PCM Y6b's

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> Perhaps NOW we as an organization should endorse, or

> NOT ENDORSE various N&W products in a more >vocal way.  Perhaps sending a

> letter of commendation, or condemnation to the various >model RR mags.


    First, we should probably make sure that the Society has done everything 
possible to make sure that the model is done correctly.  It hardly seems 
fair to bash a company for their products if there was no attempt made to 
provide them with accurate information.  Of course, this is a two-way 
street, and  the manufactorer must be willing to listen, which is not always 
the case.

    Also, don't expect a model magazine to publish a letter criticising a 
product or company.  When was the last time you read a truely negative 
review in a magazine?  They don't want to offend companies who purchase 
advertising in their magazine.

    Finally, who is going to decide the standards on such a project?  Based 
on the feedback on this mailing-list, I would guess that the Proto Y3 would 
have been the recipient of negative feedback, but I as an individual member 
would not have agreed with such a statement.  I therefore may have decided 
to cancel my NWHS membership so as to not be associated with the 
letter/endorsement.  The impact of Society endorsed and non-endorsed models 
would probably not be as noticable in the accuracy and sales of models as it 
would be in the politics and in-fighting of the Society.

    With regards to comparing the BLI A power to the PCM Y6b, does the fact 
that the A has a traction tire and the Y6b does not factor in?  And the 
tender is not heavy because of the big speaker; my non-sound ones are heavy 
as well.  It is because the tender is also diecast metal, and relatively 
thick metal at that, at least when compared with the thickness of plastic 
tender shells.

    I have not heard a sound equipped Y6b yet, but I know the PCM Reading 
4-8-4's sounded odd.  The exhaust almost had this rubbery or "boinging" 
sound.  I never heard a real one, so I don't know if that is accurate or 
not.  Does the Y6b's "confusing" exhaust have a similar effect?  If so, is 
this an inherent problem with the ESU Loksound system?

Marty Flick






>>                      Power - not acceptable.  My Broadway 1218 will shove

>> the Y-6b right off the test track without slipping a driver (I haven't

>> tested it against my Y-3s).  The Y-6b will not budge the A if the A

>> is not under power.

>>                      Tender is heavy all right, but I guess that's 

>> because

>> of the big speaker.

>>

>> Ed King

>>

>> ----- Original Message -----

>> From: <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>

>> To: "N and W Modeling List" <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>

>> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:22 AM

>> Subject: Re: PCM Y6b's

>>

>>

>>> There, there, David.  Everything's gonna be OK.  Let not your heart be

>>> troubled . . .

>>>

>>> EdKing

>>> ----- Original Message -----

>>> From: <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>

>>> To: "N and W Modeling List" <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>

>>> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 7:41 AM

>>> Subject: Re: PCM Y6b's

>>>

>>>

>>>> It's probably my imagination, but....

>>>>

>>>> Is there something proportionately off about the front

>>>> end of PCM's Y6b?  All the individual parts are great,

>>>> but the front view on the website doesn't look right.

>>>> Is the headlight a bit too high?  The Y6b bracket was

>>>> different from the other Y6's and the headlight was

>>>> located lower relative to the number plate.  Gave the

>>>> Y6b a less squatty appearance from  the front.

>>>>

>>>> Maybe I'm just having a rivet-counter relapse.  Try to

>>>> keep it under control but don't always succeed.

>>>>

>>>> Dave Stephenson

>>>>

>>>>

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