http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/ Sn3 Model Railroading Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:10:12 GMT amwing1 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44687 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44687 Tom I like to build kits...call me old fashioned, especially when time allows me to do so, and what I really like to do is bring some sort of personally to Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:23:09 GMT Robert http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44686 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44686 I did notice that one car had a tendency to pick-the-point on a curved switch. I am going to re-examine why that was happening. If this is the end coupled to Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:58:36 GMT onagerla http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44685 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44685 Ted, yeah I think the idea that steel rusts and nickel silver is easier to draw compelled the manufacturers of scale rail into choosing what was "best" for us Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:49:51 GMT onagerla http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44684 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44684 Talmadge, yup. Thats another topic. I've "seasoned" my rail in the past in a similar manner suggested in the post. Lately though I've been gluing the rail down Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:44:02 GMT Frédéric Testard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44683 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44683 ... Yes, John. We could be offered the choice between a kit featuring a full interior or one with brass lost wax castings for curtains and no interior, at a Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:36:24 GMT Keith http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44682 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44682 Tom: I have a long hack with the full interior, and a Cimarron 0409 with the same. They were fun to build, and I think I would do it again, in fact I am Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:37:12 GMT Kjb80401@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44681 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44681 Bill, Makes no difference which direction the car is operated. The suspension you describe is a classic 3-point suspension, designed to eliminate wobble as Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:51:52 GMT Studedudeus http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44680 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44680 My fleet includes 2 short cabooses and 1 long caboose. All three have full interiors, and added details like crew, brooms, shovels, coal scuttles, etc. I Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:50:22 GMT TED VAN PLET http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44679 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44679 All you young folks don't remember the early 50's when the only rail was real steel, code 100 rail. I built a layout in an unheated, un AC garage in Missouri Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:54:38 GMT Talmadge C 'TC' Carr http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44678 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44678 From the P87 sig letter dec 2000; ... Talmadge C 'TC' Carr Sn42 and Hn42 somewhere in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest group_list@... [Non-text Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:49:32 GMT wcbeverly http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44677 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44677 Hey Keeven; These are the new PBL wheel sets (passenger trucks). These are brand new cars and a little stiff. I need to get out the wheel gauge and make sure Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:47:01 GMT Kjb80401@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44676 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44676 Since you've narrowed the problem down to one car, you might want to check the distance from face-to-face of the backside of the offending wheel sets. Adjust Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:39:20 GMT Robert http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44675 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44675 I did notice that one car had a tendency to pick-the-point on a curved switch. I am going to re-examine why that was happening. Real RRs had that problem too, Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:16:11 GMT wcbeverly http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44674 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44674 I talked with Bill in early December when the passenger cars first arrived. He said he really disliked seeing 2 wires going into the marker lights. So the Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:04:31 GMT alistairshearin2 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44673 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sn3/message/44673 Hi Larry I'd be very interested to hear how you modified the PBL kit to represent the RGS versions, especially the cupola windows. I have two of the kits which