PCM Y6b's

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I don't either, Nigel.

EdK
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Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: PCM Y6b's



> Hi Ed;

>

> Regarding the articulation: the Bowser Challenger will go around 18" 

> radius curves (of course it needs a great deal of space on the outside of 

> the curve), I do not understand why it would not be possible to get down 

> to 22" radius with a properly articulated HO scale N&W A and Ys.

>

> Nigel F Misso

>

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> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 10:57 AM

> Subject: Re: PCM Y6b's

>

>

>> Nigel - attached is the letter to PCM that will go in tomorrow's mail.

>>

>> Ed King

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>> Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:02 PM

>> Subject: Re: PCM Y6b's

>>

>>

>>> Hi Ed;

>>>

>>> Have you sent these comments to PCM?

>>>

>>> Thank you

>>> Nigel F Misso

>>>

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>>> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 5:25 PM

>>> Subject: Re: PCM Y6b's

>>>

>>>

>>>> So I got mine yesterday, and put it on the programming track today.

>>>>

>>>> Comments:  Valve gear is not acceptable.  If Proto can put acceptable

>>>> valve gear on the Y-3s, why can't these folks put it on the Y-6b?  And

>>>> Broadway on the N&W A, for that matter?

>>>>                     Sound is barely acceptable; the exhaust sound is

>>>> confusing to say the least.  Other sounds are OK; a nice touch is the

>>>> splash of water from the injector overflow after the injector shuts 

>>>> off.

>>>>                     Programming is OK.

>>>>                     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

>>>>

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>>>> 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

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>>>>> 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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