Hi Jerry: Merry Chrsitmas to you. I don't have a resistance soldering unit nor any appreciable soldering skills. I was wondering about assembling it with JB Weld. Or find someone around here who will do resistance soldering. cheers ----- Original Message ----- From: "mountain4822000" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2011 11:44 AM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Jon Beveridge kit
> Alex, as far as I know there were 3 GP 40 Beveridge Kits built or versions > thereof in S scale existence. I built a Chessie System B&O GP40-2 1977 > full model Beveridge power, finished it in 1979. Jon built a Great > Northern Bi Centiennial 1776 1976 GP40P in 1979. We exibited and ran them > in the S fest in Chicago in 1979. (Both of us lost to hi rail models in > the model contest,go figure) Jessie Bennett built one, have not seen it, > think it was a snoot UP SD 40-2, no decals. Ken Zieska took pics of it > when he visited Jessie's layout a few years ago before Jessie passed. > Don't want to insult any professional brass modelers, but building it was > not for the weak of modeling heart. Your best resistence brass modeling > skills will be needed. Hope this helps Merry Christmas regards Jerry > Smith Arnold Md > > --- In [email protected], Alex Binkley <alex.binkley@...> wrote: >> >> Hi all: >> a few weeks back, there was a discussion about making modern diesels. I >> noted that somewhere in my catacombs resided an etched brass kit for a >> GP40. Well, I've unearthed it. It is a Jon Beverirdge kit and the >> etchings appear quite well done. I have an AM mechanism for it. Anyone on >> the list built one of these kits. It would be quite new for me (it isn't >> near the top of my to-do list but I would like to try it someday). >> Merry Christmas >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > 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/
