QUOTE: Originally posted by scubaterry It will take a bigger area now to really make this one look right.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by scubaterry I didn' want to hi-jack the other "80 3 Trk Shay - Problems" thread so i thought I would start my own. After reading the other post on Shay's I became interested and did some research using info from the thread. Now I have never even considered buying a Shay. Had no reason to. Well the more I researched it the more intriging it became. I started looking to purchase one. The cheapest I could find was for about 145 bucks. Yesterday as luck would have it I got a "Special" email from Micromark and found they had the 3 Trk Shay on sale for 114 bucks so I bought it. Now I need to figure out what to do with it. I can make a logging or coal mini-layout connected along my main somewhere I am sure. I found allot of Hon30 stuff for Bachman? WIll Hon30 (I hope I got that right) run on HO track? And what size would be approprite for a 1950's northeast Logging or coal mine as far as length of hoppers, log flatcars etc? Sorry if this is too generic, but I am not really sure what to ask. Terry
QUOTE: Originally posted by cacole Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the Bachmann product is On3, not HOn3. On3 runs on HO scale track, but is larger than HO scale because it is supposed to represent a narrow gauge Shay. It's 1:48 scale, which is O, but has HO-spaced wheels. A member of our local HO scale club has one. They run excellently, but won't fit through an HO scale tunnel, clear any buildings with loading docks that have been placed according to an NMRA clearance gauge, or clear a passenger train platform that is placed according to the NMRA gauge, because they are too wide and too tall. I just received a catalog from Micro-Mark that has the Shay priced at $128.95, and it is available from St. Aubin's Station, a G-scale dealer, for $119.89 -- and it is a 2-truck Shay, not 3-truck. Bachmann doesn't claim that it is an 80-Ton Shay, either. The St. Aubin's advertisement, which is data provided by Bachmann, doesn't even mention a tonnage rating for the On3 2-truck model. If you go to Bachmann's web site at http://www.bachmanntrains.com you will find a picture and other data about it by clicking on Search, On3, Steam Locomotives. The Shay is on Page 3. .
QUOTE: Originally posted by scubaterry Cacole - anyway to put a larger maybe 1.5 in oval speaker in it? Terry
QUOTE: Originally posted by scubaterry On30Shay - actually I was quite sure it was HO when I bought it but after reading some of the posts it had me wondering. The confusion began when I mentioned On30 rolling stock and someone thought I had a Narrow gauge Shay apparently. I didn't figure homework was a must for this, the price was the cheapest I had seen todate and I could have always sent it back if it was not what I wanted. I tend to be an impluse buyer much to my wifes chagrin. And thanks for your input and your interest. With your ID I guess you like Shays yourself? Terry