Re: C&S RPO 11: Security Bars
Posted by Jim Courtney on Nov 25, 2018; 12:53am
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/C-S-RPO-11-Linn-Moedinger-s-Shapeways-Print-in-Sn3-and-Hon3-tp12427p12734.html
Have you checked the body height above the rail, to make sure the car body is sitting high enough (36") above the rail?
In HOn3, a piece of dual gauge flex track works great, the inside jaws of a dial caliper will fit between the two rails on the third rail side and the bottom of the car. In HO scale, 3 feet is a smidgen less than 0.040 inches, in S scale it's about 0.54 inches.
The only "low riders" on the C&S were the coal cars.
(not trying to be nit-picking, just trying to reconcile the coupler "notch" in the print to the prototype)
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/C-S-RPO-11-Linn-Moedinger-s-Shapeways-Print-in-Sn3-and-Hon3-tp12427p12734.html
Have you checked the body height above the rail, to make sure the car body is sitting high enough (36") above the rail?
In HOn3, a piece of dual gauge flex track works great, the inside jaws of a dial caliper will fit between the two rails on the third rail side and the bottom of the car. In HO scale, 3 feet is a smidgen less than 0.040 inches, in S scale it's about 0.54 inches.
The only "low riders" on the C&S were the coal cars.
(not trying to be nit-picking, just trying to reconcile the coupler "notch" in the print to the prototype)
Jim Courtney
Poulsbo, WA
Poulsbo, WA
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