Tom, I seem to have a problem viewing the images. Just displays message "403 Forbidden". Odd as I am a member of Train Board and signed in.
Tad, The Life-Like USRA style steel caboose is easy to lower. You need to convert the couplers to body mount. File the bolster down to lower the...
Decals in N scale are available on that place by the bay. K4_pacific does a set for EMD GP unit. Enough on one sheet to letter 2 locomotives....
Guys, Thanks for this posting about Micro-Trains early cars. I was sure that I had one of the GTW Boxcars. Pulled out my storage trays and there...
Regarding the photo of the White 7400 posted by greatdrivingmiles. It is taken in Australia. The White is on historic lisence plates "41005H". The...
Graff, The RGS flat car #0616, did you build this, convert from Blackstone model? Gary
To Wings & Strings, You may not be aware that Romford/Markits make axles for HOn3. Their catalog number is MRAX/HOn3. Quantity of 1 equals two...
Jay, Only too pleased to help someone to avoid the problems that I ran into. That is part of the culture at Trainboard. I got interested in the...
Jay, Try Microscale 60-786. This set is in yellow and all the lettering that you require for your M&STL gas electric. A few other sources for...
Interesting subject. For many years I used Testors Dullcote. The trick with Dullcote is to warm the can be sitting the can in hot water or leaving...
John, Thanks for the update on your layout. Really impressive work. What was the "home made traction tire" that you have on your Life Like...
Long trains... I am a member of the Hills Model Railway Society located in Sydney, Australia. The club has a portable N scale layout that we keep...
Minitrix FM Switcher Another solution possibly. One of the members of my club in Australia is fitting an Atlas VO1000 chassis under his FM shell....
Spookshow, It might just be the angle the photo was taken at but it looks like the bottom magnet has moved away from the case. Is the magnet...
PiperguyUMD, There have been two plans published. A very good plan was published in the June 2006 edition of Mainline Modeler on pages 40 and 41....
Jerry, I found your passenger cars site some years back. It is a goldmine of information on passenger cars. I just keep finding stuff on this...
2slim, For number boards I have been using Microsoft Excel. Font for UP locos is "Trebuchet", size I use is 20pt. I cut the decal film into 4" x...
Brian, Great to see someone wanting to do Mopac PA and passenger train. The decals from Microscale will fit the PA. Mopac passenger car decals are...
Swissboy, There is one other CONX tank car that seems to have escaped some attention, CONX 6. This has a wood frame and is very similar to CONX 5....
John, How long has this construction taken you? You seem to have an impressive collection of NKP equipment. The locomotive in your video clip, is...
