bummer sometimes. Mike B. > To: [email protected] > From: ehsauers1@... > Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:38:02 -0700 > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Plastruct Pratt Truss Bridge Kit > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Butch, > > > > I have the same needs in bridges, I recently purchased a 24" lionel Truss > bridge on ebay for $11 and I have Bill Hoss of Lake Junction Models make me a > replacement deck kit. This is something like the MicroMark/PlasticVille deck > replcement but a lot longer. This Lionel bridge is close to s-scale in size. > When I get the kit from Bill I will post some pictures. I really need to span > about 35" so I will have a deck girder section fill the rest of the space. > > > > Ed Sauers > > > > --- On Fri, 6/24/11, up148 <up148@...> wrote: > > > > From: up148 <up148@...> > > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Plastruct Pratt Truss Bridge Kit > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Friday, June 24, 2011, 3:21 PM > > > > > > > > Thanks Bill & Peter. > > > > I went to the CVMW website and downloaded the directions for building their > HO bridge kit. Quite an undertaking. You basically build the trusses, girders > and braces from flat stock and then assemble the bridge. At this level of > work, if you had a model to copy or a set of good blueprints/plans you could > almost scratchbuild a bridge just as easy and in the correct gauge. I did say > almost. > > > > Peter, you struck a memory cell. I have one of these Walthers bridge kits put > away at home from my 2000 journey into "S". At least I'm consistent, I still > want a bridge. Wow, that's really bad. I better look around the house before > I go out and buy more S stuff....I might already own it. :-) Sad..really sad. > > > > Bill, I agree, reducing should be easier than splicing in new material to > widen. > > > > I'll report back after putting the mic to the Walthers kit to see how it > scales out. > > > > Butch > > > > [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/
