Jim King has already offered to do this if he get's enough interest. cheers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Ostertag" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 10:41 AM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Solutions for S scale growth, by me.
> Ewerthon, > > I like your thought process. 3D printing might just be the ticket to > getting this scale up to speed. Being a diesel guy myself, I would be > really interested in a model such as a GP38-2. That way a frame / > chassis structure could be produced and used for an entire line of > locomotives. The GP38, GP38-2, GP39, GP39-2, GP39X, GP49, GP59, GP40, > GP40-2, GP50, GP60 all used the same frame and all had the same length > of 56' 2" and all had truck center spacing of 34' 0". One frame could > be used for all 11 models. All that would need to change would be the > shell, and maybe different fuel tank options. However, if one tank was > made that had some internal scores to it so one could adjust the size of > the tank simply by cutting off the end and taking whatever out of it to > make the size needed, that would be a lot cheaper than making 10 > different tanks. > > I know everyone thinks tooling is way too expensive, I don't buy that > anymore. If it was so darn expensive, how are all these upstart HO > companies coming out with a different car every other month. Just saying. > > Michael Ostertag > Green Bay, WI > [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
