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Re: SW-something switcher
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.build
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Fri, 4 May 2001 18:41:38 GMT
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> > Yeah, that angle in is a bummer. Frankly, my solution has been to avoid
> > it, because nothing is going to look just right given the limitations of
> > the elements-- for *8wide*, that is. Rob Werner in the GFLTC has built a
> > really nice switcher which I saw in person that is 6 wide which solves this
> > very problem quite nicely.
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> I suspect he used the dual taper piece (4x4x1 high) in the
> yellow and red/black show trucks... that is a perfect piece for
> this application, but the problem with it is that it tapers from
> 4 to 2...
> I confess, I just ignore this width taper in my commercial model
> and only taper the height... I thought about a 4 to 2 taper but
> it just seems too narrow.
Rick Clark did a black and green Burlington Northern switcher (6-wide)
tapering this way, and it looks great. Unfortunately, he doesn't have pics
of it on his site. This is the best picture I could find on the PNLTC site:
http://www.pnltc.org/PDX_GATS_01/photos/DCP01159.jpg
The loco in question in at the bottom, just left of center.
--
Tony Hafner
www.hafhead.com
www.pnltc.org
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| (...) Hey, who's loco is that on the next track over from the above mentioned loco? The red and gray one. Look good from that pic! Jake --- Jake McKee AFOL LUGNET member #211 (24 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
| | | MOC (was SW-something switcher)
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| (...) Thanks for the plug, Tony. There are a couple more pictures of my switcher at fellow PNLTC Member Gary Gerdes's site. The links are: (URL) (nod to Dan Parker for his excellent 3x3 bi-level module) (URL) prototypes at: (URL) of GREAT photos (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: SW-something switcher
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| (...) I suspect he used the dual taper piece (4x4x1 high) in the yellow and red/black show trucks... that is a perfect piece for this application, but the problem with it is that it tapers from 4 to 2... Talk about your strong argument for making (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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