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For what its worth, here's my 'price is right' home-made cradle.  It's sized for S-gauge (Flyer) and the wooden U measures 5.5 inches across and 3.75 inches high.  The shaggy carpet is a piece of an old bathroom throw-rug, which is soft enough that I haven't worried too much about stresses on things like diesel horns and other things on the top of the loco shell.  I did glue a piece of the 'waffle-foam' carpet pad on the bottom so the cradle wouldn't skid across my workbench.

the key, of course, is that the carpet is pink!  Actually having a light colored carpet is handy when you drop a screw or other small part into the cradle and you have to fish it out...

- Rich

Added note:  you will note that the carpet piece is suspended into the U-frame, as opposed to simply lining the inside of the U-frame.  That helps keep the  loco cradled and it 'automatically' adjusts for the size (to some extent)

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OGR Publishing, Inc., 1310 Eastside Centre Ct, Suite 6, Mountain Home, AR 72653
800-980-OGRR (6477)
www.ogaugerr.com

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