Locos - Rolling stock (general)
Weathering roof
I haven't weathered a model in a while and never had a car with a white roof. Looking for ideas. The car will represent one that is three years old that traveled from the southern US to the east coast of Canada occasionally.
Perhaps a wash on the roof followed by some chalk brushed on?
Dear Abby: Help, I've lost that magic smoke!
Dear Abby,
OK, it's not as bad as it sounds, but I attempted to install a Digitrax DN136PS decoder in a friend's HO scale Bachmann GP40 -- the newer version, DCC-ready with an eight-plug. A pretty good little runner on DC.
So, been here, done this -- orange wire is pin 1. Plug decoder male pins into circuit board female receptors. No worries, right?
Well, after dialing in address 03, all I got was an unprogrammed Rule 17 light show on both ends and no motion. Turned off the Digitrax DCC.
Caboose Craziness
I like cabooses almost as much as I like locomotives. Here's a look at my caboose fleet.
Feel free to share your own!
Bachmann Trains GE 70Ton
Been reading up on the GE 70Ton produced by Bachmann and see comments about dual motor and single motor. I saw a comment about Spectrum vs regular as well. I see from Bachmann's website that no Spectrum version is available. Has the problems with gears cracking and such been eliminated with the current version being sold? What other problem are there with the current version?
Thanks
Michael
Setting Car Brakes
Not all my track work is completely level, when spotting a car, how do people "set the brakes" to keep them from rolling away?
Thanks,
Steve
Garden Railways... In winter!?
Everyone with a garden railway has to put up with winter. Some suspend operations untill spring. But what if you want to plow that snow and keep the trains running? What sort of equipment does one use? Should it be commercial, or home made? Will it work? How much snow can it handle?
Painting under frames
I have several Accurail boxcars that I am planning to assemble (L&N, Monon). My question is; I like to paint the weights and under frames before assembling. To be prototypical, what color should I paint them (black, rust, etc.)? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Wabash Freight Cars
Here's a couple of resin Wabash freight cars. WAB 47440 is a Speedwitch automobile boxcar. Easy kit to build as its a one piece body although the individual hand grabs take some patience to drill all the holes for and apply each individually. I believe I counted 34 hand grabs so that's 68 holes!
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