I know the feeling Eric! I made a half-sized version of the Stuart V10 vertical stationary engine and dropped the slide valve - about the size of my little finger nail - it took about 2 hours to find it, hiding underneath a cupboard. Cheers! Hubert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Walker" <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 5:14 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: Track guage >7 1/4"Narrow is the only gauge I have built. I like an engine I can sit > inside & fire with a proper shovel. I also like running in reverse which > seems to produce more power.this would be difficult with anything smaller. > I > have to build large as I seem to spend more time searching for bits that I > have dropped than actually building them, any smaller & I would never find > them. > > E.W. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan Stepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 11:22 PM > Subject: [modeleng] Track guage > > >> >> For those of you that build or run locomotives, what guage(s) do you >> prefer? >> >> Alan >> MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. >> >> To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, >> modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject >> line. >> > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.