Re: #537 and #70

Posted by Derrell Poole on
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Love-me-tender-With-apologies-to-Elvis-tp499p525.html

Mike, OMI did Baggage 13, and coaches 70 and 74 (iir the numbers correctly) basically 9 cars if you reno. the coaches to fill the series - but don't put any grades in your mainline because the little engines can't pull more than a couple up 2%. In order to reduce some of the weight I put PBL trucks under them - evil, I know - but I'm not that much of a passenger car guy anyway. The only one I didn't do that to was 13 because the trucks are so unique. I've thought about making new floors out of plastic just to cut the weight.

I think the tender came off of a 71 model iir but truth is I won't be using it either because it is way too modern for the 1910 no. 70. I have tender etchings for that. If I can ever cut some time out of my weeks to do my own stuff I'll have a bunch of surplus tenders.

To pitch Sn3 there is a bunch of stuff available for the C&S - disproportionate, really, considering that there can't be more than 1000 Sn3 modelers in the whole world and we all know 90% of them model the Evil Empire. Thank you Billy P. (Sn3 use to be the scratch builders scale) If you want to model late C&S about the only engine you may find missing is the Q engine. You can fairly easily convert 71 to the other 2 E engines and you have 65 69 and 70 for the Ds. You have a lot of work to do to convert a 60 to a 58 but is can be done. All the moguls you'd ever want come off the selves. It's a beautiful world...

But I'm new-rottic so I have to tear everything apart.