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WELCOME TO THE PROTO:87 STORES NEWS AND LATEST PRODUCTS PAGE -
JULY 2099
JUST IN TIME FOR THE 2009 NMRA HARTFORD CONVENTION!
We can't be their physically this year, because of the distance and my leg handicap. But we are there in spirit!
IN FACT, SO MUCH NEW STUFF IS HERE, AND MORE ON THE WAY, THAT WE HAVEN'T YET HAD TIME TO TAKE ANY PICTURES OF IT ALL!
A MAJOR EXPANSION OF EASY STREET IS NOW SHIPPING!
NEW 6.25", 12" 14" 16" and 18" RADII PLUS MANY NEW TURNOUT OPTIONS
AND FINALLY - MATCHING ULTRA REALISTIC INDUSTRIAL STREET TURNOUTS IN #4, #5 and #6.
AMAZING NEW TECHNOLOGY THROWBARS, POINT HINGES AND RAILJOINERS IN ALL RAIL SIZES AND SCALES WILL ARRIVE BY MONTH END.
AND OUR NEW "88-SAFE" FROGS ARE NMRA "WARRANTED" AS FULLY NMRA COMPLIANT !!!
THE LATEST TEN DOLLAR TURNOUTS FOR SUMMER MODELING ARE FLYING OUT OF THE DOOR AS FAST AS WE CAN PACK THEM - DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LOWEST PRICED AND BEST LOOKING TURNOUTS EVER SOLD IN THE US!
Thanks to the growth in manufacturing volume, and a new solderable version of our throwbars, that works with any type of points, we are now able to offer even lower cost,
FAST AND EASY CRAFTSMAN DETAILED TURNOUT KITS COST LESS THAN $10.00 for ALL the parts!!!.
Not only do these NOT NEED ALL THOSE EXPENSIVE TURNOUT FIXTURES , frog making tools, stock rail filing tools, or costly PCB ties, we believe that even just the final parts cost is actually lower than those of the so-called "cost saving" fixtures' built, un-detailed turnouts.
The 88-SAFE frog kits are now listed for sale on their own page linked from the HO Pick and Choose Turnout Parts section.
In the next few weeks, major additions to the "EASY STREET" will become available. These will include several additional pre-curved radii tracks, Double-point switches as per the German Prototype, and hopefully pre-production samples of regular RR street turnouts for industrial layout settings. We will be adding extra downloadable diagrams to accommodate the new parts and to simplify laying of plain curved tracks.
BUT . . . NOT ONLY A FULL RANGE OF TWENTY-EIGHT NEW "88 SAFE" HO FROGS . . .
IN CODES 40, 55, 70 and 83. . .
AND NOT ONLY A FULL RANGE OF FOURTEEN "N SCALE" FROGS. . .
IN CODES 40 and 55
BUT ALSO A FULL RANGE OF FOURTEEN "Z SCALE" FROGS
IN CODES 40 and 55!!!!!!
KEEP WATCHING THIS PAGE for more photos, details and ordering links as I add them as fast as I can over the next few days.
Remember, we already have CODE 40 AND CODE 55 CNC MACHINED POINTS. . .
, . . . SO OF COURSE "N" and "Z" SCALE TURNOUT KITS WILL NOT BE FAR BEHIND . . .
Also look out for our upcoming Ad in the Railroad Model Craftsman magazine MAY edition
We also participated in "RAILS 2009" in the Netherlands earlier in March, along with many other European Manufacturers.
THE HO SUPERFINE TURNOUTS ARE NOW ALSO AVAILABLE IN CRAFTSMAN BUILT AND TESTED RTR FORM
See the TURNOUT pages and select the RTR option when ordering!
We are still busy shipping orders, so have yet to update many of the WEB pages and products, even though we have added a lot more stuff to the lines. (Including passing on Barge Cement for those of you who can't obtain it locally!). In particular I am now working on street track templates, and Crossovers. The New #6 88-SAFE Frogs are already here and all the other sizes are in the production cycle. After those are here, the "Inch Worm" production will be next.
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WE HAVE ALSO BEGUN TO INCLUDE PRE-MACHINED GUARD RAILS IN ALL OUR SUPERFINE TURNOUTS. SEE THE HO TURNOUTS PAGE FOR MORE DETAILS AND ORDERING. More pictures and construction info will be coming shortly. And of course we have Proto:87 versions as well.
