HO N&W steam
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Sat Jul 9 18:35:45 EDT 2011
Agreed. I'm transitioning much of my modeling from HO to N due to a
lack of real estate, or surplus of ambition, in my train room. And the
dramatic difference in prototype fidelity in O between different
manufactures makes documentation most desirable, although NS did ad the
superdome that Lionel had for years!
Jeff Cornelius
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Excellent idea.
This should include a page or section for each scale. Though HO
dominates the market there are quite a few modelers in various scales
from N to G.
Philip Taylor
Central Virginia
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Subject: Re: HO N&W steam
First, apologies for digging up so many old threads here recently - as
some might have guessed, I got behind on the mail, but can't prevent
myself from replying - regardless of the age!
Mike makes an excellent point in the email below that I was also going
to suggest. A Wiki, for those unfamiliar with it, is a web page that
can be edited by the public.
The advantages of a wiki are that a wide range of people can provide
content. Ed Painter may be able to provide the bulk of the data, for
example, then anyone that has additional information, can fill in
blanks, or add comments about nuances of a model. Giving this work to
"the crowd" takes a fairly gargantuan task of creating, then updating
and maintaining, such a list off the shoulders of one person. Uses of
the wiki can modify content on existing pages, or add completely new
pages.
For example, you may have a list of boxcars that bear the name of N&W,
with some vital statistics such as manufacturer, stock number, ranking
of out of the box accuracy, specific items that aren't correct, etc.
At some later point, someone who has done work on correcting
inaccuracies could create a specific page for that model listing parts
and techniques they used to correct it and can link that page back to
the listing of models. If a new page is poorly placed, admins can move
pages around or delete them if need be.
Disadvantages are the one time effort of installing and configuring
wiki software and consistent editing styles or content. With this
groups interest in accuracy, I don't think the latter should be much of
an issue.
Matt Goodman
Columbus, Ohio
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Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: HO N&W steam
What about creating a Wikipedia type page? Surely, there are enough
folks within this mailing list to create a very accurate, very thorough
list?
Mike Rector
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Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 10:50 PM
Subject: RE: HO N&W steam
Ed,
I have long wanted a list as you describe for the Modeler's Corner on
theNWHS web site. I have asked our modeling committee to supply the
data andwe'd post it on the site.
One thought I have about such as list - Rank the accuracy by stars with
4or 5 stars most closely matching the prototype. Zero stars would
indicatea standard model of a generic freight car with N&W lettering.
Thiswould give folks a general idea of how close it matches the
prototypewithout spending even more time detailing the differences.
Ron Davis
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Freight cars would be something we could try. So often road-namesare
simply put onto a boxcar of other car type with little regard
forprototype accuracy. There are however a number of models that
havebeen produced that pretty well represent N&W prototypes. I havea
very large number of HO freight cars from present going back to the
50s(and in some case the 40s). All my locomotives and rolling stockfor
all railroads are inventoried on Excel spread sheets byrailroad, car
or locomotive number (the railroads number on thepiece of equipment)
along with the manufacturer and their stock or IDnumber (if I have the
original box or simply have it). Tocompile a complete list of all car
models lettered N&W would besignificant undertaking. It might be
interesting to try. Ineed to give some thought on where to
begin……accuracy of freight carmodels (even those that were to be
specific N&W prototypes)would be areal point of contention. Putting an
all inclusive list of N&Wfactory lettered cars together would at least
be a starting point. I have something under 500 N&W freight cars as
part of my modelrailroad. Wood, wood/metal, metal, plastic, and a few
brassones. Many of these model would greatly disturb the modelers
thatare absolute purists because manufacturers simply applied
N&Wlettering to a large production run model. I could always clean
upmy spreadsheet, removing duplicates and custom painted models, send
itout to on modeling list, and solicit additions and comments to my
homeemail address to add to or modify my list? I have
alreadyconsidered doing this with brass and plastic locomotives as well
as brassnon-revenue equipment, and passenger cars.
I may be on the verge of creating a monster here!
Ed Painter - Narrows, VA currently living in Russellville,AR
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This is the kind of information I've found myself looking for since
Istarted modeling the N&W. I for one would be very grateful for
areference like this. If it's not too much trouble including info on
whatplastic models are (mostly) accurate (freight cars especially)
would begreat as well.
Aaron
Yes. It would be fun. I find it interesting how many errorsand
omissions there are in the books that have been published on
brassmodels. This could be an opportunity to compile a very accurate
andcomplete listing of locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric),
cabs,freight cars, passenger cars, and misc. equipment produced in
brass fromJapan and Korea. Likewise it could also include specific
N&Wprototypes produced in plastic.
Ed Painter Narrows, VA – looking out my office window at the snowin
Arkansas
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This is the kind of information I've found myself looking for since
Istarted modeling the N&W. I for one would be very grateful for
areference like this. If it's not too much trouble including info on
whatplastic models are (mostly) accurate (freight cars especially)
would begreat as well.
Aaron
Yes. It would be fun. I find it interesting how many errorsand
omissions there are in the books that have been published on
brassmodels. This could be an opportunity to compile a very accurate
andcomplete listing of locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric),
cabs,freight cars, passenger cars, and misc. equipment produced in
brass fromJapan and Korea. Likewise it could also include specific
N&Wprototypes produced in plastic.
Ed Painter Narrows, VA – looking out my office window at the snowin
Arkansas
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This is the kind of information I've found myself looking for since
Istarted modeling the N&W. I for one would be very grateful for
areference like this. If it's not too much trouble including info on
whatplastic models are (mostly) accurate (freight cars especially)
would begreat as well.
Aaron
Yes. It would be fun. I find it interesting how many errorsand
omissions there are in the books that have been published on
brassmodels. This could be an opportunity to compile a very accurate
andcomplete listing of locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric),
cabs,freight cars, passenger cars, and misc. equipment produced in
brass fromJapan and Korea. Likewise it could also include specific
N&Wprototypes produced in plastic.
Ed Painter Narrows, VA – looking out my office window at the snowin
Arkansas
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