[PRCo] Re: Bachman Spectrum HO Scale Peter Witt Cars

[Richard Allman]

straight from the horse's mouth @ Bachmann. It is a replica of Baltimore 
6100 Brill Witt. They are offering some non-prototypic but possibly popular 
liveries
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Andrews" <hwandrews at wowway.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Cc: "'Bob Dietrich'" <bdietrich at comcast.net>
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:03 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Bachman Spectrum HO Scale Peter Witt Cars


>I got my model last week, but haven't done anything with it yet.  It is a
> great looking model.  I plan to paint mine in Detroit Colors - yea, close
> but not exact.
>
> Bob - will you share with us what you needed to do to get a better turning
> radius?
>
> Howard
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of 
> Richard
> Allman
> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 11:19 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Cc: Fred Schneider
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Bachman Spectrum HO Scale Peter Witt Cars
>
> Fred-specifically they are the Bal'mer 6100 cars w/ 26 inch wheels and 4
> spring poles. Bob D. has successfully modified to take a 6 inch radius and
> is doing his as I'll do mine as a NCL version without the fruit salad
> treatment, A VERY nice model for which Bachmann is to be commended.
> MicroMark has the unpainted 'uns for $68.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Cc: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 9:41 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Bachman Spectrum HO Scale Peter Witt Cars
>
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>> My instincts were that they were all Baltimore Peter Witts in
>> different paint and the link below confirms that.  They did not
>> change the dies for different cities.
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>> http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0093p?&C=UEC
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>> On Dec 27, 2007, at 6:19 PM, Jerry Matsick wrote:
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>>> Received 2 cars today,  one is St. Louis Railways, and one is
>>> Chicago Surface Lines,  fantastic looking - heavy, multiple
>>> overhead lighting, head and brake lights all controlled by DCC and
>>> you can really play street cars with these, as they are
>>> individually controlled, with  lights, fwd, reverse, best thing
>>> about them, they look like the super detailed St Petersburg
>>> trolleys in miniature, if you are into HO scale transit operation
>>> these are tops.   These are not remakes of the cheaper Bachman PCC
>>> cars.
>>> Pictures to follow!
>>> Jerry Matsick
>>> Jacksonville
>>> --
>>> Jerry "Matt" Matsick
>>> From the "Sunshine State"
>>>
>>>
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