Diesel locos
Chessie System Vermillion
Hi, I am modeling Chessie Systems Locomotives. I was wondering if anyone knows where I can get Vermillion colored decal sheets so I can cut my own width of stripes. I prefer waterslide not stickers. I would even consider paint (not air spray) Thank you for your time.
Chippewa gets its first locomotive
I have been in modeling for some time but my road never had its own locomotives. Plenty of cars but ran UP locos. Part of this was due to not having a paint scheme I liked.
Since I grew up in Wisconsin I liked both the CNW and SOO. I decided to paint the locos in SOO off white but eliminate the bloody nose. I also decided that the original logo was a bit dated. I ran across the Delmarva Central Carload Express logo and liked it. I made a variation of the logo for the Chippewa.
Speed matching locos. a challenge
I have an F& set of Athern Genesis locos both with Tsunami sound decoders. They were, sometime in the past working well as a consist. After a longish period of inactivity I started to run the again. They aren't close to running together. The A unit starts moving quickly at speed step 1 on my NCE system with the SB5 booster. The B unit doesn't budge until speed step 5 and has a slower acceleration rate. Obviously i did something wrong so I used CV 30 to clear and reprogram the the decoders. Everything relating to speed is the same and yet the problem persists.
Varney’s peculiar “L’il Raskal”
Yesterday, I briefly paid visit to an antique store I hadn’t dropped by in quite some time. The prices there can be anywhere from brilliant to horrendous. Generally, if you want to get something for a reasonable price, look for stuff without a price tag on it. Anyhow, while exploring, I came across a little pile of HO trains sitting on a shelf- and since there wasn’t much I’d seen so far, I figured I’d just as well look at them.
Relco MOW in HO scale - part 2
In January of this year, I came across an article Running Extra where this train was modeled in N scale using 3D printing. In the article, the author gave the name of the person and the fact that you could purchase these models on Etsy. As I do a lot of 3D printing, I contacted this individual to see if he could provide an HO scale version and if that wasn’t possible, drawings of the cars. It ended up that he could do neither but told me that most of the information came from pictures and videos he got online.
Need scenicking ideas for this spot; update.
I'll be putting grass everywhere this shot up to the edges of the banks. but this spot next the the trailer, I'm encountering a creative block. A dried out pond? Brush? A pile of junk?
Jammed gearbox
My first loco - a Life Like Proto 2000 GP9/18 which I have picked away at over the years to make more prototypical-ish - ran like a dream on both DC and DCC until two days ago. Since I have never had a layout until recently, it has had perhaps a couple of dozen metres of running, total.
So the other day, testing it between wiring in the speaker and adding the lights, it just stopped dead, buzzing. Reversing it took it a little distance, then stopped again. If I lift one end so the truck idles in the air, it jumps once per rotation.
Variety of Small Motor/Drive Units
A few years ago I was looking at various small loco drive units that have existed in the past,...and newer modifications that folks have applied to them. If I recall properly I was wondering how one might repower/redrive little docksider steam locos, and more recently what could be done to those athearn hustlers.
Turns out I had found this discussion that including a number of these different locos. I thought others might find theses discussions of interest?
Included Parts in 20-year old Athearn Locomotives
A quick question for you Old Heads out there:
I'm trying to sell two 20 year old Athearn diesel locomotives. I think they are both new old stock. But looking in the boxes there are no add-on parts like handrails or brake cylinders. There are a couple of wires that look like they may be handrails. But there is a list of these kind of parts under a sidebar to the exploded parts diagram labeled "Additional Parts."
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