[PRCo] Re: Winter

[James B. Holland]

> Fred Schneider wrote:
>
>> .......And ...[]... impossible to make a [scale-model] Pittsburgh 
>> low-floor properly sag at the ends. And all these manufacturers, 
>> whether Bert Sas in HO or Leonid in O seem to think a Pittsburgh car 
>> should be level. John Bromley just sent me a picture of 4398 on a 
>> fantrip in 1955 ... very obvious that both ends are two inches lower 
>> than the middle.
>
> James B. Holland wrote:
>
> Lettuce see -- 2" = 1/6th Foot. One "O"-Scale foot = 1/4".
>
> 1/6 X 1/4" == 1/24"



That 2" sag of yours, actually of the model, works out to be 1/43.5" in 
HO-Scale!!


> Could the naked eye see this sag built into an PRCo low-floor model???
>
> Will the restoration of PTM 4398 Keep This Sag -- or will it be 
> eliminated????
>
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> As you say -- """impossible to make a [scale-model] Pittsburgh 
> low-floor properly sag at the ends""" so why lament that the models 
> don't portray this -- IF it could be seen?!?!?!
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Jim__Holland


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