Just to add to what Earl has said, the latest "operating" accessories I've seen coming out of Germany (Faller?)in HO scale....working bicyclists! Yep, even their tiny legs are pedaling, and what's really neat, they stop pedaling when coasting downhill, then resume pedaling when on the flat. Bud Rindfleisch
--- In [email protected], tennsgauge@... wrote: > > The previous topic was > Re: {S-Scale List} The feasibility of prototypical industries as it > applies t... > > > > > The Faller Car System, if it could be adapted to S scale layouts, would be > a huge enhancement to the scale. Just having a couple of vehicles could > add so much. > > The main place I have seen them is on utube videos of that huge automated > HO layout in Germany. The only place I have seen them in the U.S. was on > the fantastic LaBaHa modular railroad at the Sacramento NMRA convention. I > thought this was the best layout at that show and the Faller Car system was > on reason. > > How likely is it that this could be adapted to S scale? What vehicles > could be used? Any idea of costs? > > Its time for some possibility thinking on this subject. > > - Earl Henry, Nashville > > > In a message dated 4/22/2013 3:41:09 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > davesn3@... writes: > > Faller makes a car system in HO and N scales where the vehicles follow a > buried guide wire and you can do "turnouts" and stops. It doesn't seem to > be that well known in North America, but I've thought of trying to adapt > the > HO scale mechanism to an S scale vehicle. > > My problem is keep getting new ideas before I finished working on the last > one. But sometimes I need a break from laying track and wiring. > > Dave Heine > Easton, PA > ------------------------------------ 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/
