Modeling general discussion

erikclindgren's picture

Happy Thanksgiving Guys

Rushing to the Front Lines! 1941 Daylight blasts past a DOD special priority move of heavy artillery. 

Sources of HO resistor wheelsets?

I'm looking for sources of pre-made HO scale 33" 10K ohm resistor wheelsets — as opposed to wiring my own.

I'm aware of:

Other sources?

Warflight's picture

How big is my Caboose?

Okay, so... in another discussion, someone had mentioned that the Silver Streak bobber caboose was too big.. out of scale... so I'm curious... is it? Or are the RTR's out of scale.

So I have noticed, since building that Silver Streak Bobber, that it's a bit bigger than my Bachmann bobber. (it's actually a combination of two Silver Streaks... sides, ends, and trucks, and a Ya Ol Huff & Puff... steps, though, from what I can tell, a Ye Ol Huff & Puff is the EXACT SAME MODEL as the Walther's Silver Streak, but slightly different trucks)

Bing's picture

G scale standards

Hi everyone

   I maintain two G scale "layouts" in restaurants and find it madding when it comes to couplers. It seems there is no standard, even when made by the same company, as to height from railhead. Is there any place I can find standards for G scale ? Couplers  have such mismatched heights they won't stay together when running. I have had to resort to holding them together with small rubber bands. 

Tank car for fuel oil delivery

What would be good HO tank cars delivery of fuel oil for a customer boiler house for a late 70s/early 80s time period?

Cadmaster's picture

Paint Formula

I am trying to find a formula for the following ATSF paint colors. 

Mineral Brown

Bronze Green

Colonial Yellow

ATSF Shingles

ATSF Historical Society has paint mixes for Floquil, but... So I am looking for option that folks may be using. I have access to True Color, Vallejo or a variety of different craft paints either Hobby Lobby or Wall Mart. The model I am painting is the American Model Builders Santa Fe No.1 Standard Station. Kit # 802 

any help would be appreciated.

Weekly Photo Fun 11/18 - 11/24

Time for a new WPF!  I hope you'll show us what you've been up to, completed or in-progress

CAR_FLOATER's picture

All those empty car and engine boxes

So I'm cleaning up the layout room, and I realize I have a $hit ton of empty Athearn, P2K, Branchline, (the list goes on) of empty boxes for mostly my cars on the layout, but also some engines, too.

Since I'm a bit of a hoarder in the sense that I think "hmm, I may need those one day", my question to the group at large is, "Do you keep yours after you empty them?"

Help needed in Crafton, PA area.

Need help setting up my train layout in our church hall...Crafton Pa for month of December...I'm handicapped and rely on a scooter to get around...thank you...


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