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#1 ·
I finally have the money to purchase an Accucraft Ruby kit and cannot locate one for sale? I saw one at the ECLSTS for $450 but didn't have that much on me at the time. Tried a few vendors online and they don't seem to have them in stock.

Can anyone pass along any leads for me?

Also, do the kits come with 1/2" cylinders or the smaller ones? How can I tell from the outside packaging what is contained inside?

Thanks.
Ben
 
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Posted By scoobster28 on 02 Apr 2013 08:58 AM
I just joined the live steam club!
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Welcome to the club, Scoobster. Make sure you get a S.A. number now. The day I got my mamod to make a complete circuit of the temporary loop on my garage floor, I went and got the license plate seen below in my signature line. I have more than one live steam loco now!
 
#10 ·
No both posts were about the same, models of certain brands were requested....
Vinny, I think you irratated a quick draw finger, while Ben got lucky.

Life ain't fair, it's how you deal with it, that counts.

John
 
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#11 ·
This poster was asking for leads on where he may purchase a product from a dealer. He was also asking a question about the product itself (cylinder size). This doesn't constitute a "want ad" per se. Not the same thing as asking if anyone has an "X" they want to sell. Admittedly a little bit of a gray area, but it's a judgement call like all the rest, and it's guaranteed that not everyone is going to agree with it or be happy with it or think it's "fair." Goes with the territory.
 
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Posted By Robby D on 01 Apr 2013 06:03 PM
We have one in stock.

And how is this not a post for sale? All it took for me to get a nasty email was for someone to post that I had something for sale that someone was looking for and I get an email and I had not even seen or knew of the post yet!
 
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Posted By scoobster28 on 03 Apr 2013 06:18 AM
I admit I didn't know the rules, but I wasn't trying to play any games either. It won't let me edit my original posts, nor can I see an option to delete it. As such, I don't know how to fix the problem.


You have about 30 seconds to use the edit button or it disappears. There is no delete post either.
I cant believe you had a post removed when you asked where to buy something.
 
#16 ·
Precisely why I stopped advertising on this site and essentially left. Visit rarely and do not post much. I was advised of rules when I joined over 11 years ago. Paid to advertise and support the site for many many years. Then watched while rules were routinely violated and certain dealers ONLY posted when they had a possible sale. They never offer general posts , or helpful information or technical assistance to the community, just push product through posting .Most posts by certain dealers were nothing but advertisement- while not actually paying to advertise on MLS. For the first few years I just signed an alias- not my name, did not even use a web site address, url, or any other identifier in a feeble attempt to maintain a low dealer profile as directed. Comments about other violators of these site policies to moderators and site owner were ignored. I too got tired of nastygrams and snide back door emails.
Onward and upward.

Jonathan
www.rctrains.com
Entering our 23rd year of large scale technical support
 
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Posted By Kovacjr on 03 Apr 2013 06:24 AM
I cant believe you had a post removed when you asked where to buy something.



Yes...yes I did. And considering I was looking for product that is not even produced anymore I would have thought it would have been okay...
So now I am just *looking* for said product..
 
#21 ·
I printed it all in 2009, hole punched it, and put it in a binder. Later, I scanned it as a PDF. It isn't perfect (it shows the punched holes) but it shows everything necessary. I printed out the sections involving putting together the kit, and it sits on the table next to the official instructions. Very helpful. Until the "official" one becomes available I am willing to email it to someone if they shot me an email at BENLMAGGI -at- Hotmail - dot - com.
 
#24 ·
I recommend the Billy kit from Roundhouse of England
http://www.roundhouse-eng.com/
because you can buy the kit in 3 stages over time, 1-the chassis, 2-the boiler and fittings and 3- the cab. You don't have to buy it all at once and can spread the cost over some time. When you are finished with the kit, you will know how a steam loco works, you will know how to fix it (although a RH hardly ever needs fixing), and you will have an excellent running loco that can operate on almost any track, even with tight radii. RH has other kits also.
 
#25 ·
I would recommend the Ruby kit. This was the first kit I built and was easy and affordable. Its is a low cost loco to build and runs great. If you get the newer versions they come with the larger cylinders to make it pull better and run a bit slower. In the most recent SITG mag they talk about getting started in LS and the kits that are available for the best buck. Later RJD
 
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