Cute brass by PSC, Zubi
Zbigniew Struzik said:
Cute brass by PSC, Zubi
I lust after small tank locos…I would love to find one of these at my house! beautiful! cale
C. Nelson said:
I lust after small tank locos...I would love to find one of these at my house!beautiful!
cale
Cale, sure it is beautiful, but as with other brass, it is not going to come cheap, of course… still it will most likely be worth it. Here is an update from PSC “No delivery date yet… Est. MSPR $2,285” Best, Zubi
Too rich for my blood, but it is nice to have a standard gauge small steamer as a sparky. I model the NP, at least in part, and that would be nice to have.
Ya hear, Aristo and USAT?
I visit the original on occasion…really neat up close. The W. Crooks is a fun little steamer too! Both can be found here;
http://66.116.202.72/Education/steam.asp
I’d love to have one, but not at that price.
It is kind of sweet to see prototypes from other gauges re-geauged to fit one common model track gauge, long done in 1:22.5 but now also applied in 15mm scale (Falk, Bachman 2-8-0, a range of Accucraft UK and DE models). A great reason in itself to buy this particular model of course;-)… Pity it is not in 1:22.5 but being a rather small prototype that should not matter much. Cute thing! Best wishes from Tokyo, Zubi
Good news! I received a confirmation of the track gauge from PSC: “Yes, will be 45mm gauge to accommodate existing track availability. Thank you” Unfortunately, smaller track gauge will have some effect on the cylinder spacing which is so cute on the prototype… Best, Zubi PS finally Durango Dan caught up with the news, showing a nice photo of Minnetonka in service http://120pointme.blogspot.com/2009/04/from-out-of-left-field-files.html however, his suggestion that PSC re-enters 15mm scale after their long caboose is not correct, about a year or two ago PSC released the donkey
(http://psc1.virtualfocus.com/!AHD%20Donkey.jpg)
and they still have their great ore car kit in stock
(http://psc1.virtualfocus.com/images/108455469900002.jpg)
Plus, their caboose was not bad at all (the only real problem I could identify on mine are the trucks which are sub-optimal, apparently designed to be sprung but not quite correctly so ended up assembled solid).
I think maybe he meant simply that the caboose had gone away … and I’m not sure I’d count the donkey as much rolling stock as flatcar load … Are the ore cars a current production item or leftover from before?
Matthew (OV)
Matthew (OV) said:
I think maybe he meant simply that the caboose had gone away ... and I'm not sure I'd count the donkey as much rolling stock as flatcar load .... Are the ore cars a current production item or leftover from before?Matthew (OV)
Mattew, the ore cars are most likely still left from the original batch, I bought five or so about three years ago, and they still seem to be available, so I might get a few more while they last. They are a great value, highly detailed cars, but only kits not RTR. You are right, the donkey does not count as much as a piece of rolling stock for me either, but then, it is a matter of (dedication to) scale which was in question. The cabooses were one of the first pieces of brass of US outline in that scale, and indeed they sold out while Accucraft kept pumping their cabooses, now also about to get sold out as they dump them before Bachmann comes out with their plastic version. Best, Zubi