[PRCo] Re: models

[BobDietrich]

Ken:

You sent me pictures and plans for the cross arms s couple of years ago and
I still intend to cast some.  My real issue is with the feeder cables.  I
don't know how to model heavy, sagging, cables with insulation falling off.
It must be capable of taking the abuse of a hand reaching down to re-rail a
wayward car or replace some scenery.  The only modeling product I know of
that will take that is the spandex thread but what I've seen is too thin and
won't sag properly.  Maybe I need a trip to a fabric store to find a heavier
thread, then pull it taunt and forget the sagging. 

Maybe you got me off dead center on this one.  I'll at least start on the
cross-arms.

Bob 

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Ken and
Tracie
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 1:27 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: models

I can be "picking nits", too. Nobody seems to want to acknowledge feeder 
cables, or even just mount the crossarms to their layout's line poles.

I have some PRCO feeder cable brackets which I can photograph and provide 
dimensions to the more daring modelers.

K.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Schneider Fred" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 12:59 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: models


> What Fred Schneider finds particularly inspiring about this car is
> that the builder put a motorman in the cab.   When it is run on the
> model pike, one does not wonder who the ghost is that is running
> it.   It looks realistic.
> I know.   I'm picking nits.   But it seems so strange to me to have
> trolleys or trains running on our railroads without engineman,
> fireman, motorman but we'll put passengers in the coaches and people
> on the streets.
>
> On Jan 6, 2009, at 12:37 PM, Phillip Clark Campbell wrote:
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>>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: models
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