Re: P2K Tank Cars & K brakes
byronrose@...
On Sat, 23 Dec 2000 10:59:52 -0500 Kathe Robin <kathe@cheatriver.com>
writes: Be aware that Cal-Scale (Bowser) has PERMANENTLY discontinued theirMax, What Lee neglected to tell you was that they did such a poor job of tooling it that anyone who's knowledgeable will shun them. Besides, while they were off the market several others became available which have permanently replaced the mess that the CalScale set had turned into. Try comparing the castings as they were originally made 40+ years ago (or Grandt Lines current set) to the current CalScale. The original patterns had been distorted by their "repair" over the years to the point that the AB valve was about half the height it should have been (you couldn't attach more than 3 pipes where 6 need to be placed) and one side of the reservoir was larger than the other half. The cylinder and retainer valve were also shortened but nobody would know because nobody knows what the correct sizes should be. Unfortunately, that is what Lee English copied to make the new tooling. They got what they bargained for. The irony is that some of the new sets are no more than copies (rip-offs is the technical term) of the inferior CalScale sets. The best set on the market, IMHO, is from Grandt Line. The components in it are closest to scale size. Try mounting a reservoir ATSF style with the Tichy set. In my humbler opinion, my sets ain't too bad either!! BSR (doing what he does best!) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
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