Locos - Rolling stock (general)

stokesda's picture

Athearn C44-9W (Dash 9) Detailing Project Update

This week I have been mixing paint and installing traction motor cables...

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New lights, weathering heights (and lows)

Took care of some things this weekend.

Leo Starrenburg's picture

Rubber Band Stamp

just ordered a 4 band rubber stamp with 0 to 9 digits and a pad with quick drying white ink.

With so much rolling stock to number I thought I'd give it a go, see how it works out, total investment about $25.

The stamp looks a bit like this, digit height is 1/8", will post pictures when I get the stamp.

 

cheers, Leo

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What's a 13' Turn?

Hi,

I'm thinking about to buy the Zephyr Kato N 106090-2 Chicago Burlington and Quincy EMD E5A and Silver Streak. I asked a dealer about the minimum radius and he answered: "The minimum radius is a 13' turn as the tightest turns possible for this set." In Germany we measure the radius in millimeters and I would have understood an answer in inches. But what does a 13' turn mean? 13 ft? That's about 4 meters, that can't be what he means.

Regards,
Stefan

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Detailing an Athearn SP C44-9W (Dash 9)

I've been a subscriber of the MRH site since the beginning, and have enjoyed all the great articles and tips found here. I just started a new project, so I thought it was a good excuse to start a blog about my own modeling experience.

More to follow ...

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Extreme Diesel Weathering has nothing on THIS

On September 21, 2009, Peachtree Creek decided that it wanted to branch out and see the world.  Part of that world was my basement.  I did get most of my HO-Scale rolling stock out of harm's way before the waters reached us, but a lot stayed down there.

It took nearly three days to pump out the basement. Here is one G-Guage Bachmann 4-6-0 that got unearthed from the muck once we got in there to clean up.  I'd say that she's an example of REAL extreme weathering!

Leo Starrenburg's picture

Trolley to Coach

I won a bunch of Bachmann On30 trolleys on eBay, they'll end up as coaches behind a Porter or Forney loco. Removed the mechanism and put in a wee subframe to hold archbar trucks. The wheelsets are not the original On30 size, but H0 replacements:

The car drops about a ¼", looks better imho ...

 


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