Virginian AG

Tue Sep 16 10:29:53 EDT 2014

Lynn

You say the domes pop off on the model. Is there a big hole to fill?
The reason I am asking is that I am presently involved in changing the  
domes on a Bachmann C&O H-4. It involves debonding the present domes  and then 
filling in a large hole with styrene and putty. It's a pain! New domes  will 
be from masters made by the 3D process and then cast in resin.  This whole 
process involves disassembling the boiler, cab, etc. If the  AG can be 
worked on and domes replaced without all this
disassembly it may be a very easy conversion to make if someone  can make 
the drawings and have the domes made by  Shapeways.    

Jim Kehn

In a message dated 9/16/2014 10:18:19 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org writes:

I poured  over some images, and I see the diffrerrences now, the 
Virginian Tender  sides are higher, the domes maybe a little narrower 
maybe slightly  longer.
The domes pop off on the RR model, so maybe if you hit Precision  scale 
or other parts places you may get the correct dome.
I don't  understand why they couldnt tool up for the domes, but it might 
mean  changing the entire boiler casting just for the piping, might be 
why they  didnt want to mod the domes.
But the model community even some OEM  manufactures have done mod kits 
for other engines like a box cab for the  athearn hustler, the AG would 
need some piping and the domes  changed.

-Lynn-

On 9/16/2014 1:39 AM,  nw-modeling-list-request at nwhs.org wrote:
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> Date: Mon,  15 Sep 2014 12:53:09 -0500 (CDT)
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> I own one of the  second run C&O versions of the 2-6-6-2 models.  It runs 
extremely  good for the price, I have had no problems with it and the 
wheels were in  gauge.  The arrangement for the articulation is not correct but 
this is a  problem with almost all the non-brass articulated locomotives.  
The swing  is not bad and mine had two cabs and two drawbar locations so the 
overhang  could be adjusted.  Overall it is a good locomotive for the  price.
>   
> Kurt S. Kramke
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> On  09/15/14, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List wrote:
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>  To my knowledge, the Overland is the only HO model that has been done 
with the  correct domes.
> Don Yelverton
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> On Sep 15, 2014, at 8:34 AM, NW Modeling  List<nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> 
 wrote:
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> IF  we're talking the Rivarossi, they got the tender drawings from the 
Society.  When I talked to the Rivarossi Hornby guy at the train show at the 
NMRA  National, he told me that they did do the tender in accordance with the 
 drawings, and did not change the domes. He said "they" thought that 
modelers  could change the domes more easily than the tender. To my eye it--the  
tender--looked okay. I didn't break out scale rule and the  drawings.
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> The Rivarossi C&O 2-6-6-6 runs well, I'm  told. So each of us will have 
to decide a)if the wrong domes bother us, b)if  the domes can be fixed (3D 
printing, resin, or??), c)if the rear engine  swiveling bothers us, and d)what 
each of us is willing to trade off for the  difference between a Riv at 
$4-500, a Key at $800-1,000, or the Ajin/Overland  at $1,500-2,000. There's 
another brass one allegedly coming out soon (PSC?)  for over $3K.
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> Frank  Bongiovanni
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>  On Sep 14, 2014, at 6:00 PM, NW Modeling List via  
NW-Modeling-List<nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>   wrote:
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>  I'm curious as to whether or not the tender is  correct.
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> Greg  Harrod
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> In a message dated  09/14/2014 5:39:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>  nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org  writes:
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> Has
> anyone  received the HO Virginian AG that just was released?
> Just  curious
> how the model runs.
> Stephen Rineair
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> Subject: Re: Athearn  SD40's
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> I agree I would like a blue
> one. I believe  Athearn is sticking to the NS
> end as the HO GP49's
> arrived  before the GP39X's. Both were announced at the
> same time and
>  we know in the real world delivery was the other way around.
>
> I  will
> follow on my schedule and build mine from a Kato.
>
>  James
> Wall
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