http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/ The Z scale 1:220 Model Trains Community Tue, 21 May 2013 22:06:59 GMT David George http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72870 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72870 As reliable as Rokuhan products have been and Tony Ishikawa's test,, test,, and retest,, approach to product manufacturing assures us of a great track piece to Tue, 21 May 2013 21:14:18 GMT Pat Mac http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72869 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72869 Group: Received my invoice from InterMountain and my final Z-Scale choices have been made..... hopefully they ship late this week or early next week. The ones Tue, 21 May 2013 17:06:22 GMT mark2playz http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72868 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72868 Garth, Thanks. Just need to use YouTube at max mag to see the cuts. Mark Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:33 GMT Garth http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72867 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72867 The metal piece you refer to is in 4 pieces it is split down its length and across the middle and the turnout comes configured for power routing but as with Tue, 21 May 2013 03:59:19 GMT Jeff http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72866 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72866 Rob - Thanks for clarifying. Just trying to decide when to buy my GP30(s) & GP38(s) - now, or wait until the DCC option is available. And yes, Don does Mon, 20 May 2013 19:51:15 GMT Reynard Wellman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72865 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72865 Hello Garth, This is a significant milepost not only for Rokuhan but for all Z scale model railroading. If it turns out (pun intended) that this track-piece is Mon, 20 May 2013 17:53:02 GMT mark2playz http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72864 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72864 Garth, Interesting. Thanks. But I don't quite understand how they do power routing as the central crossing rails appears to be all metal. Mark Mon, 20 May 2013 17:10:25 GMT Garth Hamilton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72863 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72863 video of improved double slip headed for production for delivery later this year. http://www.rokuhan.com/english/news/2013/05/double-slip-turnout.html Mon, 20 May 2013 13:47:33 GMT BAZ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72862 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72862 In the Tooling world, the rivets are actual holes, filled with plastic. In at least the N and especially Z scale, they are not 'drilled' rather done by EDM Mon, 20 May 2013 12:22:10 GMT FT. Dewey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72861 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72861  1830 1st railroad timetable published in newspaper (Baltimore American) 1882 St Gotthard-railroad tunnel between Switzerland & Italy opens 1926 Railway Mon, 20 May 2013 05:46:19 GMT dpstripe@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72860 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72860 This is just my opinion, but until quite recently, even in injection molded products, the practice was to produce over sized rivets, to give the "feel" of the Mon, 20 May 2013 01:05:19 GMT Robert Kluz http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72859 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72859 The delayed March/April issue of Ztrack is now arriving in mailboxes! Due to our office move and additional delays at our printer/distributor, the issue is now Mon, 20 May 2013 00:30:21 GMT BAZ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72858 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72858 Divots actually look amazingly like rivets. I have lots of pix but no time to dig them up. All the laser kits use divots. The plastic likely gave way, but also Sun, 19 May 2013 22:49:52 GMT Alan Cox http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72857 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72857 ... For etching it's easy enough to do but I can see it being a problem with some of the other techniques. I do put rivets on etches or sometimes marks on the Sun, 19 May 2013 22:29:29 GMT Erwin Dunbar http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72856 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z_scale/message/72856 On 1/35, 1/48/ 1/72, 1/76 I use a small Needle. I push into the Plastic and i makes a small bump around the hole. When Painted the hole is filled and it looks