Great looking tender. You are doing an excellent job. I am curious about which of the rivet sheets and sizes you are using.
Mike, thanks for the reply. I will try your suggestion. As for as Dcc applications go, I e-mailed Lenz and TCS about using their decoders with...
Does anyone know how to separate a Faulhaber coreless dc motor from its gearhead assembly? I obtained a 1519 motor with gearhead and don't know...
Joe, maybe this is really a track issue. Consider: The Challenger is a long wheelbase loco and the F's are much shorter. With the S-curves and...
Actually, to me, it looks like a great crop of tobacco. I am modelling SW Virginia in the 1940's and tobacco was THE cash crop in the area....
For those of you who have tried painting traction tires on drivers using the plastic tool dip stuff, please give us an update. Can you get an...
Buy a new worm from NWSL. That's what I do with a RR motors. I don't even try to remove the worms from the motors. The NWSL worms are much...
I have two of the Southern DL-109 but have not been able to run them yet due to a recent move. They are beautiful units and have a split-frame...
I have purchased Spectrum USRA tenders and tender truck assemblies from Bachmann in the past. Since these are taken from locomotives sent in for...
I have several F unit Hallmark engines and they have beautifully made shells. They will run great except for two problem areas. The first is the...
Where are you guys finding #90 drill bits? I have never seen them for sale anywhere. I would certainly like to acquire about 2 dozen of them....
My CC DL-109 is a good runner, but it is several scale feet too short. CC used the PA chassis and the DL-109 body was compressed to fit the PA...
Thanks for the information everyone. I wanted some phase I units so I guess I may have to bash some. Thanks.
I have not seen one of the Kato F3A phase I bodyshells. Are there three portholes on the side or 2portholes as on the phase II units. Thanks for...
Pete Nolan, thanks for your reply. I have contemplated making it from some extra Kato parts that I have around which might work. Also making...
The part is a plastic one so the magnet idea is not possible. I have vacuumed the are twice using a cloth over the hose of my shopvac, I have...
While trying to reconnect the eccentric rod to the valve hanger of a MRC/Rowa 2-8-8-2 , the valve motion pivot made a break for freedom. It...
The exact dimensions on the boards are the finish dimensions of the 1X3, etc. A 1X3 is really 3/4" X 2 1/2", a 1X4 is 3/4" X 3 1/2", etc. The...
Southern's only SD-7 was ex-CG 201 renumbered to #197 on June 1, 1982 and had a builder's date of May, 1953. ex-CG SD-9 units #202-207 had...
I am not sure which of the NWSL wheelsets that the LL units need, but you go to their website and click on "Product Announcements" , then look at...
