Hi Geoff,
You are correct again.
I suggest one of Asters best kept secrets is their paint, prep and
applications methods. And certainly a standard other suppliers need to
equal. However Asters touch up paint as supplied, is too thick to blend,
and I understand that the only usable thinner is Trichlorethylene with
nasty fumes, not conducive to a long life!. It is, I believe now an OSHA
no-no in USA. I tried to obtain some, to touch up several hairline
scratches on a U1 for a friend of mine, but have not had any luck.
Tony D.
06:30 PM 7/31/02 -0700, Geoff Spenceley wrote:
> Dear Tony et al,
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>Tch, Tch
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>You wrote:
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> > Details sound good. Especially if they copied the sight
> >glass/pressure gauge (gage) layout from my Duchess!.
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>Hope they didn't copy the paint job!!!!--you asked for it!
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>You wrote again:
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> > I think a better improvement would have been if they had replaced the
> >"prototypical" reverser screw jack with a "quandrant lever" to give better
> >and faster access for adjusting the cut-off and immediate reversing
> >movement. Also would have helped considerably when converting to R/C.<<
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>Absolutely!! my reverser on those screw jack locos is the hand of God!
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>You wrote again, again:
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> > I like the idea of "external" lubrication adjust feature. Does this
> >have a drip sight glass also?<
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>Yer right.----but the drip sight glass?- I'm the only drip around here!
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>More info when I get the loco and more pints!
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>Stay with it List! Wonder how many are getting the Flying Scotsman and are
>there any comments--especially from you Brits or Aussies? who may already
>have them up and steaming? I realise many of you have kits--I'm deviating
>this time and getting the built-up. It had better steam as well as my
>kits!! Ho, Ho, you say!!!!
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>Geoff.
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