--- "Jay E. Mellon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >the NYC Budd car project has reached its reservation goal and is now in a GO status.
>the California Zephyr from the 50s era. While reservation status for this project is "doing O.K.", more reservations are needed Folks... Just recently I have received numerous inquiries along the lines of "is the NYC train similar to the XYZ train?" or "Is the NYC diner close to the ABC diner?" And so forth. Seems as though several folks are now getting serious about possibly using one of the NYC full scale length Budd cars as a stand-in for some other car belonging to their favorite minority railroad. I suppose that is only natural, but I gotta tell you I am not a passenger car expert or even close to one. So those kinds of questions I cannot answer. Most of the Kaslo Budd NYC cars being made are shown in a book by David W. Randall titled "THE PASSENGER CAR LIBRARY, Volume 2, New York Central and North Eastern Railroads". Probably comparing the dimensions in this book to your favorite car/train is the best way to determine how close the NEW ENGLAND STATES is to the train you really want. Or, ask me to send you the Kaslo pamphlet which shows undimensioned illustrations of each car. However, there still might be a way to get what you want -- sort of. How about this crazy idea? Remember, Kaslo Shops Distributing has offered to produce Budd cars with reservations/deposits for only 35- 50 units. So why not pick your favorite diner (or whatever car), and rustle up a bunch of reservations from your same-minority-railroad buddies? If you can get 35 reservations total, you too can have your favorite Budd car made. Most likely right after the NYC train is completed. Here is another crazier idea! Why not inquire of Kaslo if they would be willing to make a full scale length Budd car with blank sides, i.e., no windows at all? With a blank sided plastic car, the modeler would be able to cut out any window pattern he desires to get the car he craves. If some enterprising fellow with a milling machine or a laser machine set himself up to do some window cutting, the task would be even simpler. Flush fitting transparent windows could be made with a laser. Done all the time. No problem. Ask Laser Horizons. So think creatively and maybe you can find a way to get exactly what you want. Good luck...Ed L. The poll results are in....... To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL, to reply to the sender, use REPLY. I do NOT know if this works on all e-mail software, but it works on some of the most common ones. For those of you on DIGEST mode, all REPLY messages go to the list. Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> 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/
