Date
21 - 27 of 27
Sunshine L&N Boxcar kit # 85.1
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Anthony Thompson <thompson@...>
Charlie Slater wrote:
I just checked and I do have that kit and my floor is about .040" short, and I will just shim the ends when I assemble it.This is more like four scale INCHES, not two feet as in the previous case reported. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax, (510) 540-1937; e-mail, thompson@signaturepress.com Publishers of books on railroad history
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Or put another way, that's less than 1% shrinkage, which is pretty
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much within the normal parameters of Martin's castings.
I just checked and I do have that kit and my floor is about .040" short, and I will just shim the ends when I assemble it.
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Greg Martin
Chuck,
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There are worst error than this. His PRR X29b has a door that is too big it is actually about 7'_6" which renders the car useless or at least a major PITA. Greg Martin
In a message dated 10/2/2009 8:16:38 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
RUTLANDRS@aol.com writes: Tom, An error is still an error, especially if it is as glaring as I have read in the posts.. Chuck Hladik
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Anthony Thompson <thompson@...>
Greg Martin wrote:
There are worst error than this. His PRR X29b has a door that is too big it is actually about 7'_6" which renders the car useless or at least a major PITA.Were not the door OPENINGS on the X29b 7 feet? And would not the door itself then be 7'6"? Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax, (510) 540-1937; e-mail, thompson@signaturepress.com Publishers of books on railroad history
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Greg Martin
No Tony, the doors on a car with a 7-foot opening don't have a 7'-6" door
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and it is a bit bigger than 7'-6" as well. It just wrong.. 3^( Greg Martin
In a message dated 10/3/2009 9:22:44 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
thompson@signaturepress.com writes: Were not the door OPENINGS on the X29b 7 feet? And would not the door itself then be 7'6"?
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al_brown03
My floor's length and width are right on: should fit perfectly.
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Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.
--- In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, "al_brown03" <abrown@...> wrote:
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Kurt Laughlin <fleeta@...>
For what it's worth, in addition to making my own masters, RTV molds, and resin parts, I have worked closely with three resin companies, bought products from a half-dozen more, and examined personally or read detailed build reviews for many more. I think the biggest company of the lot had maybe five people associated with them. The others typically were one man operations with maybe another guy helping out from time to time. In the last 10 years the problems described here have been virtually non-existent in the armor and aircraft model parts that are on the market.
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That's my understanding of what's possible in the medium. KL
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From: pierreoliver2003 I can't get over the feeling that Kurt does not fully understand the resin casting process and the vagaries that can arise from time to time with that medium. The problem described with the floor can and does happen quite a bit with resin. Granted rarely to the extent indicated, but it does happen. I also believe that a certain amount of accomodation has to be made for the reality of a small family business that has grown bigger than ever expected. I know how hard and long the Lofton's and the Westerfield's have to work to get their products out the door and I always wonder how much better the "complainers" could really do. Finally, rather than cut the floor apart or scratch build a replacement, why not simply return the defective part with a description of the issue and I'm sure that Martin would address the problem fairly quickly. Pierre Oliver
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