Thanks, Ed for the latter. As to the former, thirty-five years accumulation of O SCALE is not only a major financial investment (I have long since stopped thinking about what I've put into them over the years, but it would almost certainly buy a house in many areas) but an insuperable emotional investment, finding some of the more unusual items and all the work in building and modifying so many pieces.
I am content to dabble in many secondary aspects of the hobby: traction, On2, On3 (which I tried to stay out of for many, many years), British light railways, quite a few of which cannot coexist in the same space, so my sticking my toe (more like a whole foot if not most of a leg by now) into S scale is one more way to go nutso. I've just spent the afternoon setting to rights an Sn3 PFM RGS #20 that someone had done a real job on. Happily I already owned one in mostly decent condition (would have been nice have had a mint one, but this is what I've ended up with) to use as a guide in the reconstruction. Interestingly, the two #20's have some minor variations in detail, which causes me to wonder if there was more than one run. The most fun with it was discovering that someone had monkeyed with the cylinder mount and removed both a brass spacer and a machined fitting to both hold the superstructure above and the pilot truck kingpin below was missing (those who own one will know what I am talking about). I am still somewhat amazed that I soldered a 2mm screw (the 10mm length I had on hand was happily just long enough) into a piece of brass cutoff rod in my junkbox (someone's lathe practice, I guess), cut it to length, drilled and tapped it 2mm for the kingpin screw, and it all works, pretty much. For using nothing more exotic than a Dremel tool and fifty-five years of experience in the hobby, I impressed myself. Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 22:02:04 +0000 > Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: S scale your first choice? > > > I sold my Lionel stuff, <snip> > > with the <snip> war chest started buying S scale stuff. <snip> > > I was happy, <snip> > > I have no regrets. > > Tom > > Jace Kahn....Are you listening? It can be done! Your free modified Kadee HO > couplers and hopper car instruction sheets are in the mail as you read this. > Enjoy...Ed L. > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ 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/
