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Re: the Flasher
Hi Ken,
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Which issues of S Scale Resource did your article appear in?? ?I have at least two, if not more, engines to add on a Stratolite 8911 beacon. I just purchased the last available 8911's on hand from Gotham Marine to use on a GP35 and U25B.?
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Michael Osweiler
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On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 01:17 PM, Ken Zieska wrote:
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drill bits?
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýI was changing a few mis. items in a drawer just
a few minutes ago.? I once bought a box of carbide drill bits
from a train-show exhibitor.? I think Micro tool people also
sell the same thing--really just a bunch of bits (of random
sizes!) in a plastic box, but each bit has a fat collar around
it.? I had thought that collar mount would save a lot of time
just in not having to adjust the collet size for each bit
change.? I once tried to use them but it quickly broke.? I
don't think I've tried any since, so to the back of the drawer
they went!? I'm wondering if you gentlemen have used them
successfully and how you deal with carbide bits?? Bob Werre |
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Conrail RS11
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýMy Conrail RS11 is completed. Please give it a look. It will probably be in a new YouTube in the next week or so. ?
? Thank You, ? See my layout progress at:
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Logging Corner VI (right side & sales pitch)
Be sure to read the sales pitch below the photo.? Hope you enjoyed the logging show.? Time to check the balance in your train fund account.? Cheers.........Ed L.
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Here is the last of the photos for now.? Shown here is a single stall engine house, a machine or blacksmith shop, a small office building, assorted vehicles, horses, etc.? Smaller stuff just to complete the scene and make it more believable.? The round horizontal gray tank is an HO model by Campbell Scale Models.? Looks right at home -- at least to me.? How big is a tank anyway?
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Here is the sales pitch:? The entire logging corner is for sale.? Everything in the photos is included in a package deal except trees which are not included.? Trees are available at extra cost.? I'd prefer one person to purchase the entire corner if possible.? Otherwise, individual pieces are available if that is what you want.
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As usual, please provide me with your best reasonable price for what you want.? I'd suggest you check on the prices of individual unbuilt kits and use that as a guideline to your starting offer price.? How much does a BTS sawmill kit cost?? Go check it out.? Contest quality stuff does not come at a discount.? You won't find better anywhere else.
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If I like your offer, I will smile and a box will head your way.? If not, the model remains here in California in my home.? The tradeoff for something like this is a humongous number of manhours spent building kits (when you'd rather run trains) versus having everything you need in a matter of a week or two.? Trust me, you will not miss the money one year from now, but you will enjoy the sawmill and logging operation on your layout for the rest of your life.
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I hope Bill Lane feels we are back on track now.? Not one word about my retirement plans since I have already been retired for over 25+ years.? Living in the heart of Silicon Valley, the high-tech capital of the world, is an experience that is almost unbelievable.? I wouldn't consider moving, but then again, my house is all paid for and that makes a HUGE difference.
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Hope you are all doing well and enjoying life.? Make me some offers and let's see where this leads.
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Email preferred, but phone works.? ? ?Loizeaux? aht? SBC // Global? daht? net? ? ? 1-650-962-1577
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Make me smile and I will make you smile....................Smiling Ed L.
