N0n brass As and Ys, N-Scale

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Frank,
I agree with your comment about the A not being manufactured in N 
Scale.. It sure would be nice though.  I'm going to hav e to check on 
those sites you mentioned for the other ones, maybe I'll get lucky.
Joe
On 2/6/2015 1:26 PM, NW Modeling List wrote:
> Joe:
>
> Non-brass A and Y, N-Scale: To my knowledge no A in N-Scale has ever 
> appeared. One manufacturer some years ago offered to do a run, but 
> pre-production orders did not satisfy the manufacturer, so the project 
> was dropped.
>
> The Y is another story. Roewa in the late '60s produced a Y6b, and 
> when that outfit disappeared in the '70s the dies were picked up by 
> Rivarossi for several runs through the '80s, and possibly into the 
> early '90s. Nothing since then. I think the Roewa-Rivarossi models are 
> reasonably accurate, although evaluating loco details is not up my 
> alley. I have a number converted to DCC and renumbered in Y6, Y6a and 
> Y6b alike, which in the scale you can get away with, unless you are an 
> absolute purist.
>
> Walthers (Heritage series) marketed in the '00s a Y3 manufactured in 
> China, DCC with optional sound. I have a number, really smooth 
> performers with excellent sound.
>
> These Y3s and Y6s can be found on ebay without too much trouble. I see 
> them also, used, listed occasionally via N-Scale Supply.
>
> Frank Gibson
>
>
>
> On 02/06/2015 09:39 AM, NW Modeling List wrote:
>> I read how we need this or that to be perfect per the blueprints we 
>> have. and all this time talking about brass locomotives in HO costing 
>> thousands of dollars. I'm in N scale and would just be happy to see a 
>> A or Y, which were manufactured several years back, in plastic that 
>> was halfway close to the correct look of the original locomotive. The 
>> only thing I've seen in the pass ten years has been the J in several 
>> different numbers and paint. And sadly all I heard was this didn't 
>> have the correct stack or drivers or paint. I am not a rivet counter 
>> carrying a scale rule in my back pocket and Google ready to go on my 
>> smart phone. Unless we decide to build our own locomotives and sell 
>> them through the NWHS it will never happen.
>> Joe Grzelak
>
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