Calling Peter Jones....

[hoofe116]

Mr. Jones:

Your 'Scribblings' column was very fine this month. I'm not knowledgeable enough to know what kind of green engine that is, but it is fetchingly homely--just my kind of motive power. I gather it's an 0 gauge?

The B&W picture was good enough for the purpose. It seems you have not only an artistic talent, but the ability to create an evocative column.

That is the foremost thing about large scale modeling I find intriguing: the possiblilities 'beyond the box'.

Les W.

[cabbage]

Hoofe,

The loco is well known over here and is normally called: "The Hedgehog" or "The Thing"...

It is 32mm gauge.

If you want to "think out of the box" then have a look at this site:

http://www.trainweb.org/nzgearedlocomotives/index.html

I have built quite a few locomotives from the information here. My favourites have to be; the Price 16 wheeler, and the Davidson 12 wheeler, the latter runs better backwards than forwards -but then so did the original!

regards

ralph

[Rene Schweitzer]

Les,

I emailed Peter on your behalf. He admitted he hasn't been on the internet much, and asked me to post this:

Thank you for the kind words. The loco was a very second-hand Hornby tinplate 0 gauge clockwork engine circa 1938. It got hacked into a 16mm outline by adding simple bits on and started my lifelong love of garden railways.

[hoofe116]

Rene,

Thank you for taking the trouble to email Mr. Jones for me, particularly since it was mostly just a fan letter. I find his columns to be the brightest in GR.

Les W.

[hoofe116]

Hoofe,


It is 32mm gauge.


regards

ralph

Ralph,

Are you by chance subtly encouraging me to think in metric?

I at long last just got it to stick that 16mm scale is really 1:19, which is almost 1:20, which I almost know something about, size-wise.

Just so you realize I'm really trying, I bought a fancy, expensive (~$90 wholesale) digital caliper. That way I can dial in 32mm and switch right over by pushing a button to display inches to see what's under discussion.

It's around here, under the computer? Mail tray? No... wait, I took it downstairs to actually measure something....

Thanks for the reply,

Les

 

[Rene Schweitzer]

You're very welcome, Les. I enjoy emailing Peter; he sends me such whimsical responses. No trouble at all.

[Anonymous]

I have to go to his web site to get answers, now relay answers is ok to. But when you write for GR you should make yourself seen in the GR Forum. We all have much to do and is no excuse.

Myself and Peter have had great talks. Sad to see it get this way.

Toad

[hoofe116]

Toad,

I didn't know he had a website. How 'bout posting it for me? I imagine he's pretty busy, what with a column to write and all. I'd like to see his work.

Les

[Anonymous]

http://www.comptondown.co.uk/

There you go Les.....

Toad

[Mike Dorsch CJ&M r.r.]

Hey Toad do you have Marty's e-mail address ?

[Anonymous]

Yeah I do and so do every one on the board. Look for email like in my posting here.

Toadie

[Rene Schweitzer]

Toad,

While we encourage our contributors to visit and post on the forum(s), it is by no means a requirement. Kevin Strong, of course, is nice enough to be a regular, but others don't. If I see a post addressed to a certain contributor, I will certainly forward the thread to him/her.

[Anonymous]

Rene,

And is why most contributors are 1st class members of MLS not here.

Yeah Kevin, Marty, TOC and a few others post here that is true.

Toad

[Marty Cozad]

MLS was one of the first free places  I found once my son showed me how to use this computer thingyyy.

Plus I need a place that I can house photos on their server that is able to share on other sites like GRYs  or AC forum.

I don't post here as much after they changed things because it takes so long for the reply box to open with all the thousands of little boxes in it that we don't need.

Plus winter some of us have more time. I'm getting ready for our open house plus the MWLSTS, plus working full time.