I found a Mogul that mechanically matches the Bachmann On30 Mogul if it were used as a locomotive in 55n3. The On30 mogul scaled down to a "modern" Baldwin narrow gauge mogul in 55n3 but the Baldwins didn't have 44" drivers. Brooks built the Colorado and Northwestern a mogul with the same mechanical dimensions with 44" drivers. What is 55n3: http://www.55n3.org Harold
Hi Harold, Have you ever posted on a railroad forum without promoting 55n3? It's getting kinda obvious, isn't it?... Greg
Yeah, I have posted stuff like this: http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/weathered_wood/ about: and http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/fur_grass/ about: I just post what I am doing at the time, not promoting anything. Spent a lot of time posting about building On30 because that is what I was building: http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/ Thank you if you visit Harold
D-oh!!! If you don't post what you are doing I am sure everyone will know about it through telepathy. Isn't that what forums are for, disseminating info. Harold
Well Greg, he's actually doing some modeling while he's promoting modeling. I've watched his posts for a long time and enjoyed them all. Harold, you've got a keen eye and see possiblities in stuff that would go unnoticed by many. Keep up the good work, wish my modeling looked as nice as yours. The other, Greg
Thanks Greg. One of the reasons I started a website is a construction thread on a forum will fill up with annoying irrelevant chatter. I tried it with my weathered wood technique and had everyone posting how they painted stripwood with an alcohol/India Ink wash. Why would I be promoting my website? I don't make any money if you visit the site. The website is to share what I am doing. 55n3 is an old idea that finally has the pieces to work. It is the only inexpensive THREE foot narrow gauge modeling scale. Harold
I agree with Greg. Harold, the thing is that you never show up to discuss modeling and trains, you only show up to post links to your website. You have yet to post a single comment in anyone else's thread here on trainboard. Many of your posts are just chatter...have you noticed how few replies you get? If anyone disagrees with your opinions, you usually declare something to the effect of: My approach is the only cost and time efficient approach to modeling 3' gauge railroads. Well, no, I don't think it captures the feel or that it is as inexpensive & well done as much of the fine work posted here. You enjoy what you do, and that is fine. I disagree with many of your conclusions, but the more model railroading ideas on the internet, the better. Still, your approach to spamming forums and groups is a little annoying to me and others. EDIT: I see that you have posted on someone else's thread since my last visit. Michael
I think you said the same thing last November of the Big Blue-The Gauge Forum on my first suggestion of 55n3. You are entitled to your opinion, and glad that I annoy you. I really don't care whether there are replies. If that is why you post the internet isn't the place for you. I am only presenting what I am doing? Because I am positive in what I say, is that wrong. 55n3 IS the only way for the average person to enjoy THREE FOOT narrow gauge. On3, HOn3 and Sn3 are priced out of most peoples budgets and On30 and HOn30 don't work for US narrow gauge because it is 31 inch gauge. The 55n3 "ruler" has been downloaded by 728 people so someone is interested in the crap I am selling. I don't post because I don't have any pertinent comments on most peoples threads. I am not an "atta boy" kinda guy. Harold
On30 models are not difficult at all to convert to On3. Scratch building is also a very enjoyable medium that doesn't take as long as most people think...and it is always fun to see modelers trying it out (even if they use Popsicle sticks :mwacko HOn3 has always been cheaper to get into than On30 (or your 55n3). I got into it in High School with around $8 a week in hobby money. Harold, I don't consider your modeling to be annoying at all. What is annoying is spamming. Here and other forums aren't all "atta boys", but rather filled with constructive criticism, ideas, and inspiration. Information is exchanged and skills improve through the discussions. You have rarely joined in discussions, but love to post commercials for your website. Instead, you just spam a number yahoo groups and discussion forums with your commercials. I encourage you to read through many of the threads on here. You'll see some interesting stuff. The 1:35 scale with On30 conversions is very well done. Similarly, there are some neat HOn30 Central American work. Wolfgang has some fine build logs and neat HOn3 modules. Going back further, there are all sorts of good discussions and modeling efforts. Modeling is filled with compromises. Whether it is rail size, tie uniformity, cost, time, space, or parts being too scale. The cost in time and money for building prototype 55n3 models that even approach the quality of what is commercially available fully offsets for the cost/time savings in using HO track. Nn3, HOn30, HOn3, On30, On3, and large scale can all be done on a budget using commercial products...dependent upon the prototype. Michael
Harold likes to promote 55n3, I would like to promote 35n2, but there may be 5 poor souls out there (not on this site) who build in my chosen scale. As for promotion, I do try to "push" radio control for smaller scales and some have written to me explaining that there is NO interest in the subject. Judging from the 50 thousand views and hundreds of replies on another site, somebody is interested. Harold likes to "stir things up" and he does that quite well. Maybe he doesn't respond as much as some would like because he's looking at other projects and possibly he is actually building stuff, being not interested in "give and take" on the net. There is room here for modelers in every scale and hopefully some tollerance for those who go their own way. Again, these are my opinions and comments, for what they are worth. Woodie
