[modeleng] Re: Track guage
- From: Peter Harris <Peter.Harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:33:39 +0100
Surely Murphy's Law Applied to Model Engineering says:
"When you drop a small part on the workshop floor, no matter how long
you spend on all fours, you never find it. What you do find is the
part you dropped a fortnight earlier and which you have aleady re-made"
Quoting Shep <shep.28@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 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
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