This brings up memories of when I lived in Houston back in 1970-1972. I was a student at Rice University and, as time allowed, was exploring the possibility of getting into O scale. I came across Pete's Switch Stand. Pete was in S and tried his best to persuade me to make the switch. He showed me elevation drawings of EMD switchers and explained that they were forthcoming.
I was too wedded to my Lionel toys but did not like the "Lionel Lines" and the truncated version of many of the freight cars at that time. Hence, I thought of O scale, and Pete happened to have some old Walthers kits or something for sale used in O which I purchased. IN 1987 I sold all the Lionel toys and the few O-scale items I had and made the plunge into S. It all started with Pete and those promises--from some outfit, possibly LWS--of things to come. Tom ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of shabbona_rr [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 9:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} LWS I have photos of all five of my operating LWS locomotives, plus some pre-built kit photos, in the Files section under Bob Nicholson. They will be listed under SHABBONA RR, and are EMD SW-1 #22, ALCO RS-1's #'s 30 & 33, and ALCO FA/FB-2 set #'s 50B & 52A. I still have an SW-8/1200 and complementing parts that I would like to build, although that's becoming more like wishful thinking by the day, especially in view of my so far less-than-successful attempts to build a resistance soldering unit. I also have one of the cast metal 44-tonners that I started but never finished, complete with re-gauged Tyco/Mantua power trucks, if anybody's interested in that. Bob Nicholson ______________________________________________ --- In [email protected], "Bill Nielsen" <wrangler@...> wrote: > > I had a similar experience. Not only did the pieces not fit together, my > kit's parts were pretty warped. I think I still have in a box somewhere. It > wasn't long after I purchased that kit that I discovered the AM boxcar kit > which I liked a lot better. There just weren't a lot of choices at that time. > > He did offer things that couldn't be had otherwise, boyh in O & S scales, but > only a really good modeler was going to be able to build one of the kits. > > Bill in FL > > > > --- In [email protected], "scale S only" <scalesonly@> wrote: > > > > Hi -- > > > > I built one of the “PS-0� style boxcar kits he produced. The sides > > were a > > scale foot shorter than the roof and the door was not centered in the side. > > The “ladders� were a grid of ribs in a solid sheet. As an enterprising > > modeler, I managed to put together a basic car that is still an interesting > > piece of equipment. Other than the roof, ends and sides, everything else > > is from another source. After I wrote him about what I thought of his kit > > and how to improve it, he wrote back a nasty note and left the S scale > > market. Whether or not it was coincidence, I don’t know... > > > > Have fun! > > Bill Winans > > Prescott Valley, AZ > > > > > > ...The cab is a joke. ... Even a genius could only make a mediocre model out > > of one of these. > > Arden G. Lodi CA > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
