That is puzzling, as the scans of what I had assumed was a SuperScale Alco listed on ebay a week or two ago certainly looked like a set of lead castings (and the detail was less well-defined than the plastic and zamac of the Miller) rather than copper. Both of my Miller Alcos have the Beveridge/Cascade drive, so I have no idea how to fix an original Miller. I'd start thinking about a North Yard replacement drive or perhaps kitbashing something from HO. The new "Stanton" drive from NWSL might offer possibilities.
Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > Interesting. The Super Scale Alco I have seems to be a metal casting > that is very similar to the Miller plastic superstructure. You are right re > Miller power trucks, wide open or not at all. Good idea if it had worked. Any > idea who can rebuild Miller power trucks that have a dead spot? Thanks very > much. > Stan > > --- In [email protected], Richard Karnes <rnk2202@...> wrote: > > > > Rollie et al -- > > > > The superstructure components in the Super Scale 600-HP switcher kit was > > comprised of sheet copper components coated with lead or solder on their > > backsides. (I have one.) The copper appears to have been > > electro-deposited in female dies, similar to the Exacta/Super Scale > > passenger-car sides and ends from the same era. The solder backing > > provides much-needed stiffness to the copper. > > > > The chassis is the lead casting from the Super Scale Alco 1000-HP switcher. > > However, it was altered at the factory --selectively "damaged"-- in order > > to fit within the copper footplate/side-sill. Under-the-floor Miller power > > trucks were the intended power source. > > > > FYI, there are a couple of Miller power trucks currently being auctioned on > > eBay. One, a single-motor truck, is mislabeled "Dayton" by the auctioneer. > > Miller power trucks are useful only as collector items. They have only > > two speed settings: "mercilessly faster" and "coast." > > > > Dick Karnes [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/
