Can anyone give us a Xmas present and tell us when the mythical Heisler will actually show up, all shiny and new, ready for our layouts?
PLEASE???
Lindsay ( in New Zealand )
Well, I haven´t given up about the Heislers. Still wished there would be some word about it by the Bachmann folks, just the way Lindsay said...
How long must this lokie stay a myth..? :( :( :(
Can someone please give us a update on this?
Cheers to you all, Merry Christmas
from
Tom
Dear All,
The Heislers will finally arrive in the spring.
I saw a running sample in Philadelphia on Tuesday, and it runs exceptionally well!
I can't wait!
Merry Christmas!
the Bach-man
Dear Bach-man,
thank you so much for this update. Can´t wait to have them here... =)
Merry Christmas and we are looking for
to see more great models from you guys! ;) ;) ;)
Cheers,
Tom
THE STEARNS-HEISLERS ARE HERE!
Enjoy! :) :) :)
Yippeeeeee! ;D
Hi Lindsay
You could have odered one from www.tower-models.com they export world wide, they have had stocks for a few weeks now (as have EDM Models York)
You would have had it by now.......
Looks like the weather down there is a bit wet at the moment was hoping to watch the Cricket from Dunedin last night on SKY TV but rain stopped play!!
If they are here, wouldn't the "Now Arriving" or "Announcements" section be the proper place to broadcast this news? Just sayin'....
Hi Steve,
NZ is mostly in drought or close too it. Even here on the West ( Wet ) Coast we haven't seen rain for 2 months and things are getting desperate. Dundein had rain, which is like saying Lands End had rain while the rest of the UK sizzles.
Anyways, it didn't rain today and I suppose the English wished it did !!
As to the Heisler, I am thinking of ways to make it a bigger tonner as I really think it is WAY to small for my needs. Perhaps I could use the running gear and build a new superstructure.
Lindsay ( in New Zealand )
New Zealand gets the Heisler after we get them Australia ;D ;D ;D
Hi Lindsay.
Not sure about Heisler re increasing its size I guess the main problem would be the chassis length,
the wheel base is 120mm approx ,
I watched some of the cricket last night live on SKY but theres a 13 hour time difference so eventually had to go to bed, doesnt look like England are trying hard enough, maybe too concerned with the next series against Oz!!
Its raining hard here at the moment!
Steve
Lindsay,
I'm currently working on a kitbash to make the 35 ton Tuolumne #2 Heisler. I am using an On30 Climax boiler and frame and will be adding the Heisler wheelsets to that (I hope). The Climax boiler is the correct length for this loco and I only need to add the wagon top using a 3D printed part. The climax metal cab is also suitable and the tender box is a perfect size.
I actually was surprised at how well the Climax matched this loco. Bachmann could have just remade the boiler and drive train on the Climax and would have had the perfect Heisler.
If you have a source for one of those non running Climax's with a steel cab and round lights, you're more than half way done.
@ Steve: We were in the UK about 2 years ago. It was dry then. BUT I love the place. My wife is English and I certainly want to go back. North Wales, eh? We went to Llanduno ( 3 days ) and visited Conway and did the Festiniog Railway. Absolutely fantastic !!!
@ Dave: I'll probably be scratch building my Heisler from the chassis up. I just don't like the Bachman offering, sorry Bachman. NZ imported 7 Heislers and none of them were this early or this light. I'd have prefered a later 20 tonner at least. I did contemplate grafting Climax running gear on a Heisler upper and calling it a 'Clisler'. Might still do it. Either doing that or using the running gear off a Ho $45 ton switcher.
Lindsay in NZ
Strange thing..... I watched TANGEWAI A LOVE STORY on a UK film channel last weekend actually a very well done film, which intertwined the Tangewai Train Disaster and the Cricket Test Match vs SA.
For those interested the Tangewai disaster occured in 1953 when a mud flow from a Volcano washed out a bridge, causing an express train to crash into the river, causing massive loss of life, details are on Google
Micro-Mark sent an email today that it has been shipped 3-11.
Jerry Barnes
I'll go on record and give the new Heisler two thumbs up based on the example I have received and tested. Here is a link to a video I made of the first trip around a test layout with 4% grades and 15" minimum radius. (Some of you may have already seen this from some links I put on other train sites)
http://youtu.be/Fl-RLSzrhos
It's a mini Catatonk Heisler. It's a cute little engine, and I just bought mine off ebay from the famous, thefavoritespot, in the Colorado Mining Company. It'll be a great addition to my 2 shays and Climax engine for my O scale Layout (which features On30 and regular Lionel). The engine looks great, and I'm really looking forward to recieving mine in the mail in a couple days.
See I told you so in my earlier posts!
Had mine for several weeks now and despite all the pessimism regarding gears etc!
Mine is still going strong having done quite a bit of running without any problems.