Hi all; The photos of Des' bridge conversion have been added to the Photos section here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/photos/album/1519975659/pic/list or find the album called "Des Browne Photos", or from the home page select "New Photos"... Sorry for the delay, I was at work (and they don't pay me to upload photos...) Pieter Roos --- In [email protected], J BROWNE <browne...@...> wrote: > > Sorry about that, Pieter is going to add them to the Photo section of the web > site. I am sure it will be done soon. > > Happy S-scaling!!!Des Browne > > > > ________________________________ > From: Edward Sauers <ehsaue...@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, 8 November, 2010 22:10:09 > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Fw: S-scale conversion from Atlas HO Girder Bridge > > > J. > > Any pictures? could you share with us the details of the conversion? > > Thanks > > Ed Sauers > > ________________________________ > From: J BROWNE <browne...@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, November 8, 2010 3:16:36 PM > Subject: {S-Scale List} Fw: S-scale conversion from Atlas HO Girder Bridge > > > Hi All, > > I spent a little time on this project over the week end, having remembered > the > idea being mentioned by the Group a little while back and am glad to say it > worked out quite well. Atlas has also Truss bridges which could be treated in > the same way. It has all been done before, of course, so I was confident. > Note > clearances of various rolling stock tried through the bridge. (The unmarked > stock are from AM) The clearances are quite tight and one would have to be > careful with overhang if connected directly to a curved track. I used Tomalco > track for the extensions. The rail is Code 100 for all the track, but the > Tomalco rail was loose in the Atlas fish plates. I used the Xuron rail cutter > to > > > crimp the fish plates to the rail. The new base is black polystyrene sheet > and > I used Styrene Adhesive to join the Bridge halves to the sheet. I suspect a > thin > > > strip between the rails, to cover the gap, would be a good idea but I have > not > done that yet. The glue dries quickly so I had to glue each side separately. > Atlas Piers are now also too narrow to fit without modification, so that is a > problem for another time. > > Best wishesDes, Holywood, Co Down, Northern Ireland - Santa Fe - All the Way > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [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/
