Back in the last of the Claude Wade days, I had a USRA heavy mike built up. It looked great but it's running qualities made the Sunset big boys look good. With some help and some replacement drivers we got it to run fairly smoothly. The big downside was still the solid frame, so the engine has been setting on the shelf for several years. I know that Fred Rouse had plans to start selling a sprung modern frame, but I don't know if that'll ever happen. Luckily I have many projects that have taken up my time, I really don't worry about it---but someday, I'd be first in line to get one!
Bob Werre On 9/28/11 9:00 AM, Pieter Roos wrote: > > Hi Tom; > > A more important question, what did he use as a drive? > > Building a frame and finding the right size wheels, making the rods, > etc. is really more demanding as that part has to function well, or > you have a static model. Someone could do a different looking pacific > using the AM drive, but other than out of production SSL&S or older > Nord parts, where do you find a mikado drive in scale S? > > Pieter E. Roos > > --- On Wed, 9/28/11, Thomas Baker <[email protected] > <mailto:bakert%40andrews.edu>> wrote: > > > A few years ago, a modeler whose last > > name was, if I recall correctly, "Bell" created a USRA Mike > > from styrene. He did an excellent job. I wonder > > what has become of him and his model. > > > > > > > > Tom > > [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/
