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Re: 4180 Air slide covered hopper
开云体育
Not at all.? While there were only a limited number of the RRM Airslides (I have done my share to reduce any available ones), there are enough still out there that it wouldn't have made much sense for Ben to reinvent the wheel.? Those are all single discharge
cars, both early and later configuration.
As I've just indicated, I like them, despite their being rather too modern for a transition era dairy country short line and will be very interested to see what Ben might bring to Harrisburg.? In addition to brass imports, MTH made a pretty credible twin-hopper
Airslide in O scale.
Jace Kahn
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Bob Werre <bob@...>
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2024 9:26 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [S-Scale] 4180 Air slide covered hopper ?
Is this a updated version of the Airslide that RR made 25? years ago?? Nice to see a new build taking shape.
Bob Werre
The 50 foot version.
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Re: 4180 Air slide covered hopper
开云体育There is a book written about the
Milwaukee Road's? financial woes.? The author mentions that they
had assigned several Airflow hoppers to a client in Montana.?
Those cars beat the pants off the BN's service for that client.?
Apparently that vintage of car, like the ACF version, was well
liked.? The GPNTRR has two of them!? With free rolling replacement
trucks they roll almost forever!
Bob Werre
I’m not sure about update. ?It is a longer and higher capacity car.
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Re: 4180 Air slide covered hopper
开云体育Is this a updated version of the
Airslide that RR made 25? years ago?? Nice to see a new build
taking shape.
Bob Werre
The 50 foot version.
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Re: Room Share at Harrisburg NASG Convention
I have a reservation for those nights and am willing to share. Email me directly to confirm.
ehopkins06@... I believe I can provide a mutual acquaintance as a reference.. Thanks, Eric Hopkins |
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Re: 4180 Air slide covered hopper
Paul Vaughn
Good luck On Mon, Jun 10, 2024, 8:54 PM Ben via <pickycat95=[email protected]> wrote: The 50 foot version. |
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Re: 4180 Air slide covered hopper
Paul Vaughn
Will that be a 2 bay one? On Mon, Jun 10, 2024, 8:35 PM Ben via <pickycat95=[email protected]> wrote:
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Re: Cheap Thrills!
开云体育Cab window extenentions came with the
extra parts package with the SD-7/9's.? I used mine on a CNW.
unit.?
At one of the Houston S Gaugers
meetings, I expressed a wish for one for the Alco RS road
switchers.? The Milw's seemed much homemade to me.? A good 0 scale
friend made one for me for my RSD4.? I had supplied photos, but he
fabricated it for the wrong window --2 or3 panes.? He just used
sheet brass and pounded it into the needed shape--just never had
the opportunity to actually use it
Bob Werre!
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Cheap Thrills!
I have created all weather cab windows for early to ?? EMD GP locomotives and switchers. ?I based it on a brass version, whose origin I don’t know, with some modifications to show the sliding sash.
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Re: Detroit's Michigan Central Station (
开云体育Jamie,
Having never seen that bridge, I can
understand why the Erector thing might be a stretch.? However,
being a problem solver photographer...I would think either a thin
sheet of textured shower door material laid over some black/or
medium blue plexiglass would make for a great base for said
bridge!? The textured glass to mimic a light to moderate chop on
the water while the black plex would do for dark water and it's
reflective capacity too.? With a transparent blue, so wisps of
airbrush work could be fair at duplicating deep water, without
making it look like your going to poison the folks downstream!?
Talk about realism!
Obviously the weight of those materials
would be a bit much to hoist into place unless it's a permanent
location.? I was thinking of the ancient scene from the AF Boy's
club where, If I'm not mistaken, the boys temporarily install an
Erector bridge just as they began to start the program.?
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Re: Detroit's Michigan Central Station (
Bob, One small problem. (Photo stolen from the internet.) Jamie Bothwell On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 11:31?AM Bob Werre via <bob=[email protected]> wrote:
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Re: Detroit's Michigan Central Station (
开云体育Making a bridge like that happen in a
typical large room might require going back to our Erector set
daze.? I always wanted to build one of those large structures, but
my set was too small and money too scarce.?
I think using some of the structural
steel available at the typical Home 'Depot, one could build one
quite nicely.? Then maybe even better is laminating and
overlapping strips of thin wood.? My hometown gym built in the mid
50's is still standing despite some heavy snow loads.? Beams
(arched) are probably 20 x 36" spaced 16' with a 80' span!?
Similarly the South Dakota state highway system built several
laminated highway bridges in a very scenic area in the Black
Hills.? A miniature bridge like this would give our civil engineer
types some needed practice!
BTW, that's a great area to vacation
& visit a live 2-6-6-2 running out of Hill City, not far from
that area!? Which reminds me, I haven't visited in too many
years--seems that was planned but Covid and the postponed NASG
convention wouldn't let that happen!
Bob Werre
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