It's beginning to become old news, but WE ARE STILL PROUD TO HAVE RECEIVED THE NMRA WARRANT FOR THE "SWITCH-WORKS PRO", ALL-IN-ONE, TURNOUT BUILDING FIXTURE
"Scale Rails" has TWO articles on us in the current December Issue. But in the meantime we have not rested on our Laurels!
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The New Prototypical Turnout Construction Reference Manual is almost complete and is now up On-Line. Use the Left Hand Link to view what we have so far.
We have just introduced and are shipping the extremely versatile, new "PLAIN TRACK OPTION" for the "SWITCH-WORKS PRO"
AND ALSO THE "TURNOUT TO CROSSOVER CONVERTERS" for "SWITCH-WORKS PRO". NOTE HOW SIMPLE AND INEXPENSIVE IT IS TO UPGRADE THE TURNOUT JIG OPTION TO ALSO LAY A CROSSOVER.
And now we have just received product parts to allow us to shortly ship the New "SUPER-FINE" PLASTIC BASED TURNOUTS RANGE.
BUT THERE'S MORE. . . .
OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE HAVE BEEN EVALUATING A NEW INEXPENSIVE, SOUND DEADENING AND CURVABLE ROADBED MATERIAL. SO WE ARE NOW PREPARING TO HAVE IT PRODUCED IN HANDY PLAIN TRACK AND TURNOUT SIZE STRIPS.
OF COURSE THE SWITCH-WORKS PRO TOOLS HAVE ALWAYS HAD BUILT-IN FEATURES FOR DRAWING AND CUTTING ROADBED
PLEASE WATCH THIS PAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON
IN ADDITION, WE WILL SHORTLY PUT UP SOME PAGES FULLY EXPLAINING OUR ALREADY "FREE" TRACK AND TRACK BED PLANNING TOOLS.
THE TURNOUT TOOL PLATE TOOL HAS GUIDE SLOTS AND HOLES TO POSITION AND DRAW BOTH RAIL AND CENTER LINES
AND THEN CAN ACCURATELY MARK THE ROADBED OUTLINE AS WELL.
AS YOU CAN SEE ABOVE, THESE EXTRA CAPABILITIES ARE ACTUALLY INCLUDED IN THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE "SWITCH-WORKS PRO" OPTIONS AND REPEATED IN OUR FREE, DOWN-LOADABLE, PROTOTYPICAL TURNOUT DIAGRAMS.
So please excuse ALL THESE MANY INTERMITTENT ADDITIONS to the WEBSITE PAGES. We are now very busy continuously producing new stuff, and we take extra time especially to design it so as to keep the prices to you as low as possible.
We hope you share our thinking that we have our priorities right in that respect. We aways want to give you the most "Bang for your Buck" possible.
WE EXPECT EVEN MORE OF THE REST OF THE NEW STUFF THAT WAS SHOWN AT THE NMRA NATIONAL TRAIN SHOW IN ANAHEIM CALIFORNIA to be also coming over the next few months. . . .We are working hard to fit everything into the schedule
We have also made some recent simple, but really useful, improvements to our existing lines.
For example, our THREE-WAY CNC PRECISION MACHINED POINTS now come PRE-DRILLED,
so that they MOUNT EASILY AND QUICKLY TO OUR ULTIMATE THROW BARS, without needing any extra work or skill from you!
THE ALREADY BUILT-IN, TRACK PLANNING AND ROADBED TEMPLATE DRAW-AROUND AND FORMING, "FREE" EXTRA FEATURES OF "SWITCH-WORKS", WILL ALSO BE MORE FULLY ILLUSTRATED SOON
THE TRAIN SHOW NEW PRODUCT INFORMATION IS STILL LISTED BELOW, AS IT WILL TAKE TIME TO MOVE EACH ITEM INTO ITS OWN MORE DETAILED WEB PAGE LATER.
"EASY STREET" now has it own page. Please click on the Left Link to go straight there.
PLEASE NOTE! This page is still quite long! You will have to scroll down all the way to the end to see all the new product introductions.
(Just to be certain you know you saw it all, I've numbered the sections. The Last one is Number 8).
