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Re: Finescale wheelsets resource question
Hello Felix
I have some available out here in our "good old" European Union....
Will cost you way .... less than having them shipped from Los Gatos CA...
below pic of what I have.
Note all are 36", pointed axle, weathered, and most are Proto64 (ie XS flanges for top realism, but need proper track code for smooth operations)
Contact me with private meessage.
BR Philippe coquet France
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Re: Code 83 flex track
I would buy Code 83 as I already have 50 sections of Code 83.? 20 I bought from Larry and 30 I bought from Shane. Michael Osweiler
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SMMW ribbed boxcar-update
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýI've made a moderate bit of progress on the MILW
boxcar kit--not in a big rush here! But I have to mention one
failure? ...four eye rings are included to help with the roof
laterals.? Bent brass wire and with the eye ring form that
corner grab.? Those eye rings IMHO are too fragile to survive
long or even be durable during construction.. So that attempt
has been scratched.? Someplace I once had some formed brass lift
rings, that I can't find, so I finally chose door #3 and have
resorted to some old NE eyepins--they'll work.? That hopefully
will happen this evening!? Since these are brass/copper I should be able to
use solder to create a little bead, letting the corners have a
bit of a finished final.? Bob Werre PhotoTraxx
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Re: Another BL-2
John et al.,
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Pardon me for chiming in, but both the BL-2 in the foreground and the F Unit behind it were painted for Bert by me in 2005.? I also did a series of passenger cars and an E8 set for him.? A good guy.? We were both C&O fans.
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I used to do custom painting for folks, but when Floquil quit making their paints, I also quit.? It was fun while it lasted, but it wasn't exactly a very lucrative endeavor.?
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Jerry Poniatowski
Brighton, MI
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Re: Finescale wheelsets resource question
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýHeyI have no idea???
Do not know if the listings gave that information?
There were three or more
Easy to look up and see the details
Yours in the hobby?
Roger On Feb 6, 2025, at 1:20?PM, Ed Loizeaux <Loizeaux@...> wrote:
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Re: Finescale wheelsets resource question
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýFelix, ? What brand of trucks are they? American Models wheelsets will not fit in S Helper or Pacific Rail Shops trucks. You need the correct Northwest Short Line wheelsets or S Helper Service. Part of the fun of S scale is the hunt for compatible wheels and track! ? Roger Nulton ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Felix Mohring via groups.io
Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2025 2:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [S-Scale] Finescale wheelsets resource question ? Hi all, ? S scale looks fun. After 15y experience with modelling OO gauge to a British prototype, I dabbed my toes into S scale and spend the last 3 month importing some stock for a planned oyster cannery themed exhibition layout. Both OO/4mm and S?scales are quite obscure here in Germany. They are both bigger than H0 but smaller than O scale, but still worlds apart either. Attached is a quick photo of my stock on a board that is meant to be turned into a OO gauge layout this year. It is 12" wide, and as I still need to get a feeling for the scale I got the impression that I should go for 16" width for S scale. ? However, some of these cars I bought second hand have hi-rail wheelsets. Where can I get replacement scale wheelsets from? ? The AF car needs new trucks too. Suggestions welcome. ? Best, Felix Moehring |
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Re: Scale Wheelsets
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýHello EdI see quite a few listed on eBay.
May or may not your favorite source?!?!
Rarely any Hi Rail!!!!
So scale is favored!!!
You might put my name somewhere for when the Hi Rail Wheelsets are removed from the cars?
Not sure if I want to pay $12 per car though?!?!
Yours in the hobby
Roger Haag
On Feb 6, 2025, at 12:26?PM, Ed Loizeaux <Loizeaux@...> wrote:
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Scale Wheelsets
On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 02:06 AM, Felix Mohring wrote:
However, some of these cars I bought second hand have hi-rail wheelsets. Where can I get replacement scale wheelsets from? Hello Felixx.......Regarding scale wheelsets, I have quite a few surplus to my needs.? They are NWSL scale wheelsets which can replace the hi-rail wheelsets on most freight cars.? My price is $3 per axle + postage with immediate delivery compared to buying them direct from NWSL for $4 per axle plus a few weeks waiting time for to actually make them.? Mine are brand new and unused.? See photos below.? Dimensional details are available on the NWSL web site.?? Please email me at? Loizeaux? aht? SBC? //? Global? daht? net if interested.?? Thanks...........Ed Loizeaux -- Ed Loizeaux Los Altos, CA |
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Re: Any future S efforts....
