Pieter, I thought I'd share my observations about flanges on 'non-scale' S steam engines. I'm not an expert on the subject of wheel profiles as produced by each manufacturer and perhaps someone has better information, but my experience has been that, unfortunately, there are no standards for 'hi-rail' wheels. I don't believe that AM, SHS (now MTH) and Lionel (to name three) all use the same profiles. My observation is based on the fact the I tried to run a Lionel 'hi-rail' Mikado on my BC&G layout (with AM turnouts tuned for SHS and AM flanges..guard rails are shimmed slightly) and the Mikado's flanges were too big. My perception is that there is a difference between AM and SHS 'hi-rail' and Lionel's wheel profile that is more like AF 'tinplate'. See my recent posting "A Blessing and A Curse".
--- In [email protected], Pieter <pieter_roos@...> wrote: > > Hi Dave; > > Except with steam. > > At this point in S scale, if someone wants to run lots of steam (especially > big steam) and maybe doesn't have the finances for brass or experience > scratchbuilding, I would refer them > to Brooks Stover's web site and suggest hi-rail with scale couplers. > Virtually all recent S steam has been available hi-rail, and only a small > subset offered with scale flanges. > > It was noted earlier in this thread that making many of these models operable > on scale track is more complex than turning the flanges down on the old > Rivirossi steam in HO. > > Pieter > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 1, 2012, at 11:48 PM, "ctxmf74" <ctxm@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "richgajnak" <rustytraque@> wrote: > Given some of the stuff that's not available with scale wheels, I >would > strongly consider going HiRail if I ever to decide to build >another layout. > > changing wheelsets from hirail to scale is a lot easier than trying to make > a hirail layout look realistic. Only downside to changing wheels is the > cost..DaveBranum > > > > ------------------------------------ > > 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/
