[modeleng] Re: [modeleng] Re: [modeleng] Re: 3½ versus 5
- From: "Clif Walker" <clif.gwr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:38:42 +0100
Hi,
The late great Roy Amesbury did prove with his 31/2" Brittannia that you can
have a scale backhead that works.
To Roy a 12BA thread was big.
Regards
Clif
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jem Harrison" <Jem.Harrison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 1:51 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: [modeleng] Re: 3½ versus 5
> Rich,
>
> Bear in mind that I am coming into model engineering from a background of
> building models in 7mm and 10mm to the foot, in which I tried to get the
> details as near to scale size as the Mark 1 eyeball could achieve. In
> considering 3½ inch gauge, i had anticipated that this approach would be
> easier, BUT, as LBSC stated "You cannot scale steam", so the working bits
> and bobs have to accomodate steam & water & oil. In my observations of
> 3½-inch gauge locomotives....not that I have seen many, perhaps half a
> dozen....boiler fittings and pipework have appeared to be overscale. To
> me,
> that does not matter, providing that those components are out of sight,
> but
> when driving a 3½ inch gauge loco, the backhead has to be one of the main
> focus points of one's attention, therefore I would like the fixtures to at
> least capture the essence of the prototype. It seems to me that this
> would
> be a much more practical proposition in 5-inch gauge.
>
> One of our club's members has recently finished a Simplex (his first
> loco).
> His next project is a 3½ Britannia. The reason he gave for downsizing was
> the issue of weight.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jem
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "R.L. Roebuck" <rlr20@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 2:15 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: 3½ versus 5
>
>
>> On the whole issue of 3.5" gauge versus 5" gauge, I've heard several
>> people comment that they tried building a 3.5" gauge loco, then tried a
>> 5"
>> gauge loc and found it easier - but might this not be because of the
>> experience gained in building the 3.5" gauge loco?
>>
>> Has anyone out there started in 5" gauge and then gone to 3.5" gauge, and
>> if so, what are your opinions?
>>
>> Yours (working in 3.5" gauge and finding it just fine),
>>
>> Rich.
>> PS You commented that you had looked at the Sweet Pea design, but this is
>> available in 3.5, and 7.25" gauge as well as Sweet Violet and Sweet
>> William.
>>
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