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Re: 4180 Air slide covered hopper
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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
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Re: 4180 Air slide covered hopper
The 50 foot version. Ben Trousdale? 
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Re: 4180 Air slide covered hopper
Will that be a 2 bay one?
I have started the prototyping printing for the 4180 air slide.? I¡¯m very pleased with my first print of the roof.
Ben Trousdale?
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4180 Air slide covered hopper
I have started the prototyping printing for the 4180 air slide. ?I¡¯m very pleased with my first print of the roof.
Ben Trousdale?
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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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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.
They are for sale $2.50 each plus packaging and shipping. ?I
will also have some at the Harrisburg NASG convention this July.
Ben Trousdale
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For sale Overland Models Wide vision cabooses
For sale: 3 Overland Models S scale wide vision cabooses with original OMI boxes. Suitable for numerous roads including DRGW . Two are like new unpainted $100 each plus shipping.? One is Pro painted for C&O $125.? Buy all three and I pay the shipping.? Dale DeWitt 314-821-1368, dcdewitt@...
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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.
They are for sale $2.50 each plus packaging and shipping. ?I will also have some at the Harrisburg NASG convention this July.
Ben Trousdale
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Here is my 3rd conversion of a flyer caboose. Waiting for decales.
Paul Vaughn?
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Re: Detroit's Michigan Central Station (
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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Bob,
One small problem.
(Photo stolen from the internet.)
Jamie Bothwell
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
PhotoTraxx
I calculated the Rockville bridge in HO
scale to over 28'.? ?No doubt somebody will prove me
wrong.
Andrew Parker
On Friday, June 7, 2024 at 07:27:26 AM PDT,
Jerry Poniatowski <poniaj37@...>
wrote:
On Thu, Jun 6, 2024 at 10:12 PM, Gaylord
Gill wrote:
OK, one S scale tidbit:? If you
want to create an accurately-scaled model of
this station in S, it would be over 3 1/2' tall.
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Re: Detroit's Michigan Central Station (
Bob, One small problem. (Photo stolen from the internet.) Jamie Bothwell
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
PhotoTraxx
I calculated the Rockville
bridge in HO scale to over 28'.? ?No doubt somebody will prove
me wrong.
Andrew Parker
On Friday, June
7, 2024 at 07:27:26 AM PDT, Jerry Poniatowski
<poniaj37@...> wrote:
On Thu, Jun 6, 2024 at 10:12 PM, Gaylord Gill
wrote:
OK, one S scale tidbit:? If you want to
create an accurately-scaled model of this station in
S, it would be over 3 1/2'
tall.
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Re: Detroit's Michigan Central Station (
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
PhotoTraxx
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Show quoted text
I calculated the Rockville
bridge in HO scale to over 28'.? ?No doubt somebody will prove
me wrong.
Andrew Parker
On Thu, Jun 6, 2024 at 10:12 PM, Gaylord Gill
wrote:
OK, one S scale tidbit:? If you want to
create an accurately-scaled model of this station in
S, it would be over 3 1/2'
tall.
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Clinic(s) For the Convention
Hi All,
I am sorry to drop this on you last moment but due to unfortunate circumstances, we are in need of one more clinician for the upcoming 2024 NASG Convention which is being held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania this year.? The dates of the convention are Wednesday July 17 through to Saturday July 20.? The timeslot is Saturday morning at 10 am or could be negotiated.? ?If you are willing to share your hobby ideas, give a tour of your layout, demonstrate certain skills or methods,? or any other model railway or prototype topic that interests you, we would welcome a 45 minute presentation.? If you need any help writing it up or converting your ideas to a PowerPoint presentation, we have people that can help.
Please contact me directly and not through the list.
Thanks for your consideration.
cheers,
Andy Malette
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Room Share at Harrisburg NASG Convention
Looking to share a hotel room there, Wednesday through Saturday nights.
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Bud,
I'm glad I could lend some assistance.
I saw a GE hopper in the Cleveland plant once. We had done a couple of projects for GE and I saw the hopper on a siding adjacent to the plant.
Corning has a fleet of nondescript hoppers also. I did a project in Harrodsburg, KY and NS would deliver a handful of hoppers every week.
Mike
On Sun, Jun 9, 2024, 7:50?PM Bud Rindfleisch via <BlackDiamondRR= [email protected]> wrote: Mike Lytle, ? Thanks much for those GE hopper photos, I like both versions and Protocraft sells both. I doubt they¡¯d make only a couple sets in S so I will order the O scale sets and I have an HO friend locally who makes decals. I¡¯m thinking he could make them only for my use so as not to get into copy issues.? ? ?Bud Rindfleisch
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Mike Lytle, ? Thanks much for those GE hopper photos, I like both versions and Protocraft sells both. I doubt they¡¯d make only a couple sets in S so I will order the O scale sets and I have an HO friend locally who makes decals. I¡¯m thinking he could make them only for my use so as not to get into copy issues. ? ? ?Bud Rindfleisch
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Re: Detroit's Michigan Central Station
Hi all- ?we are getting to watch the MCS concert on NBC tonight.? Wow, ?they¡¯re doing it up right and lots of infomercials about Detroit and the center.
On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 4:16?PM Chris Fauxturkey via <skogkatt007= [email protected]> wrote: What I wouldn't give to see that! All those early products, most if not all kit built.
On Friday, June 7, 2024 at 01:05:02 PM EDT, Jeffrey Madden < nasgdispatch@...> wrote:
There was an O scale layout in the building way back in the 1930s or 1940s.? ?Detroit Union bunch.? Jeff Madden On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 9:57?AM Brian Jackson via <jackson-standard= [email protected]> wrote: I look forward to seeing it someday. It's my understanding that Ford was entreated to intervene at the 11th hour--the condition of the building had deteriorated to such an extent restoration was close to becoming unfeasible.?
Brian Jackson
Springfield, IL
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Re: Lightening strikes twice
And again,? thank you to Bill for a great day together.
Andrew
That is a great photograph.? I call it S scale porn.? ?Thank you to Ed Loizeau for selling me some of his amazing collection.? ?Perhaps he might find an errant leaf spring?? I'll pay the postage.
Andrew Parker
My RS11 with my friend Andrew's (in front) RS11 today ? Thank You,
Bill Lane
Modeling the Mighty Pennsy, PRSL & Reading in 1957 in S Scale since 1987
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