I'm curious to see one of these in the plastic, pick it up, turn it upside down to see what kind of project it will be to remove the pilot from the truck and attach it to the shell. Ben Trousdale
--- In [email protected], "richgajnak" <rustytraque@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Jonathan Hatfield <jonathan@> wrote: > > > > I believe that is correct. I think that Lionel missed the mark with this > > one. To me they tried to just "dip their toes in" to see what would > > happen. How many scale modelers are really going to buy this with swinging > > pilots? > > > Regards, > > Jonathan > > > > Would a big, honkin' open hole in the pilot like old Flyer be preferable? > > Don't forget, the bulk of the S market has a Flyer/Hirail/Tinplate(whatever > you want to call it) slant. AM had to put a slot in the pilots to accomodate > this larger segment of the S market. > > Even the opening in the SHS F-units passenger pilots are oversized without > modifying the inserts in order to acomodate a Flyer compatible coupler. > > Perhaps, we "scalers" should just e-mail Lionel and tell them not to bother > with us... Go away, we don't need or want you... After all, only we > "scalers" know how to truely model railroad... > > I for one, am looking forward to the U33C. From what I've seen in photo's, > it looks to be a fine model, swinging pilots notwithstanding. > > If you guys don't want them, there will be more for me! > > Rich G(ajnak) > ------------------------------------ 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/
