| Archive for thecentralstation.myfreeforum.org Railway modelling for all Scales and Gauges |
| upnick |
Are there any of these out there ?Hi all,I'm looking for some Walthers N scale reachstackers like these http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wHQnbeQ3Kms&feature=related and have been told they are out of production at the moment with no rerelease date, anyone got some tucked away ? |
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| poliss |
Can't find any. Does it go by another name? | ||||
| upnick |
Hi Poliss,
Its full name is .....Kalmer reachstacker |
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| poliss |
This is the closest I've been able to find so far. http://tinyurl.com/6dbjuu | ||||
| upnick |
Thanks Poliss ... i had my eye on one of those. | ||||
| poliss |
Found some of these on Ebay. Not quite what you were looking for, but they do the same thing. 
http://tinyurl.com/6avgaq |
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| upnick |
Excellent Poliss  many thanks on watch now 
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| poliss |
He has 7 for sale. Are you watching them all?
I also found these metal ones for $35.95. Click on 'N Scale Vehicles'. http://www.showcaseminiatures.com/ |
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| poliss |
Does this one look a little big for N Scale?
http://tinyurl.com/5hp8ok |
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| upnick |
Not sure Poliss thanks for the tip though worth a 'punt' i have one of the stackers you posted the first ones from ebay coming see what its like
Get some pics of it when its done up here
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| Teleman |
I would say its 00 or H0 scale at 10 cm long , that would make it 25 foot in 00 or 50 foot in 'N' 
Edit for ,,,, Just got the ruller out and a Hornby container is 3.2 cm wide , same as the clamp on the listing |
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| upnick |
Looks like its OO then teleman shame that ... thanks for the info
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| upnick |
Thanks to Poliss in the above link one of the N Scale Top Loading Container Lift for Container Yards Came very well packed from the States this afternoon thought i'd post a pic or two 
http://tinyurl.com/68d7tc http://tinyurl.com/5mpm7q |
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| poliss |
Now all you need to do is motorise it.
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| upnick |
Will do Poliss do you have a link to motors about 5mm long to run on 6V
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| Teleman |
Strange you should say that , Have a look in an old mobile phone ! if it vibrates when it rings it will have a small motor in and they are about 6 volts ones and are very small
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| upnick |
Now thats a thought Teleman i have some small pager motors i picked up last year but they are a bit big, i put the reachstacker on the bench next to a loco and it looks like it towers over it mmm are these really in scale with N scale i wonder needs looking at more closely i'll try and take a pic for comparison later on. |
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| poliss |
You could do someting like this.
Or this. |
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| upnick |
How the fork lift works i'm not sure Poliss but the use of Futaba and JR servos in the second clip gives me ideas ......... | ||||
| Teleman |
It might be a bit like this one , Its all done with magnets under the board
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