1. NEW 88 SAFE FROGS
Our first Major Introduction is the new "88 Safe" HO Frog Line, coming in September. Now you have Precision Milled frogs in Solid Nickel Silver, that are both absolutely and exactly to NMRA Standards, and Highly Prototypical, with an open throat and correct filler blocks. Yet these frogs uniquely also provide support to completely stop that annoying and risky, but fundamental, "dropping" of code 88 wheelsets, even on the very largest sizes of frogs.
2. NEW "SUPER-FINE" PREMIUM PLASTIC BASED TURNOUT KITS
UPDATE! NOW BECOMING AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 2008
These SUPER-FINE TURNOUTS are a PREMIUM version of of standard "FAST and EASY" range, but have new PRE-DRILLED slide in CNC POINTS with our new LIFETIME POINT HINGES, new HEAD TIES and our ULTIMATE THROWBARS. All NOW SET ON OUR ULTRA STABLE PLASTIC BASE. Overall, the new SUPER-FINE TURNOUTS are INCREDIBLY STRONG, RELIABLE, EVEN MORE REALISTIC and very close to READY TO RUN
3. NEW CROSSOVER JIG TOOL OPTION FOR SWITCH WORKS
NOW AVAILABLE! YET ANOTHER LOW_COST OPTION FOR THE SWITCH-WORKS PRO "ONE JIG FOR EVERYTHING". JUST TWO EXTRA SPACERS, AND ONE EXTRA TIE BASE SIDE, ALLOWS ANYONE TO BUILD PERFECT, FULLY TIMBERED CROSOVERS, USING ONLY THEIR ORIGINAL TURNOUT JIG AND THE NEW PARTS. NO NEW JIGS TO BUY.
4. NEW "EASY STREET" CUT 'N STICK COMPLETE TROLLEY TRACK SYSTEM - NOW AVAILABLE!
EVEN THOUGH FORTH IN LINE, THIS IS AN ASTOUNDING MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT OF A COMPLETE LINE OF TROLLEY, DOCKSIDE OR INDUSTRIAL TRANSFER TRACK, WITH ALL THE COMPLEX SPECIAL FROGS AND CROSSINGS INCLUDED FOR ANY COMBINATION OF TRACK LAYOUT
SCISSORS CROSSOVERS, GRAND UNIONS, EVEN THE OVAL DEPOT YARDS OF THE HARLEM AND BRONX TERMINALS CAN BE BUILT IN JUST HOURS, AT INCREDIBLY LOW COST.
WE WILL BE BUILDING MANY EXAMPLES AND PUTTING VIDEO OF THEM RUNNING ON THE SITE IN DUE COURSE.
5. NEW INCH-WORM SUB MICRO SWITCH MOTOR
THIS BRAND NEW DESIGN IS INTENDED TO MUCH MORE CONVENIENT AND EASY TO MOUNT THAT THE USUAL LARGE UNDER BASEBOARD SWITCH MACHINES. THE MOTOR IS ALLOWED TO BE SET IN PLACE RATHER FLEXIBLY, VIA A UNIVERSAL JOINT,SO SAVING THE EXPENSE OF COSTLY PRECISION ALIGNED SHAFTS AND MECHANISMS.
6. NEW "ELECTRO GLIDE" UNDERFLOOR SPRUNG POWER TRUCKS
ONLY SOME OF THE KEY PARTS WERE ABLE TO BE SHOWN AT THE NTS. WE WILL BE BUILDING COMPLETE UNITS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND PUTTING THEM THROUGH THEIR PACES. NEW PICTURES WILL BE DISPLAYED AT THAT TIME.
7. NEW "INVISI-POWER" MODULAR UNDERFLOOR POWER UNITS
A COMPLETELY NEW CONCEPT IN UNDERFLOOR POWER, THE INVISI-POWER UNITS COME IN TWIN, QUAD, SIX, AND EIGHT MOTOR VERSIONS DRIVING A COMMON, DOUBLE ENDED SHAFT
MORE DATA COMING AS TESTING PROCEEDS
8. NEW RAIL JOINERS
ANOTHER NEW CONCEPT THAT ALIGNS RAIL ENDS BETTER BUT ALLOWS THE USE OF COSMETIC JOINT BARS.
PICTURE TO COME
Even more exciting new and better solutions to modeling are planned over the next few Months. Keep watching our news page for updates on availability and final pricing.
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