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýI think "if we're talking about the
future" as the title indicates--it's all the super toys or just
buy HO that already is running OOB--out of box!?
When the SHS F units arrived, I popped
in the soundboards (mine were test boards that had been in Dallas
before I received them).? Just a couple of adjustments had me
running.? Now I did some traditional non-sound and maybe a couple
of sound decoders earlier, but it sure was nice to just remove
that shorting plug and plug in, blow the horn at the
crossing--never to turn back.?
Now after a dozen + years I've added
sound boards to a couple of older units, but I'm not in a hurry
either.?
Since I'm nearly as old as dirt, I
can't image anybody younger trying to re-invent the wheel at this
point.? If they go further, they'll fight over a newer decoder
generation, types of speakers and then ditch lights etc.? If they
finally get to a semi complete layout you can operate, a few
engines, and a few years of pleasure actually operating.? If you
like to tear into stuff--have at it, but don't expect too many to
ask for a SSL&S kit either--let Mike do that.?
I'd like to witness, a couple of SD's
(newer than what I have) pulling some well weathered freight cars
thundering along the rails into the sunset!? Those units could be
sold specifically with unique add-on appliances (after all we have
to keep our hands still doing some detail work).
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx
On 2/6/25 9:21 AM, Rich Gajnak via
groups.io wrote:
That's going to be the quandary if and when ScaleTrains offers a locomotive.? Do they even bother trying for the AC/Hirail market of just offer ESU and force the "legacy" AC folks convert or struggle with yet another system? |
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Re: Any future S efforts....
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýJeff, I do appreciate your pioneer
attitude, as you well know, our families have a lot in common, but
I don't think we will ever go back to the simple engines.? Rex
engines with a single wire, or Nord/Midgage/Nimco/SSLS with enough
interest or sales to make a nickel for the manufacturer.?
For one who has gone from the usual AC
powered AF unit's to DC with diodes, to PFM sound, then to
Dynatrol, then DCC then sound then this, then that--I don't want
to chase technology either, but in the greater world you gotta
sell with all the extras now.? The new entrants and the demand for
more technology has changed nearly everything.?
I bought a little Jeep with a medium $
up-grade from my Daughter (moved to UK) but this guy, is
instruction manual deficient, I'm still finding things I didn't
know--a grabbed the steering wheel in a new way and changed the
radio station!? If you have a really newish Iphone it will
connect--but mine is getting old, so no go!?
We've been having several days of very
spring like weather, so I'll sit outside with my coffee and listen
to my Latino neighbors who have a few chickens= eggs!? With that
being said, I'm running out to BK for some breakfast--after I run
to the bank for a loan for the eggs!?
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx
Well since everything is a preorder nowadays anyway it seems Lionel could open it up for preorders stating that the project will only go forward if ¡°X¡± number of locomotives are ordered and then if enough interest is reached require a 50% deposit from those people to assure the sales and make the run.?
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Finescale wheelsets resource question
Hi all,
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S scale looks fun. After 15y experience with modelling OO gauge to a British prototype, I dabbed my toes into S scale and spend the last 3 month importing some stock for a planned oyster cannery themed exhibition layout.
Both OO/4mm and S?scales are quite obscure here in Germany. They are both bigger than H0 but smaller than O scale, but still worlds apart either.
Attached is a quick photo of my stock on a board that is meant to be turned into a OO gauge layout this year. It is 12" wide, and as I still need to get a feeling for the scale I got the impression that I should go for 16" width for S scale.
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However, some of these cars I bought second hand have hi-rail wheelsets. Where can I get replacement scale wheelsets from?
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The AF car needs new trucks too. Suggestions welcome.
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Best,
Felix Moehring |
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Jerry Poniatowski
Roger Haag
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