Locos - Rolling stock (general)

3 rail Marklin Experts? Need help with restoring

Tue, 2020-08-04 11:57 — Craig Townsend

So I recently inherited some HO scale 3 rail Marklin stuff that is from the 1950' s direct from Germany when my great Uncle was stationed in West Germany.

 

The rail, locomotives and cars all have oxidation from being stored in a airplane hanger all these years. I have a transformer and it looks to be a standard circle of track.

1. What's the best way to remove the oxidation without ruining the models/track?

2. Basic repairs, suggestions before I plug the transformer in and try and run a locomotive?

 

Sources for HO caboose end railings / brake wheels?

Sun, 2020-08-02 07:49 — Mark Mathu

Is anyone aware of companies which makes etched brass caboose end railings / brake wheels in HO scale?

Two friends and I are contemplating creating HO scale models of GB&W's wood bay window cabooses. We're trying to source end railings / brake wheels for the model. One idea is 3D printing (we are going to hire a company to 3D print the basic car body) but we'd also like to explore other materials — especially etched brass — as an option because we think we may achieve better detail that way.

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Midland & Dorchester — N Scale Shelf Layout — July 2020 Update

Sat, 2020-08-01 12:13 — scroteau

Hey all, here's the July update for my little shelf layout. I received a new addition for my arsenal of modeling, fixed a decoder issue in a locomotive, worked on some decals and a few other things!

Thanks for taking a look!

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What's on Your Workbench - August 2020

Sat, 2020-08-01 03:11 — Eric H.

Here we are in August 2020! Share your latest workbench progress. Let's see what you have been building!

Eric

 

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Batches of cars

Fri, 2020-07-31 14:47 — Jeff Johnston

I'm working on some batches of log flats, based on the Tichy flat car kits, for our Sugar Pine Lumber Company layout. Typically I'll be doing about six at a time which is enough to make numerical progress without driving myself crazy.

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36 || What's That? || Unboxing Ten Bev-Bel Boxcars

Fri, 2020-07-31 10:51 — Human.c.ity Junction

In today’s episode of What’s That, I am going to open a package of ten Bev-Bel boxcars that I purchased on eBay.

Growing the fleet

Tue, 2020-07-28 12:05 — Jeff Johnston

We have temporarily paused our layout work to focus on building our log car fleet. It doesn't make much sense to lay all the track and not have enough revenue cars to sustain operation. Fortunately, with just a couple of detail tweaks and additions, the Tichy HO scale flat cars are dead ringers for the Pacific Car & Foundry log flats used by the Sugar Pine Lumber Company but lettered for that operation's common-carrier division, the Minarets & Western Railway.

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Santa Fe Denver Connection: More Info?

Fri, 2020-07-24 07:34 — DRGW_488_Fan

I am a big-time Santa Fe fan (*everyone else looks confused, reads my username a second time and gives me a funny look*) and I heard that Walthers is releasing a new version of the Santa Fe Super Chief (i.e.


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