[modeleng] Re: Pfeifferbahn now Milner Hunslet now GLR
- From: "Clifton" <clif.gwr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:09:56 -0000
Hi All,
It would seem that GLR model engineering supplies are almost closing down
now.
Having spoken to Peter he is now only going to supply castings for the locos
in his catalogue.
Clif
---- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Dayman" <jeffdayman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 2:58 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Pfeifferbahn now Milner Hunslet
> 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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