Scale Model Supplies in St. Paul has an American Flyer Challenger in their display case. Very sweet. Does filing really work? What is the back-to-back spacing and how it would negotiate turnouts? Ben Trousdale
--- In [email protected], "scale S only" <scalesonly@...> wrote: > > Hi Bud and all -- > > I have been known to use a flat file to reduce flange size, doing my best to > round it off after reducing height. I recently had to do that for a pair of > Omnicon 2-8-0s when their end driver pairs and center driver pairs rubbed > flanges. Only the center pairs were reduced!! > > Bill Winans > ----------------------- > > --- In mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com, "richgajnak" <rustytraque@> wrote: > > > > OK, I know some of you guys have an aversion to American Flyer stuff. But, > > here's a link to the new Flyer Challenger posed in a scale environment. > > > > http://ogaugerr.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/2721001123/m/7482967917 > > > > Rich G(ajnak) > > > Rich, Beautiful looking engine! Even I, as an eastern road modeler, would > love one of these if it had scale flanges. Looks so much better than the > 18'high Flyonel Big Boy. > Bud Rindfleisch > > > [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/
