[modeleng] Re: Modelworks
- From: "Terry Lane" <tel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 07:41:13 +1000
Well I haven't seen a M.E. for quite a while, but Modelworks predecessor
used to by a major advertiser - don't expect you'd get much joy in trhat
quarter if that's still the case. Sad really, to see a once-prestigious
publication flogging crap.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Rickard" <the_viffer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 2:02 AM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Modelworks
> Alan
>
> I recently wrote to Mike Chrisp, the editor of ME, about them on behalf of
> John Baskett who is building a 7.25 GWR 2-6-2T suggesting that ME should
> investigate ModelWorks. Mike basically told us to swing our hooks.
>
> John has basically been doing MWs R&D for them without pay or thanks
putting
> in many many hours. I really believe that John could have made the loco
> quicker from scratch. The straw that broke that particular camel's back
was
> that John found that the piston was unscrewing from the crosshead (and
also
> that the cylinders moved on the frames and leaked at the joint with the
> frames and that the piston rod gland was 3mm bigger than the gland nut).
MW
> issued an advisory note saying that running the engine ran a risk of
serious
> damage and suggesting inter alia that the piston rods be tightened up with
> mole grips before each steaming! I think this show the level of mechanical
> sympathy these guys have.
>
> As I say ME decline to take any interest. If I took ME still I'd stop.
>
> Frankly the situation is a disgrace in my opinion.
>
> Peter you can get to Andy Clarke's MW discussion site via his website
> www.modeleng.org
>
> Regards to all
>
> Tim
>
>
>
> >From: "alanjstepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >As some of you may have seen, there has been a discussion on Andy
Clarke's
> >Board about Modelworks.
> >Indeed, there is a section of that Board devoted to them and their
> >predecessors, and some of the posts there make ones hair curl!
> >
> >For a number of reasons I have been watching them (Modelworks) closely.
> >
> >Has anyone any recent experience of them, or know of people who are
> >presently receiving and constructing kits?
> >
> >alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >www.alanstepney.info
> >Model Engineering, Steam Engine, and Railway technical pages.
> >
> >MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST.
> >
>
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