Hi all,
If one of the German dealers is to be believed PIKO will offer starter sets in the “near future” ( http://www.dbig.de/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/1484 ) A BR80 Steamer 0-6-0 with two cars. Good price too!
Hmmmm perhaps that USRA 0-6-0 Switcher could be next, if “The Boys” in San Diego have the money.
Ahhhhhhh,
Some good news, for a change.
Ralph
Once you have the drive block, thats most the battle, the rest is just plastic.
If Piko did indeed offer a 0-6-0 in US profile it would be a big foot in the door of the US market, much more so than the Taurus
Ralph, there is lots of good News. Just have to look in the right places i.e. a perfect replacement for the LGB R3 turnouts?
Right here and at a reasonable price Check the PDF for details. Three different versions from manual to DCC deluxe, BTW for the frugal who squirreled away tons of LGB turnout motors, they fit the TrainLine45 turnouts, too. 
Victor Smith said:
Once you have the drive block, thats most the battle, the rest is just plastic.If Piko did indeed offer a 0-6-0 in US profile it would be a big foot in the door of the US market, much more so than the Taurus
BTW it’s injection moulds that are the big dollars, need large runs to justify those.
Given the current overabundance of 0-6-0’s and docksides on the market today I think they would be sellable for a very long time.
I’d buy a Dockside if it were built close enough to 10’ rule with my American (Fn3)
cale
I might buy a [plastic 0-6-0 dockside even if it was 1/29-8-7-6ish scale! If it is offered at the same price as the the Euro profile Starter set, which is 190E ($295 US), the engine alone could start as low as 120E ($186 US) but I think 150E ($233 US) is more likely. Not to bad.
If its plastic, I can always build a narrow gauge new cab for it, unlike USA’s diecast, ever try cutting diecast metal bodies?
Victor Smith said:
I might buy a [plastic 0-6-0 dockside even if it was 1/29-8-7-6ish scale! If it is offered at the same price as the the Euro profile Starter set, which is 190E ($295 US), the engine alone could start as low as 120E ($186 US) but I think 150E ($233 US) is more likely. Not to bad. If its plastic, I can always build a narrow gauge new cab for it, unlike USA’s diecast, ever try cutting diecast metal bodies?
Yup, working on a 7/8’s project where I did that. Nothing the metal blade on the angle grinder couldn’t handle. The beginning of Rail Tractor Enterprise -
(http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n214/altterrain/7-8n2%20projects/rail-tractor/7-8railtractor1.jpg)
-Brian
It is now official http://www.piko.de/d/Neuheitenauslieferungen/Herbstneuheiten08/TLN_Herbstneuheiten08.php?navid=137
The other products on the page are even better!
John Joseph Sauer said:Better than what? :D
The other products on the page are even better!
Nice to see that they’ll produce the R1 turnouts first, at least that way the space challenged won’t be crying anymore.
Hans-Joerg Mueller said:John Joseph Sauer said:Better than what? :D
The other products on the page are even better!Nice to see that they’ll produce the R1 turnouts first, at least that way the space challenged won’t be crying anymore.
Do the ore cars and transfer caboose look like the old MDC/Roundhouse cars from years ago to anyone else? It’s been a while since I’ve seen them in the flesh, but boy do they look familiar. If so, can a cupola caboose be that far behind, or can we hope they also found the molds for the 2-bay hoppers?
Later,
K
Kevin Strong said:They do to me, I have four of them.
Do the ore cars...look like the old MDC/Roundhouse cars from years ago to anyone else? K
See Zubi’s post on another part of the frumo.
Best graders
tac.
There have been the first comments regarding the uncanny resemblance of the turnout motor and the turnouts to certain LGB products. Someone was wondering “where did that mould come from???” 
Of course we also heard “where did the mould for 12010 get to?”
In this day and age you can scan an item into a CAD scanner and produce a mold in less time than it takes to talk about it. Copying track has already been court tested, right?
I’d have to see a better picture or the real thing before I even made a comment about likeness. Or you can follow the topic where it originates.
Jack,
Please tell me all about CAD-CAM, Rapid-Prototyping, mould making etc. etc. It is possible that this gray elephant forget a few things since last week when he read the latest trade publications on how industry does it today and what the next big step is. I’m always willing to learn more, but I prefer to learn from sources that actually run those processes.
Hanging around the schools for too long? Some of that “Those who can’t, teach.” rubbed off on you???
Oh yeah, for those fluent in German here’s the thread http://www.gartenbahn-forum.de/s.php?m=301617 in which some people already question the heritage of certain “New Items” from PIKO.
Hans-Joerg Mueller said:
Jack,Please tell me all about CAD-CAM, Rapid-Prototyping, mould making etc. etc.
But, I’m hardly surprised.
Jack Barton said:Hans-Joerg Mueller said:
Jack,Please tell me all about CAD-CAM, Rapid-Prototyping, mould making etc. etc.
That’s exactly why I thought that the innuendo about “moving” molds coming from you was really ingenious!But, I’m hardly surprised.
Don’t get upset, just because you don’t hear or read certain items regarding your favourite company (now extinct) doesn’t mean that others don’t read or hear them.
It always surprises me how so many different people in so many different locations/countries arrive at such a similar, if not identical, conclusion. Must have something to do with the worldwide conspiracy that you mentioned once or twice (figuratively speaking).
OTOH it could be a genetic defect that affects the thought processes when reading written information. Just reminded me, do you think wearing some of those famous LGB glasses would correct that condition? And there is always “waiting for next week” when the “experts” find a cure for the affliction, without having to wear LGB glasses. :lol:
