Manuta, I think. I know there was an article involving an HO scale Unitah 51 2-6-6-2 that looked exactly like that one above this postThe UIntah Mallet is coming out in On30!?! by whom?
Manuta, I think. I know there was an article involving an HO scale Unitah 51 2-6-6-2 that looked exactly like that one above this postThe UIntah Mallet is coming out in On30!?! by whom?
Oh, maybe it was model power and the guy said it was a manuta casting. My badNope, sorry. It cannot be them, because Mantua Does not exist anymore. An HO standard gauge version today would be made by model power, who owns the castings to manufacture them. They aren't On30, they're HO.
Well, doesn't matter who makes it (unless it's made by a company that totally sucks), as long as engines like that are coming out in On30, I'm happy.Nope, sorry. It cannot be them, because Mantua Does not exist anymore. An HO standard gauge version today would be made by model power, who owns the castings to manufacture them. They aren't On30, they're HO.
I know that backwoods miniratures makes On30 conversion kits to make those into an O scale locomotive, albeit with cartoonishly small drivers.
Well, if you ever do get one and it sucks and you can't get it replaced, I can try to fix it, or maybe the guys at DCC can. You should be worrying if it can handle 18' curvesWell, doesn't matter who makes it (unless it's made by a company that totally sucks), as long as engines like that are coming out in On30, I'm happy.
The Uintah had the two mallets built to operate over Baxter Pass. the grade was around 6%, and the curve was 66 degrees! In HO, an 18' radius is only 45 degrees, 66 degrees is closer to 15" radius!Those 2-6-6-2's operated on a railroad that almost had 18" radius curves...they were so sharp
Hmmm... Guess I'll have to make do with what I can get my hands on. Well, this wouldn't be the first time...Oh! and I'd better get that Shay, too! Geared locos are AWESOME, and I am working on a logging railroad....
Quite an understatement, actually. The ruling grade was about 7.5%, and a 66 degree curve scales to just over 12" in HO.The Uintah had the two mallets built to operate over Baxter Pass. the grade was around 6%, and the curve was 66 degrees! In HO, an 18' radius is only 45 degrees, 66 degrees is closer to 15" radius!
Quite an understatement, actually. The ruling grade was about 7.5%, and a 66 degree curve scales to just over 12" in HO.