All the sudden it's a new month! I hope you have been busy making progress. Let's see the latest from your workbench and layout!

Eric

Eric Hansmann
Contributing Editor, Model Railroad Hobbyist

Follow along with my railroad modeling:
http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/

Alright, I'm going to upgrade some of my better rolling stock that didn't come with metal wheels to having them. So what is the current consensus (asking for that from model railroaders, I've got to be kidding) as to which are a good, solid product with a decent price for the item. I don't mind buying bulk (bulk only gets you at max 25 cars done)

I've got some older Proto2000 wheel sets. Not sure what else might be out there.

Thanks in advance.

I have an HO GP9 that is UP currently and I want to repaint into the Central Vermont colors.  The light prisms at the two ends of the  engine are glued in and are not coming out.  I need to cover them in some fashion while the paint is being applied.  I have considered decals....or acrylic paint....or tape for purposes of covering the light fixtures up.

Any one got any suggestions?

It came to my attention today that there is an issue with installing the Decoder Buddy V5s with decoders that have less than 12 function outputs.  The output pads with the higher numbers will not light LEDs and may damage the decoder if they are used.  

->  If you have a 4 function decoder use pads A0F, A0R, A1 and A2. 

->  If you have a 6 function decoder use pads  A0F, A0R, A1, A2, A3 and A4.  

->  If you have a 8 function decoder use pads A0F, A0R, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 and A6.