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Boster Pin Chart
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I have posted the Bolster Pin Chart on the Ztrack Web Site. I will plan on
updating it on the ZBT web site when we can. But, the most updated chart can always be found at the following link: www.ztrack.com/articles/bolster/bolster.html Rob Ztrack Magazine Ltd. 6142 Northcliff Blvd. Dublin, OH 43016 phone/fax: (614) 764-1703 www.ztrack.com www.ztrackcenter.com Distributor American Z Line **** Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. |
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In a message dated 1/7/08 10:10:08 AM, bnbs@... writes:
Just curious. What is a bolster pin?The bolster pin holds the car trucks to the car body. The concept of for the chart is that club members sign up for color positions. This way, if you are running trains and mix and matching members cars, it is easier to determine who own the car by the color of the pins. We find this very invaluable during shows when a lot of cars can be moved around in a weekend. The bolster was choses since every car has two. If you color position in red/yellow, paint one bolster red, the other yellow to mark you car. Ztrack does maintain the official color chart. We encourage club members to sign up for color positions, especially if you are planning to attend and participate in shows such as NTS that may see a number of different operators on the layouts at any one time. Any cars that do not have painted bolsters become the official property of Ztrack Magazine. The chart says so! LOL! Rob Ztrack Magazine Ltd. 6142 Northcliff Blvd. Dublin, OH 43016 phone/fax: (614) 764-1703 www.ztrack.com www.ztrackcenter.com **** Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. |
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Brad Stegmann
Just curious. What is a bolster pin?
-Brad --- In Z-Bend_Track@..., ztrack@... wrote: plan on updating it on the ZBT web site when we can. But, the most updatedchart can always be found at the following link:NCID=aolcmp00300000002489
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Mark Lewis
Fundamentally, any kind of color coding is a bad idea. Approximately 12% of the male population has serious deficits in color vision, mostly along the red-green axis. In about 3% actual color perception casts the entire spectrum into what people with normal color vision would call either yellow or blue. All this is complicated by the fact that most of the people with deficient color vision are not aware of their problem.
I would urge the Z-Bend participants to develop an identification method that uses color only for redundancy. Mark On Jan 7, 2008, at 9:50 AM, Ztrack@... wrote: =========== Mark Lewis =========== |
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MArk
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Even if a lot of us have a color deficincy, most of us use paints that have the colors printed on them. IF you select red/green use caboose red and burlington green and you will be OK. Ed Scullin Roanoke VA --- Mark Lewis <mflewis@...> wrote: Fundamentally, any kind of color coding is a bad idea. Approximately |
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Mark Lewis
Only if you use the paints to put the color names on the bottom of the car.
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On Jan 7, 2008, at 12:28 PM, Edward Scullin wrote:
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Randall Smidt
Mark, Although you make a very good point that I don't think I've ever seen anyone raise before, wouldn't the way to avoid confusion in this case be to simply use a color in a spectrum that you CAN indentify. For example, if you have a problem with green and blue, most common I believe, use some other colors like red, gold, etc. Typically, you are only looking for your own colors. Everything else that is not your color you don't go home with and someone else would check to see if it's theirs. For 7 or more years this system has worked well. I have also seen some folks paint their name or put coded decals on the bottom of their cars, but the bolster pin colors caught on because it is so easy to do.
By the way, some of us have used ours colors on items that don't have bolster pins, like Marklin 2 axle cars and expansion tracks. Thanks, Randy smidt Mark Lewis <mflewis@...> wrote: Only if you use the paints to put the color names on the bottom of the car. On Jan 7, 2008, at 12:28 PM, Edward Scullin wrote: MArk Recent Activity 7 New Members 2 New Files Visit Your Group Yahoo! News Kevin Sites Get coverage of world crises. Yahoo! Finance It's Now Personal Guides, news, advice & more. Moderator Central An online resource for moderators of Yahoo! Groups. . |
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Don A
Michael Hilliard at one time was making some nifty SMALL decals that
had both colors and your initials plus other characters. I forget now the number of combinations he had but it was in the order of several hundred million. Plenty for train nuts around the world, Z or otherwise, where the bolster colors are severely limited to around a hundred combinations or less. ...don --- In Z-Bend_Track@..., Randall Smidt <randy@...> wrote: ever seen anyone raise before, wouldn't the way to avoid confusion in this case be to simply use a color in a spectrum that you CAN indentify. For example, if you have a problem with green and blue, most common I believe, use some other colors like red, gold, etc. Typically, you are only looking for your own colors. Everything else that is not your color you don't go home with and someone else would check to see if it's theirs. For 7 or more years this system has worked well. I have also seen some folks paint their name or put coded decals on the bottom of their cars, but the bolster pin colors caught on because it is so easy to do. have bolster pins, like Marklin 2 axle cars and expansion tracks. bottom of the car. |
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