I wonder if AC Gilbert had all these problems? boB Nicholson _________________________________________________
--- In [email protected], "Andre Ming" <laming@...> wrote: > > Thanks Don for your input. > > Dave hit the nail on the head in regards to my concerns. > > However, I think the underlying issue is that I have allowed this list to > become a medium that doesn't relax me, instead it puts me on edge, hence my > posts to this list now tend to be negative instead of positive. I'm not > normally like that, and I don't like what I see happening in me. > > I think it's time for me to take a break from this list and hopefully "one of > these days", rediscover the fun that can be had in model railroading again > instead of the getting tweaked about endless debating, etc, that passes > through this place. > > Andre Ming > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: dont08901 > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 5:10 AM > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} mth update > > > Dear Andre, Just so you know, if I had bought our line and had the deep > pockets that MTH did I too would re-engineer many of our products. But, it > is not fair for me to just give a general answer like that. What would I > change??? > 1. speakers in our SW1 > 2. change F unit gear box to be like that switchers. That is the gear > rotates around an fixed axle. This would eliminate 36 bearings in a ABA > lashup that each one generates noise (and more friction than a delrin gear on > a steel axle). > 3. Change 2-8-0 locomotive drawbar post from delrin to metal. > 4. Make 2-8-0 smoke unit chamber twice as deep and use a nichrome element > replacing the wirewound resistor. > 5. revise headlight connection from foil contacts to anything else (to make > the foil contact the pads of pcb on boiler front, they added foam rubber > under foil. If the smoke unit is overfilled, the foam rubber deteriorates > which is not a problem unless you remove the smoke front). > 6. Make gear on 2-8-0 #4 driver wider. > 7.... > > Even when Mike and I owned SHS, we were constantly re-engineering the > tooling. Look at the first two runs of SW9 switchers, we retooled several > aspects of the model. Or, the switches, I think they were updated with each > run, > > So, I would applaud any improvement that Mike W and gang decide on the > models we brought out. I think that would be a plus... > Best, > Don Thompson... > > --- In [email protected], "Andre Ming" <laming@> wrote: > > > > Simply mentioned my discouragement upon reading that MTH intends to > re-engineer an already excellent product. > > > > Not intended to be a "gripe". Just expressed my concern. > > > > See 'ya. > > > > > > Andre Ming > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Ed > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 10:21 PM > > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} mth update > > > > > > > Hey Andre; > > > Lets give MTH a chance...<snip> > > > Pieter E. Roos > > > > > > I was expecting it would be at least eight hours after the first MTH > catalog was released before the first gripes would surface. Boy -- was I > wrong with that estimate. > > > > Here are a few thoughts: > > > > 1. What if the MTH internal electronics runs those switchers equally > as well as the SHS approach? Or.....maybe even better? > > > > 2. If not, why not remove the MTH electronics and install a Tsunami > decoder. Selling off the MTH electronics will probably pay for the Tsunami. > Not a bad thing to consider. > > > > 3. Contine the hunt for an SHS switcher on eBay. They seem to appear > with some regularity and with a little paint and some decals, they will > satisfy most folks. > > > > 4. Is there really anything wrong with waiting until you have a > product in your hand before making comments about it? Seems like everyone > has to be 'first' to say something -- anything -- justified or not. > > > > Nothing personal about Andre', but just some thoughts for contemplation > by others. > > > > Cheers.....Ed Loizeaux > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > 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/