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Logging Corner V (right side)
Here is a wagon taking finished boards off to a local customer.? No need for a train for this order.? The horses are up to the task. Every steamer needs water sooner or later.? Even ducks (baby swans?) appreciate a drink once in a while.? Pardon the dust, but it can be blown off easily.?? A backup BIG WHEELS just waiting to be called into action. -- Ed Loizeaux Los Altos, CA |
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Logging Corner IV (right side)
Sawmill employees (on my layout) need to take the train to work each day.? Thus, a need for a small RR station shown here.? Don't ask me why it is made from stone (ground floor) -- I have not a clue.? Note the milk cans on the baggage wagon.? Yep, the milk train just delivered them.? But it is cute as a button.? (opinion, questionable fact.) Here is the finished goods loading dock where cut lumber is loaded onto standard gauge flat cars for delivery to customers in the far away city.? As business increased over time, the more modern gray dock was built to handle the additional volume.? The brown dock was board-by-board constructed by Don Leger of Arizona fame.? Each board has fantastic wood grain and nail heads.? Don't ask about the frog number of the turnouts -- they are sharp, but the small crane handles them very well. Here is a close-up showing the wood grain, nails, turnout frogs, small crane (yes, it rotates), etc.? A true work of art.?? -- Ed Loizeaux Los Altos, CA |
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Logging Corner III (right side)
Here are some pix from the other side of the logging corner.? Cannot show both sides in one image unless I stand so far away that nothing can be seen close-up.?? Shown here is a freight station for receiving supplies used by the sawmill complex.? In the background is a steam donkey used for dragging logs up hills and over the ground to move them closer to the RR tracks for transportation to the sawmill.?? Steam donkey close-up.? This is a really cool hunk of machinery.? (opinion, not scientific fact) Shown here is a spar pole used to lift logs onto skels or flat cars after they have been dragged close to the RR tracks.? The spar pole on the left is painted onto the wall and I cannot sell it -- but I could include a photo of it enlarged.? You could glue the photo onto your wall.? How's that for some creativity?? The spar pole in the foreground is made from two HO spar poles mounted one on top of another.? Works great for S scale like a lot of HO stuff which is commonly oversized for the scale size printed on the box. -- Ed Loizeaux Los Altos, CA |
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Logging Corner II (left side continued)
Here are some more pictures: Shown here is a sort-of crane-like device which lifts logs off skels and rolls them over onto the ramp where they splash down into the water.? The cable is fitted beneath the logs and the crane pulls up on the cable and the logs roll right off the skel and gravity does the rest.? It does one car at a time which makes for lots of switching moves to unload an entire train.? Sure beats watching Bachelor on TV.? Right? Here is the sawdust building which holds all the sawdust for future sale to animal feed manufacturers.? Maybe sold to other folks as well -- I really do not know.? Also shown in the foreground is BIG WHEELS which is used to drag logs through the forest when there is no road, river or RR tracks available for transportation. -- Ed Loizeaux Los Altos, CA |
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Logging Corner I (left side)
Gents...... The logging corner is up for sale as a complete intact detailed industry.? It is not cheap, but it will save you a TON of time (is time measured by weight?).? Well over five years to build all the kits not to mention paying for the kits in the first place. If you want to buy a specific item rather than the entire package, let me know what you want and we can probably come to a mutual agreement. Photos below have short captions, but here are some general comments:? Most red structures are built from BTS kits with the name Coon Gap Sawmill (or similar).? ?All buildings are well made with very good craftsmanship -- except for one.? The one exception is the main sawmill structure which is truly contest quality with many added details and full interior detailing including lights for the night scene. This is a rare bird indeed. Here are the pix: Exterior view of sawmill building.? Looks rather ordinary until you remove the roof and look inside.
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Back on the S scale Track........
Gents.......... Here are two images reflecting wise decisions by two or three people who figured that building kits for the next five or six years was not worth the time and effort when the structures they wanted were already built and readily available from Smiling Ed L.? It is only money and one year from now it will not be missed.? First up is the former Coal Mine corner.? Following that is the former City corner.? Both corners were purchased more-or-less intact by single individuals.? The layout is starting to look a bit bare as you can see from the photos below. Next up is the Logging Corner which should appeal to all those folks who bought my Shays, Heisler, Samson and skels quite some time ago.? Even standard gauge folks can have a vibrant logging industry without much trouble.? Shays are not required.? Photos of the Logging Corner are shown in the following email coming in just a few minutes. Get ready to spend some money.....................Cheers.....Smiling Ed L. -- Ed Loizeaux Los Altos, CA |
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