[modeleng] Re: Pfeifferbahn now Milner Hunslet
- From: Jeff Dayman <jeffdayman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:58:39 -0500
Sounds like my projects Rich - "a dollar's worth of steel and only 1,250 hrs
of labour for making that part". Makes Don Quixote look like a pessimist!
JD
----- Original Message -----
From: "R.L. Roebuck" <rlr20@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 9:28 AM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Pfeifferbahn now Milner Hunslet
> Hi there Jeff,
>
> You're talking to the man, who aged 15 made a set of 8 wheels for a coach
> from square bar as that worked out cheapest, even though it took the
> longest machining them all round: something like 33p per wheel in 1991.
>
> Don't you worry Jeff - I'd be fabricating waaaaaay long before it got near
> 312 pounds for a set of 4 wheels!!! (Smiles).
>
>
> All the best,
>
>
> Rich.
>
> On Mon, 14 Jan 2013, Jeff Dayman wrote:
>
>> Even if 312 UK pounds is the price for 4 wheels and not just 1, I'd say
>> it's
>> time to think about fabricating them!
>>
>> JD
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "R.L. Roebuck" <rlr20@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 7:26 AM
>> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Pfeifferbahn now Milner Hunslet
>>
>>
>>> ...and I think the Milner Hunslet is available from Reeves 2000:
>>>
>>> http://shop.ajreeves.com/hunslet-155-c.asp
>>>
>>> ...though I really hope that isn't the price per wheel!!!
>>>
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>>
>>>
>>> Rich.
>>>
>>> On Mon, 14 Jan 2013, Peter Beevers wrote:
>>>
>>>> Peter (et al),
>>>>
>>>> Tinkerbell (at least) drawings are now available from Maxitrak (heard
>>>> it
>>>> via
>>>> another mailing list) but I can't find the link on their website.
>>>>
>>>> Peter Beevers (07733 312404)
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: modeleng-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> [mailto:modeleng-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>>> On Behalf Of Peter Sheppard
>>>> Sent: 14 January 2013 11:27
>>>> To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Pfeifferbahn
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> That is my understanding. Unfortunately Fincken also has
>>>> the original Tinkerbell drawings and Roger Marsh's Hunslett drawings.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Peter
>>>>
>>>> On 2013-01-13 21:49, R.L. Roebuck wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi there
>>>> Bob,
>>>>>
>>>>> I might be wrong, but I think part or all of them became
>>>> Fincken Minature
>>>>> Railways, which in itself now seems to be all but
>>>> vanished.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think Fincken had the Henry Greenly Collection, which
>>>> has now resurfaced
>>>>> with Maxitrak:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> http://www.maxitrak.co.uk/greenly.asp [1]As I say, I might be wrong,
>>>> but
>>>> that would be my guess based on what I
>>>>> have stumbled across over the
>>>> years.
>>>>>
>>>>> Interesting to hear Pfeifferbahn being mentioned - I too
>>>> ended up with one
>>>>> of their catalogues when I was about 12, but I
>>>> don't think I'd heard their
>>>>> name mentioned since.
>>>>>
>>>>> Someone else
>>>> may know more or be able to confirm my guesses.
>>>>>
>>>>> All the best,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Rich.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 14 Jan 2013, Robert S Logan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello All, I
>>>> have been lurking for a few months and made no comments yet on this
>>>> group. Have a query though, looking through old catalogues this
>>>> morning,
>>>> found a folder from "PFEIFFERBAHN MINIATURE RAILWAYS," of Withnell
>>>> Station, Abbey Village, Lancs, ( PR6 8DA ). Are they still in existence
>>>> ? or have they been absorbed by a later Model Engineer. I did find a
>>>> date, on price list, 1988. Regards, and thanking All, who offer
>>>> assistance, Bob in New Zealand, Robert Logan 6/9 Zealandia Street
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