Maxon and MicroMo both make excellent small motors.

Interesting place. For model trains, what does one need, coreless DC, permanent magnet DC, or brushless DC? ...Keith -- e-mail: keith@... Santa Clara, CA. Any technology

Thomas Beutel <Thomas.Beutel@...> writes "I looked at the Ultrascale site and it seems to me that the prices for their drivers and motors are very reasonable (I'm assuming roughly 2 pounds to

Jon, It will be interesting to see what NWSL comes up with. The Maxon motor line looks good, but brushless motors are delicate beasts. Regarding 3 pole motors, I have no problem with them as long as

I have used many Maxon motors I have picked up on the surplus market. New they are quite expensive. Also remember they are all coreless I believe. Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped in

Hi Thomas, the latest Key brass models use motors from a company called Maxon. It is a Swiss company with a branch here in Burlingame. Here is their link: http://www.mpm.maxonmotor.com/ In the

NWSL was supposed to be replacing the Sagami motors with a new line. I don't know if that has happened or not. There is no listing on there web page only email for their motor listings. The

Does anyone know of a source of small can motors (20mm diameter or less)? I heard that Sagami no longer produces these (or perhaps Sagami doesn't exist anymore). I have a few small HO steam engines

Shawn--pose your question on the SP list--I know someone there mentioned having done so a few minths back. shawn.beckert@... wrote: -- Jack Wilson Prescott, AZ

Hi everyone, Has anyone out there attempted to disassemble the Bachmann 2-8-0? Are there any problems or pitfalls in getting the engine safely apart? I need to remove the exhaust stack and domes

Anyone know where the SP Modeler's Information Exchange web page went to? It was http://www.myriad.net/lruback/sphome.htm. It has been a while since I visited it last. Mike

Can somebody tell me who carries the complete line of PECO track here in the U.S.A. ] Phil R. ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you

My friend Cliff is a good example. He is about to embark in building his layout. He models the following: Lionel O scale (starting the bench work in the next couple of weeks) Marklin HO (will go on

I think maybe Anne has opened an interesting point with comments about folks building more than 1 layout and each with different themes / different scales / different etc. And it does give me a

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Thanks Nelson! Got my first look at the site last night. It's an impressive engine. Any thoughts on where they could take the Heritage Steam product line? Do you think they willl try to reuse any of

Lifelike have updated their web page to include a selection of photos and description of their new articulated loco. Look at http://www.lifelikeproducts.com/ Nelson Kennedy Christchurch, New

I've bought a IHC 4-4-0 as a stand in for my layout. I've been checking my Dunscomb and Stindt and from this I've narrowed down some SP and NWP prototypes that look at a glance to be similar. SP

I am forwarding this to this list for your information. Cheers Leo

An ALLEGHENEY! I want an Allegheney! Ok, realistically, since I could probably never afford the Allegheney anyway...in my opinion the easiest thing for Athearn to reproduce en masse would be a Heavy