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11 years 7 months ago #15459 by southernnscale
Steam Engines was created by southernnscale
Does anyone know if they have made a Shay in Z Scale.

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11 years 7 months ago #15462 by tealplanes
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No shays for sale by anyone.

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11 years 7 months ago #15463 by Gerd
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One was made by Lajos Thek, but only for himself. A masterpiece, look here: www.zthek.com/id136.htm

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11 years 7 months ago #15466 by shamoo737
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Didn't david worked on one too?

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11 years 7 months ago #15467 by garthah
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Republic locomotive works has a shay kit for Nn3. A bit big for Z but runs on 6.5mm track.

cheerz Garth

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11 years 7 months ago - 11 years 7 months ago #15469 by craZ13
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The Shay that Lajos had at the Z Convention in Medford was a static model with working crankshaft. Lajos had plans to add drive motors to the mechanism, but I'm not sure if he did. It was interesting watching Lajos replace the drive motor for the crankshaft when it was left on too long and burned out.
David built a Z crankshaft at the same time Lajos was building his, but I don't believe David ever finished his Shay project.
Regardless, both projects pushed the Z scale envelope and made fantstic reading.

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