I can see it now...
NASG/NMRA weight standards...
Instead of ozs., will be in pennies.
EXAMPLE ONLY:
Subject to change due to weights in various countries- 'exchange' rate will
apply
*SCALE*
*INITIAL WEIGHT
(ounces) (pennies)*
*+*
*ADDITIONAL WEIGHT
per inch of car body length
(Ounces) (pennies)*
O
5 25
+
1 5
0n3
1-1/2 7
+
¾ 4
S
2 8
+
½ 2
Sn3
1 5
+
½ 2
HO
1 5
+
½ 2
HOn3
¾ 4
+
3/8 1.5
TT
¾ 1.5
+
3/8 1.5
N
½ 1
+
.15 .5
:)
ken
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 2:41 PM, pickycat95 <[email protected]> wrote:
> Awesome!
> Ben Trousdale
>
> --- In [email protected], Bob Werre <bob@...> wrote:
> >
> > Jamie, I takes a frugal old German to "out cheep" you. I occasionally
> > do a weekend four mile walk. I just keep one eye on the gutter. Often
> > I can bring home a handful of thrown wheel weights, so the lead is now
> > free. I can melt the lead into shapes and it keeps the pollution out of
> > the water. My first project was to actually pour lead into the hollow
> > NE centersill material. Use a scrap piece and pour the molten
> > lead--remove and put into the car you're modeling (in my case it was two
> > AF gons). You can use the scrap centersill a few times before it
> > scorches too badly.
> >
> > Bob Werre
> >
> >
> > On 10/31/12 7:58 PM, Jamie Bothwell wrote:
> > >
> > > Darrell,
> > >
> > > A few years ago I bought some lead shot for this purpose at Cabella's.
> > > For fun I had my students figure out if pennies were cheaper. Lead
> > > was cheaper by a factor of two or three. I should probably do the
> > > computation again in 2012 dollars (or cents). That's dolers to you
> Jim.
> > > Jamie Bothwell
> > > Bethlehem, PA where we have light and heat again (at least in my
> house)!
> > >
> > > On Oct 29, 2012, at 7:58 PM, Darrell wrote:
> > >
> > >> BTW, I am using PENNIES for car weight. They are the cheapest price
> > >> per pound of any weight available unless you have free weights
> > >> available. Plus they are easy to adjust to the correct weight per car.
> > >>
> > >> Darrell S.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
