Locos - Rolling stock (general)
Help with a Walthers Hot Metal Bottle Car
After a long time searching, I finally found two Walthers hot metal bottle kits at a hobby shop near my son's house. I would like to put an orange light into the cars to stimulate the molten steel. I was thinking of installing a battery and an on/off switch to operate the lights. Please let me know if any of you have any ideas or have successfully tried this on your own cars. Electronics is not my strong suit.
Also, I don't know the best way to simulate the accumulated crude that in found near the opening where the steel would be poured.
My N Scale journey - Part 2 - some industry research
Hi again,
As mentioned in my previous (and first) blog entry, my 5.5 x 2.5 N scale layout isn't prototypical, however it is my plan to create a themed Scottish layout and try to stay true to this as far as possible.
BLI PRR I1sa with QSI
Hello: Using DCS50, JMRI with SPROG2. I had purchased the subject loco about 10 or more yrs ago. It was placed on a club layout, 03 changed to 4538/loco number. Ran a little. Lights, bell, whistle all worked. Put back in box. Sat for 10+ years. Took out of box, set on pt. JMRI shows short circuit. PT is a siding that I can switch back and forth with OPS & DIR/PAGE. Loco sits on that track. Switch to main and loco lights, bell, whistle and runs. On 4538. On 03, it just lights, but nothing else. i.e. Power gets to the loco on main.
Reviewing old, old posts, whether here or elsewhere
I've noticed on a number of different forms at various sites that there is a tendency for some readers to do a search on a topic, find an old thread, and then resurrect it with a new comment. Sometimes, especially where the original topic was dealing with ageless stuff like prototype operations, prototype equipment, or even benchwork or model operating system approaches, it's great to see these things resurface. It's like wandering in the woods and finding a shiny coin or a historical marker you had no idea existed.
Need advice for future project once I level my scale modelling skills.
Hello everyone,
This is my first post, and decided to join the forums after hearing about the magazine. I am a beginner in the hobby after my interest was rejuvenated so I am starting out by assembling model freight car kits and figuring out where to go next.
HO Domtar 1001 Custom Paint
As promised, my Domtar 1001 photos. I finished this unit in late July as custom work for a buddy that is now modeling CN in central Wisconsin. This engine will be used to operate the Domtar paper plant at Nekoosa.
Used a BLI NW2, which represents a late production EMD NW2. Seen in some of the exposures is my BN 14, an NW2 that BN rebuilt and called it an NW-12. Note the difference in the taper of the hood down to the front windows of the cab. The BN unit represents an early build NW2.
Truck and wheelset painting
There are as many ways to paint trucks and wheelsets as there are modelers. I've seen people use special jigs to avoid painting the needle point axle ends or wheel treads, or even masking the journal bearing surface to avoid painting it. Those methods are functional but are way too much work for me.
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