Now that's a great scene!! Lots of scenery that reflects the tall tales of the taming of the West- desperadoes,Cochise,Robber Barons, bank and train robbers,...
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Jim O'Connell
socalz44
Dec 15, 2008 1:18 am
Hi Fred, Thanks for the compliments. Even I couldn't have said it better. At our age we shouldn't be getting to excited about those rock formations. lol...
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Alex
techrepjapan
Dec 15, 2008 2:05 am
Hello again... As a follow on to my previous question of how to remove a stuck load... I have a new question. During my attempts (unsuccesful, so far) in...
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Don A
zbarr474
Dec 15, 2008 2:30 am
Alex: The truck and coupler come off as a unit. Use a pair of small pliers with knurled surfaces and pull hard on the truck pin and it will come off. It is...
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hobbycraftsnmore
hobbycraftsn...
Dec 15, 2008 3:01 am
Hi Alex The trucks Pennzee used are MTL's Bettendorf Trucks and the pin on the bottom comes out, to change. You can just use a pilers (needlenose) to pull it...
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ztrack@...
robkluz
Dec 15, 2008 3:09 pm
Mister Dave, It is in AZL's plans to offer body mount couplers. But there is not an ETA when this will happen. These should retro-fit on the F59PHI cars just...
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danielhogue80
Dec 15, 2008 3:10 pm
I have posted to the photos section a folder called simply "laser kits." These are samples of about 20 laser cuttings that I had designed several years ago,...
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Alan Cox
a_a_c_y
Dec 15, 2008 4:00 pm
... You can always do it yourself (which is what I did for brass in N). ... Autocad conversion to sane formats can usually be done, at least for 2D. Save them...
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Robert Ray
pray59_3
Dec 15, 2008 5:20 pm
... prototype ... Those designs do look good, in fact many look almost exactly like stuff I also designed, unaware your designs existed. Have you tried to sell...
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Garth Hamilton
garthah
Dec 15, 2008 7:05 pm
Hi Alex; I my opinion there is an easier way to remove the pin that holds the truck to the car body. There is a small amount of clearance between the truck...
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Michael Duggan
mthduggan
Dec 15, 2008 11:52 pm
I'm poking away at a kit design and would like to get a sense of what
others like in a kit.
In particular, would you rather a kit...
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John Duino
jduino
Dec 16, 2008 12:02 am
... Well, I guess it would depend on HOW much thicker, but generally I prefer sturdy/easy over prototypical as long as it isn't OBSCENELY non-prototypical. I...
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Alan Cox
a_a_c_y
Dec 16, 2008 12:06 am
... Here's a fun question and one I'm certainly interested in views upon. If the four hour longer kit was much cheaper which would you pick ? This comes up all...
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danielhogue80
Dec 16, 2008 2:40 am
Robert, I am certainly willing to sell one or two designs to anyone who is interested, and I am pretty flexible as to the price I might sell them at. I wasn't...
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John Duino
jduino
Dec 16, 2008 7:13 am
... All I can say to this is.... Karin, I am SO very sorry that he actually knows this......
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Loren
tealplanes4me
Dec 16, 2008 7:30 am
John, I do know about it, but I certainly don't practice it.......I don't like to fish.....lucky for Karin huh? Hey, you guys had too much fun at Del...
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Bob Mitchell
miniatureere...
Dec 16, 2008 2:07 pm
Hey, Michael,
Building Loren Snyder's new laser card church kit, quite fine! Has a DVD in the kit, I assume in lieu of your great website builder's aid....
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Malcolm Cleaveland
dendroman2000
Dec 16, 2008 9:28 pm
In the messages about replacing the truck-mount coupler for a PenZee hopper, it was mentioned several times that they come with Bettendorf trucks. But if...
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dpstripe@...
dpstripe
Dec 16, 2008 11:26 pm
Malcolm, Roller bearing trucks didn't really become the norm on new stock until the mid fifties, and weren't required on new cars until the mid 60s....
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Alex
techrepjapan
Dec 17, 2008 1:06 am
Once, again... I owe great thanks to the Z-crackhead gurus of this group for their wealth of knowledge and advice. Some day, when I grow-up (I'm 48)... I might...
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Loren
tealplanes4me
Dec 17, 2008 2:14 am
10-4 Alex.....Rollerbearing? Loren PS. UP passenger cars are on schedule for January delivery. Get your socks out and count your money. ... From: "Alex"...
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Thomas Creighton Sr
ferroequinal...
Dec 17, 2008 4:25 am
is MTL going to manufacture a observation car to complete the set? ... From: Loren <ljsnyder@...> Subject: Re: [Z_Scale] Re: PennZee Hopper's Coupler...
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Loren
tealplanes4me
Dec 17, 2008 5:01 am
Thomas, I heard Joe mention that MTL plans four more cars to complete the passenger line. I don't know which cars that would include. The observation car...
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stevegail
Dec 17, 2008 5:20 am
... need ... Loren--you can have your "purple mountains majesty" us plains folks have "amber waves of grain." --Steve...
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Loren
tealplanes4me
Dec 17, 2008 5:27 am
Steve, Ok, just don't turn any of that grain into you know what. We don't need no stinkin drunks at the throttle of the local freighter. No word from Brad...
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umtrr
Dec 17, 2008 3:04 pm
The December 2008 Archive Edition of the Unofficial Micro-Trains Release Report has been posted to the UMTRR Website. ...
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Thomas Creighton Sr
ferroequinal...
Dec 17, 2008 4:07 pm
we get to see those tornadoes coming before they suck us away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... From: Loren <ljsnyder@...> Subject: Re: [Z_Scale] Re: PennZee...
Good answer Thomas :o) ... From: "Thomas Creighton Sr" <bigtrain6@...> To: <z_scale@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 8:07 AM ...
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bluebimmer99
Dec 17, 2008 6:44 pm
As a newbie to Z Scale, I suprised to discover that as I added to my rolling stock and locomotives that there is a difference in the types of couplers on my...
