Locos - Rolling stock (general)
Livery on custom locos and rolling stock
Good day everyone,
I am looking at possibly doing some custom locomotives and rolling stock for a fictitious railroad / company. The painting should be ok - I have an airbrush, I just need to practice a bit. I am however concerned about the livery. The locos and rolling stock that one buys, seem to have the livery (names, logos, etc) painted on, which does not give you that "edging" (for the lack of a better word) that decals does. It just looks much sharper.
N scale 0-6-0 and curve radius
Hi everyone,
I was wondering if anyone had any experience of getting this locomotive,
http://www.spookshow.net/loco/bach262.html
around the Kato unitrack 315mm 45 degree curves?
I may be moving into a larger place soon, allowing me to do more with my layout, and that curve would make the most sense in the environment. Likewise I'm thinking of adding some steam to my roster. However, I don't want to snap any wheels off ...
Adapting the "Keep Alive" for use with Railpro? - Circuit Guru's please help. - UPDATE: It Works!
I am genuinely frustrated with the performance of a few of my locomotives around my turnouts and I really want to try TCS Keep Alive's with them.
The problem is that the RailPro is not natively KA friendly.
As I understand it, if I would simply wire the KA to the power leads, it would work one way, but if the power was reversed (loco turned) then the KA will burn out.
Reading about KA's here: https://sites.google.com/site/markgurries/home/decoders/keep-alive-compa...
Looking for HO freight car wheel suggestions
I'm looking for suggestions of well-detailed and proportioned (front & back) HO freight car wheels (typical from the 60-80s). I need the wheel only so they need to either be sold that way or be removable from the axle. Thanks for the help.
Charles
A Hitch in its Giddyap
The Little Trees and Surfside recently acquired a new loco, a Bachman 0-6-0 side tank Porter. The LT&S is a tourist/logging railroad set in the present day, but operates vintage steam equipment for excursions and such. The current roster is a Climax, a Heisler, and a couple of diesels. (A Shay is in the shops for restoration). The ruling grade on the mainline (all 7 actual feet of it) is 4.5%. What does such an operation want with a rod loco? Well, an occasional visitor to the layout room is a seven year old lady.
Modelling train wrecks
Has anyone tried, succeeded in or viewed a train wreck as a model, such as a sideswipe still on the tracks or a derailment, etc. Was/is it based on a prototype? Can you supply photos od the model?
Custom Decals??
After a dry transfer disaster, I am looking for a source for getting some decals made. In white, of course. I've only been able to find two sources, one of whom has a messed up web site (which makes me nervous about a graphics job), and another with a notice that orders wil be delayed due to illness.
Any suggestions, recommendations or warnings?
pqe
A look in the MOW yard: what have I been up to lately?
Here's some shots of my new-ish MOW yard in my bedroom, and what's hangin around.
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