Locos - Rolling stock (general)
What approach for the final touch?
The final touch I need to do on this C424, is to move the red painted area back to where I put the masking tape to be like its prototype, but the red area has already been weathered and I need to blend it somehow by painting it. Probably use an airbrush?
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Downsizing My Empire: How I Shrank from a Midsize to a Small Switching Layout in the Same Basement
This is a forum post showing how I went about reducing the size of my HO scale model railroad layout. The process took a little over a year, required a lot of thought and planning, and now I feel that I am at the right size that matches my lifestyle. At the same time, I decided to adjust my model railroad prototype while keeping the central theme. I’ll explain everything that went into this and show what the layout looks now. I hope this post shows that you don’t need a large layout for your dream layout and that small layouts can be fun to build and operate as well.
HoN3 / HoN30 Dual gauge track
A couple of questions:
- Is Blackstone the only company that makes HON3 gauge (DCC) equipment.
- Is micro engineering the only manufature on Dual gauge HO/HON3
- How easy is it to convert Bachmann HON30 to HON3.
- Does any one make dual gauge H0/HON30 track / switches
Weathering projects
Been working on a couple of rolling stock projects lately trying to improve my weathering skills. Pics in following post
Suggestions for modeling an Amtrak 50' "short" baggage car
All,
I'm interested in making a model of an Amtrak 1300-series baggage car, which were a little unusual because they were converted from US Army kitchen cars and only 50' long. Here's an example:
After poking around I could only find mention of one company ever making a kit (Train Station Products), but it seems to be long out of production and not common on the used market.
Athearn Genesis First Responder SD60E w/Loksound
Just installed a 21 pin Loksound Select into this SD60E with an ESU speaker. Easiest installation ever - literally plug and play. Sounds great too. Just thought I'd share.
Oh, No! Busted white metal - need suggestions
I have this MDC or similar caboose with a cast metal floor. In disassembly, the floor broke... pretty neatly almost in the middle.
I'm looking for a suitable repair, and expect to do one of these, but am soliciting ideas that worked for others before embarking on a last-chance fix.
Repair proposal 1: Epoxy and wood. Simply size and shape a layer of wood to fit and epoxy it to the flat interior surface. This is the simplest and most likely approach.
Westwood passenger car kits
Does anyone know the history of Westwood passenger car kits? I recently purchased one on E-bay and a date of 1969 is hand written on the instruction sheet. I thought the kits came out in the 1970's. Also does anyone have tips on assembling these kits? I'm thinking scribed styrene could be used to replace the scribed wood that comes in the kit. I have assembled their kit for a CP shorty business car over 30 years ago and it was a challenge to build with both plastic and wooden parts and no truly good adhesive at the time.
Robert
I want to do a "Jim Six" on this kit.
I'm determined to weather this kit to look like the superb job Jim Six has done on Accurail kits.
C&O Greenbrier branch circa late 1950s : Railcar #9055 Ops question
Dear C&O Greenbrier Branch fans,
Ok, here's some for the brains trust:
- On the Greenbrier branch (Ronceverte to Durbin, via Cass), was Brill railcar 9055 _typically_ shuttled back/forth (and therefore did some running "tail first"),
OR
Was 9055 _strictly_ turned at each end of its return-runs (IE 9055 _always_ ran "head/cab first")?
- Was 9055 ever (however commonly or otherwise) run with a sister Brill coupled "tail to tail"? (IE run with "a cab at either end", thus avoiding any need to be turned?)
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