Bill, My understanding from some folks in Texas that make scale brass castings, is that shrinkage rate is 5%. Bill
--- On Sat, 6/23/12, Bill Lane <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bill Lane <[email protected]> Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Scale Factor To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, June 23, 2012, 4:16 AM I believe that Daniel was trying to account for shrink factor in his post. My PRR Archbar truck was drawn at 1:1 full size. Making it S Scale is very easy. Not being the mental math giant I reduced to 1/64 and then back up 2% to allow for the shrink factor in brass casting. Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 See my finished models at: http://www.lanestrains.com Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! Custom Train Parts Design http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! http://www.prrths.com http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL
