[modeleng] Re: [modeleng] Re: 3½ versus 5
- From: "Jem Harrison" <Jem.Harrison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 10:41:58 +0100
Thanks to Hubert, Terry, Charles, Clif, Dave Everett, Jeff, Pendragon,
Allen, Harry, Barrie, John, Dave Beaman, Nigel and Alan for your responses
to my question about 3½ and 5 inch gauges.
I know that equipment, location, use, weight, cost etc all come into the
equation. The weight of opinion is clearly with 5-inch gauge. In the end,
I have to decide!
Best wishes,
Jem
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allen Messer" <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 4:38 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: 3½ versus 5
> 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
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>
>
>
>
> __________________________________
> Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005
> http://mail.yahoo.com
> 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.
Other related posts:
