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High Hood Redeaux
开云体育If you just bought the GP35 high hood part from me the nose angle is a little off. I have a fresh batch right of the oven that is truly perfect. I have printed and thrown out a lot of them!?I will get you new parts soon.?But just maybe you will also want what I am starting on now..... ? ? ? Thank You, ? |
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Re: cylindrical hoppers
The first run of Lionel/Flyer cylindrical hoppers will have "high water" trucks equipped with out of gauge scale wheels.? The second run had "high water" trucks and hirail wheels.? The last run had hirail wheels with corrected trucks.
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Lionel has not offered any scale conversion wheels separately for this car.? After a decade they are not likely to.
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The attached photos shows a converted first run vs. unconverted first run and the truck on a turnout.? The converted car has AM trucks.
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Rich G(ajnak) |
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Looking SHS Flex Track Advice
开云体育1.????? What are best practices to remove the weathering for successful solder joints? ? Dremel wire brush ? 2. ?How best to attach to roadbed? ?What glue have been a smashing success? I drill a small hole in the center web and nail it down. ? You need a significant soldering unit to get the code 137 rail hot enough for a good joint. I have a PBL HOTIP just for layout work. ? ? ? Thank You, ? See my layout progress at:
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Re: Looking SHS Flex Track Advice
开云体育I used some of the SHS flex just a few
years ago so far everything had been fine.? It equals the
Shinorhara and my old Miller as far as being easy to use.? One
thing that's better is that it flex's in the hinged middle.
if you look at a past posting(back
then) I describe the gluing and mounting of the stuff.? To rid the
rail of the weathering is just lightly moved a cutoff disc on my
Dremel across and in the web of the rail ends--takes just a few
seconds per stick.
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx
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Re: Looking SHS Flex Track Advice
开云体育Ben,? re #1: I have had success removing weathering with a fiberglass scratch brush or a Dremel with a brass wire brush, depending on how much cleanup for soldering was planned.? —Dave McBrayer? Auburn, CA? —————— On Dec 23, 2024, at 15:21, Ben via groups.io <pickycat95@...> wrote:
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Looking SHS Flex Track Advice
So…. I have hundreds of feet of SHS track I plan to use on the main level of my layout. ?In theory I ?love it. ?In practice, well…?
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1. ?What are best practices to remove the weathering for successful solder joints?
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2. ?How best to attach to roadbed? ?What glue have been a smashing success?
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?I anticipate mucho responses. ?Please!
Ben Trousdale |
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Re: Today’s S Scale project
Here is what I got done today.?
made a paper pattern for the smoke box wrapper. Using .009 brass to make the wrapper and that made it easier to emboss rivets.? I am using the boiler front that is in the parts inventor that fit very close to the smoke box diameter. Soldered the wrapper to the bronze boiler with 590 degree and the brass scrap on the back side of the front. This makes a nice friction fit for removal when maintenance is needed.
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Mike Swederska Meramec Valley Lines Modeling Mopac equipment in 3/16 Don't let perfection get in the way of good enough! Keep model railroading fun! |
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new to me Seaboard S12
开云体育Santa rode the rails in a red Seaboard S12. ? Thank You, ? See my layout progress at:
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Bill Lane
Ben
Bob Werre
David McBrayer
Mark Mugnai
Karl