VGN PAs (WAS: Jawn Henry tender numbers)

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Sounds like a plan to me! I will give the Mehano a look.
 
Greg Harrod
 
 
In a message dated 7/23/2012 7:15:55 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

 
I plan to start with the Mehano USRA light Pacific. The drivers are a  
little too tall, but overal, the chassis is fairly correct. Boiler needs to be  
a little fatter than the one on the light USRA, but somebody has suggested  
shortening the boiler from a USRA light Mountain. I happen to have one (left 
 over from a conversion of the Bachmann light 4-8-2 to a streamlined K2a) 
so I  will give that a try. No easy tender, but I will start with the shell 
from a  Bachmann N&W aux. tender, and use the Andrews trucks from the Mehano  
tender (and maybe the floor).
 
Mehano is the manufacturer, and their Pacific has been offered at various  
times by Model Power and IHC (maybe others). The later IHC ones have  
flywheels.
 
If you are paticular about the driver size, your best option is the  Bowser 
NYC Pacific, but the valve gear is wrong and the metal boiler will  be 
harder to work with. I prefer the styrene parts in the Mehano, and I can  live 
with the slight difference in driver size.
 
Jim Nichols


 
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Sent: Sun, July 22, 2012 6:52:58  PM
Subject: Re: VGN PAs (WAS:  Jawn Henry tender numbers)

Just curious; which production loco(s) would be a good basis  for bashing 
into a VGN PA?
 
Greg Harrod 
 
 
In a message dated 7/22/2012 8:07:32 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

 
Okay, Frank, you talked me into it. No promises on when, but it is  going 
to happen.
 
Jim Nichols


 
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Sent: Sat, July 21, 2012 8:46:37  PM
Subject: Re: VGN PAs  (WAS: Jawn Henry tender numbers)

No, they didn't.  Best information we have is that the project was  taken 
off the table about three or four years ago.  Apparently part of  the reason 
was that they didn't think there's be enough interest in a $1,700  Pacific.  
 
The good part of this is that those of you who held off bashing one can  go 
ahead, and, if the result is good, you can share it with the rest of us  
and do an interesting article for the Arrow.(another subtle plug)
 
Frank Bongiovanni


On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 3:40 PM, NW Mailing List  
<_nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org_ (mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org) >  wrote:

Did Division Point ever produce the HO  VGN PAs they talked about for a 
while?  


pete groom

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