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开云体育Does anyone know what
the position regarding KBscale? Most of the items on their webpage are marked as "Temporarily n/a" (not available) and there have been only two new items on the "News" page since November 2014! Also he states he has no plans to attend any exhibitions! Is this company shutting down? -- Brian Rumary England brian(at)rumary.co.uk |
开云体育I think (looking at the news page) that the problem has been
sourcing the Mashima motors that most of the loco kits are
designed around. These motors are no longer being made and I
believe the stock has been sold off so they will become
increasingly difficult to find, which will impact on the
availability of kits from a number of manufacturers until
replacements can be sorted out, Mark On 26/08/16 12:36, Brian Rumary
brian@... [O14] wrote:
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开云体育Plus ...
...?as with many narrow gauge railway suppliers?David is a sole trader, has hobbying interests of his own, a young family, and a main?job that pays for a roof over their heads. I have had stuff from him in the last year, and he's still developing kits as far as I know.
David H From: O14@... on behalf of 'Mark A. Greenwood' m.a.greenwood@... [O14]
Sent: 26 August 2016 12:50 To: O14@... Subject: Re: [O14] KBscale Models ?
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I think (looking at the news page) that the problem has been sourcing the Mashima motors that most of the loco kits are designed around. These motors are no longer being made and I believe the stock has been sold off so they will become increasingly difficult
to find, which will impact on the availability of kits from a number of manufacturers until replacements can be sorted out, Mark On 26/08/16 12:36, Brian Rumary
brian@... [O14] wrote:
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开云体育Motor issue is a big problem most standard and NG loco apart from RTR use Mashima motors. We are producing our last 7mm standard gauge locomotives with them this month. After this point we are going to have to source motors then hopefully adapt our locomotives
accordingly, if not it's the end of the line for our and most other loco kits.
The time spent doing this has stopped me doing any modelling for my self. I was hoping to have started my 0-14 layout this year but there we go.
Marc Dobson? Furness Railway Wagon Co
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Colin Rainsbury
开云体育Hi all
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Having had a few problems with my own
computer I have missed out on a few subjects and this one about 014 models and
motors has me scratching my head can some one on here give me some idea of what
is wanted motor wise, i.e.?size, power output, etc.
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I would have thought there must be other
motors out there that can be used as replacements?
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Colin Rainsbury
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开云体育I'm currently investigating a company called Matsumi their products look comparable but not over sure on the spec being a mere ? mechanical engineer and not one who practices the dark arts. Sorry electrical engineering and witchcraft so easy to mix up.
Marc
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Colin Rainsbury
开云体育Hi Marc
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I have heard of them and I think Branchlines
use them now for their 00n3 kits, the main problem is the mounting holes do not
line up with you existing motors, so you may well find that you need to change
this.
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Hope this helps.
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I hope I dont upset anyone but I have
attached a sheet of motor details from Branchlines I got a couple of years
ago.
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Colin
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David Hughes