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Realistic looking coal hoppers made easy

Detailing a load of Utility poles for LTTX Flatcar

Fri, 2016-07-29 10:37 — dunstanf

Detailing a load of utility poles in HO scale

After completing this scratch built HO scale 89’ LTTX flatcar, it was time to create a prototypically accurate load of utility poles for the car to carry.

European Couplers (HO)

Thu, 2016-07-28 04:14 — John Peterson

Question for the European crowd:

I'm interested in modeling a small British outline layout; basically a loop with a runaround and couple of sidings and interchange track. The goal would be to allow for some shunting of wagons. Looking at the British/European wagons, they come with a variety of coupling systems.

The most common (that I see) seem to be the Hook and Loop couplers. How well do these work for shunting operations? (They really look "ugly" to me though ...)

Scratchbuilding dilemma and query...

Tue, 2016-07-26 12:25 — Pflarrian

Locos - Rolling stock (general)

Hi all,

So, as noted in my blog here, I've been scratchbuilding freight cars. Lots of fun, very theraputic. Anyway, trying to build a passenger car now. The frame is done, the sidewalls are good, but I'm trying to figure out how to make arched supports for the roof.

My current plan is to take some stripwood, boil it for a moment to soften the wood fibers, and wrap it around a piece of PVC pipe until it dries. In theory, the boiling water should make it easy to bend the wood, and when it dries, it should stay curved.

A&LS Refrigerator Car

Sun, 2016-07-24 07:55 — ferroequinologist1

Locos - Rolling stock (general)

A&LS Refrigerator Car

Working on some flatcar loads

Sat, 2016-07-23 20:34 — trainmaster247

Power issues?

Sat, 2016-07-23 09:08 — Larry of Z'ville

Locos - Rolling stock (general)

It has been a while since I last posted something to my blog here. While I visit quite often, I tend to just take and observe rather than contribute much. With Joe's recent post about frustrations of the hobby, an number of the comments pertain to power issues on the models, particularly recent releases. While I have some opinions about this topic, I thought it would be good to get at what is really meant by this.