If you're like me, it's not so much that you couldn't pick up the skills you're lacking, it's that there just isn't enough time. My life is jam packed as it is. I barely have time to use the skills I already posess. Saturday I need to go to my Grandaughter's high school graduation party, and Sunday's the graduation. Another weekend spoken for. Ed Kozlowsky Sanford, Maine www.SScale.org
>________________________________ > From: Bob Werre <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 10:17 AM >Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: Photos uploaded for Gear fix of Older >standard gauge PBL 3 truck shay > > > > > > My Shay was obtained a couple of years after being made, but it also gave up > the ghost or gear. And just like Bill Daiker, Jack Troxell fixed mine. I > don't run it that much but so far so good. At one time it had a Dynatrol > receiver that had been cut in two and installed in the cab. Right now it > just has a decoder positioned in the cab, but if you're looking for a real > tight squeeze try the Heisler. I didn't do sound but just getting the lights > installed was difficult. For those who might never have seen one apart--the > motor itself is the bottom part of the boiler! > >However this brings up something that is important in our hobby--guys who can handle those pesky problems like gears, or milling this and that! They are fading. I regret not learning enough to do some of these things--some I do alright with, but others!!! > >Bob Werre >PhotoTraxx
