[modeleng] Re: 3½ versus 5
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 08:38:02 -0700 (PDT)
Jem, you are to be congratulated on your
accomplishments to date. As to what gauge--well,
around here in Middle Tennessee, the only available
track is in 7-1/2" gauge and most all of the
equiptment is of a size that will give you a hernia if
you are not very careful. Personally, I would like to
build a smaller gauge for ease of handling, but I
wonder about the difficulty in adding the details when
you build to too small a scale. If you have available
trackage on which to run, I would suggest that you
just build whatever size suits your own desires.
Al Messer
--- Jem Harrison <Jem.Harrison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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