Zinc Pest causes cracks in the casting. From your picture I would say they are just dirty, I don't see any cracks.
Warren, what we have is the first generation power kit made by NWSL for the Keystone kit. The links I posted above are for the second generation...
Many collectors that I know are removing the newer kadee and mchenry style couplers and replacing them with the old horn hook couplers, so you may...
thanks a lot Warren. I will see what I can do with this.
Warren, that would be helpful, then I can compare them to what I have. Thank you very much. This is the power kit that I was expecting and that I...
Well that looks something like the motor that was in my kit. What was confusing me was that during all my research on this kit and powering it,...
This build has been put on hold for awhile. Upon unpacking the contents of the kit, the motor setup that was included was not the one designed to...
The white metal is too soft too soft to solder (for my skills at least). I am going to be using JB Weld, mainly for its gap filling capability and...
Bill, thanks so much for the offer. I have the instructions with the kit but as you know they don't always cover everything. I have read that...
I just received the above mentioned kit along with the NWS repower kit with Sagami can motor. Information is scarcer than hen's teeth on building...
While reading in the library (you all know what that is) I came across an article in an old issue Canadian Railway Modeller about detailing a...
Not on the work bench but fresh off it. Something I just bashed together from a Roundhouse 3 in 1 Kit. The MOW flat car with load. Barrels from...
I went to the Syracuse, NY Train Show last weekend (Nov. 5 & 6, 2016) and picked up this engine. It's old but had never been run. [IMG]
I don't have a functioning layout so, at the moment, all my pleasure comes from buying junkers and getting them back into respectable operating...
I was camping this past weekend and went to the local town to their train show. I got this Aristocraft/Newone 2-8-2 for the ridiculous price of...
