[modeleng] Re: [modeleng] 3½ versus 5
- From: "Terry Lane" <tel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 20:31:38 +1000
Yo Jem - 'pears to me you are between a rock and a hard place there - your
equipment would be more suitable to 3 1/2" or 2 1/2" but a 5" is a better
proposition, both from a first-time-builder's perspective and for operating
ease.
> Here is another 'new' topic, on which I would appreciate your opinions.
> I am a relative newcomer to model engineering. I have no engineering
background. In the distant past I have scratchbuilt models in 0 gauge
(2-rail electric) and some wagons in Gauge 1. I have a Myford ML10 in
reasonable condition and a small bench pillar drill (rough!). For the best
part of the last three years I have been doing some restoration work on a
Dore Westbury Mk.1: surgery on the motor, fitting new lead screws and nuts,
devising different ways to attach the handles top the lead screws, making a
drawbar, making a machine vice kit. It has been a long learning exercise!
I now have some digital read-out bars that I have not succeeded yet in
fitting....I do wonder if these are really worth the hassle.
>
> I want to get started on a locomotive. Until recently I reckoned that I
would tackle something in 3½-inch gauge, but the vast majority of the
received wisdom has advised against this size. So, what I would be
interested to read on this discussion group is your views for and against
3½-inch and 5-inch gauge, oh and while we are about it, we could add 2½-inch
gauge.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jem Harrison
> Basildon
>
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