A new set of steam locomotives to come our way

2001-02-11 Thread Gary Lane
A friend just told me about this new 1:32 entry. http://204.156.4.220/2001v2/rk1.asp MTH has made Lionel O guage and now is ready to enter the G market. The models look like winners, especially the steam models! ~Gary Lane Ready for cold weather to leave so I am more willing to work on the layout.

Re: Ruby, scaled down cab...

2001-02-11 Thread Cgnr
I like to make my cabs out of oak because the grains look so good. I use my mill a lot to cut the recesses and lines. The link is to a sparkie Porter I built, it has operating windows. As soon as I get a live steam Porter is goes on it. http://www.geocities.com/cgnr.geo/wat1.gif Bob

Ruby, scaled down cab...

2001-02-11 Thread trotfox
I desided to go ahead and screw the thing up. ;] Bought me some 1/32" Plywood and some new saw blades for my jewlers saw. I then went to another shop and bought a steam locomotive Cyclopedia by Model Railroader and a miniature metal bender so I can make up another cab floor. Can anyone give me

2-4-2 Ruby now viewable...

2001-02-11 Thread trotfox
Go to Accucraft's site and look under the New Products section. They don't have the yellow one I saw but all the other colors are there. :) Trot, the informative, fox... /\_/\TrotFox\ Always remember, ( o o ) AKA Landon Solomon \ "There is a >\./< [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ t

Re: Machinist question

2001-02-11 Thread Trent Dowler
I think that you'll find that the wiggler will be very handy in areas that require a long reach that cannot be gotten to with the short shank of the cylindrical style edge finder. A word of caution which I'm sure you've already discovered. Be careful when the wiggler moves past the edge of the

Re: Switch/turnout plans

2001-02-11 Thread Pthornto
In a message dated 2/11/01 3:00:54 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Can anyone tell me where I can obtain plans for building 4' to 5' > switches/turnouts? Walt, I draw my own on large pieces of paper. It's not very difficult. The back of wallpaper rolls is a good sou

Re: Switch/turnout plans

2001-02-11 Thread Charles Brumbelow
Or, take a look at this site http://www.rickadee.net/~zephyrus/turnout/turnout.html for drawings. Charles - Original Message - From: "Walt Gray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 6:38 AM Subject: Re: Switch/tur

Re: Switch/turnout plans

2001-02-11 Thread Charles Brumbelow
Try http://www.railway-eng.com/handlay6/hndly-s3.htm for switch/turnout how-to. Charles - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 10:43 PM Subject: Re: Switch/turnout plans > You can pro

Re: Switch/turnout plans

2001-02-11 Thread Walt Gray
Thanks, Walt. Cheers, Walt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You can probably scale up some from the NMRA standards. > Walt