Locos - Rolling stock (general)

new chassis for an old brass Alco S1

Fri, 2012-07-20 09:58 — Papatrain

I bought an old brass Alco S1- gorgeous paint job, but operationally - not really. Has the old drive shaft connecting the trucks and it decines from there. Since the shell is great I figure the easiest fix is to put it on a neww DCC (or DCCC ready engine and away I go.  Has anyone done this and are the any recommendations on the engine to usr? I assume a new S-1 but open to learn from experience. I know the engine may wind up a little taller due to the plastic chassis but I can easily live with that.

 

All help greatly appreciated

I C paint color

Wed, 2012-07-18 16:33 — treelady

Hello All,

In the process of building pushing platform that IC had.  It is #102803.  It is painted gray.  My question is what shade of gray is it? The paints I like to use are Floquil or Scalecoat II.  Any information would be great.  Thanks All.

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F59PH versus F59PHI

Sat, 2012-07-14 08:48 — kirkifer

Has anyone ever scratchbuilt or kitbashed an F59PH ?

It is my understanding that Athearn produces an F59PHI which has a more streamlined cab and flairs around the radiator. Kaslo shops produces a rather expensive resin shell for an F59PH. 

So, for the poor man, has anyone ever taken an F40PH body and a SD60 wide cab and cobbled a convincing model together? Would it or did it work? Photos would be awesome if you have them....

 

 

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The grand quatering discussion

Mon, 2012-07-09 05:14 — DKRickman

I'm starting a new thread to discuss the importance of quartering steam locomotive drivers, both prototype and model.  Pet theories and mechanical realities are welcome to meet and hash out their differences here!  I'll post more, but I wanted a quick introduction to get the thread started.

Forums and Confusing newcomers to the hobby.

Sat, 2012-07-07 09:09 — proto87stores

One of the big problems with forums is the authoritative postings of directly contradictory versions of important facts. surprise Not that this isn't a problem with the Internet in general as well. And lately, even with a major printed MR magazine.

Lincoln Funeral Train

Sun, 2012-07-01 23:51 — RobF

I'm a history buff and especially interested in the American Civil War. Does any know if any manufacturer is planning the release of a Lincoln Funeral Train set? I would love to add this to my collection and I'm sure there are others with a similar interest.

I should add that my reason for asking, other than my interest in the Civil War, is that 2015 will mark the 150th anniversary of the Lincoln assassination and I think that this would be a very collectable sets.

Flattening chemically-warped plastic

Sun, 2012-07-01 17:54 — g0

I picked up a few hopper cars (Bowser 100T types) from a hobby shop's "consignment" shelf.  While I definitely need the car type for my operations, the problem with these cars is that a previous owner used some kind of chemical to glue in the otherwise press-fit weight retainers.  (Probably Testor's cement.  Heck, I used to use that stuff for everything myself!  SPARINGLY, in my case; not so much with these hoppers...)

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Loco Shorts out - Decoder Problem?

Sat, 2012-06-30 23:16 — Scarpia

I am having a problem with a locomotive that I can't reason out, and I'm hoping more experienced minds will have seen it before, or be able to help me track down the issue.

I have an older lifelike GP9 I purchased used. It has a qsi Quantum diesel sound decoder (from what looks like a factory install).

When the unit has it's direction reversed, it shorts out the entire DCC (NCE) system. It has had this problem since I owned it, and it had the same issue on my Easy DCC system, so I do not believe it is related to the control system.


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