Hi, My name is Dave Watters, I live in the US state of Ohio. I have been in model railroading for too many years to remember. Mainly large scale 1:20.3 and...
... Welcome David, good to meet you. The trolley mode is endlessly fascinating to many of us here, although you may have to be creative and lean toward being...
... From: "David Watters" <Wattersedge8@...> ... I live in England, and I'm sticking with 1/20 and 16mm live steam, and won't ever have overhead trolleys....
What would be a good material to simulate the roof covering of an Interurban? I am scratch building a larger scale model of a Lake Shore coach. As old...
... Hello, Dennis; On my interurban cars (in O-scale) I used facial tissue ("Kleenex") laid over a thin coat of white ("Elmer's) glue. When I sold the cars ...
Yep, I second the opinion of kleenex tissue paper. I just finished a box car roof and the texture is perfect for roofs like this. The tissue paper needs to be...
I appreciate the reply. I've got a La Belle O scale car under construction and the suggestions will apply directly. Also, I took the wood pieces from the kit,...
Dennis, Nice work on that interurban. Is it of wood? I use styrene for my projects. Always wanted to do a PCC, Streetcar or interurban myself but trucks were...
The prototype cars likely used a fairly coarse and stiff grade of canvas duck. In our large scales, has anyone tried fine woven cloth like 300 count sheets or...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the largescaleTrolley group: To recap for those that are new to the list, for the last three years we...
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Mar 12, 2008 10:46 pm
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... I have worked on a prototype X 23 boxcar that is part of the collection at the Illinois Railway Museum. That car has a sheet metal roof, so I wonder if...
... On a ... I used really fine grit emory cloth on the roof of the boxmotor. Used grimy black paint when the glue was dried.Looks like painted canvas. Or...
I have used facial tissue for many years for texture on various items. I've even covered the clothed portions of scale figures to get a fabric texture. And I...
My friend Roy makes freelance models from high quality beautifully printed card. http://www.locolines.net/Locomotives.htm A rather distinctive taste, but may...
Is there anyone here that owns one of these vintage trolleys models and if so, can you advise how, short of disassembly, I might access the Track power /...
Hi Al; I run some of them. Without getting one out to look at it to be sure, if I remember right, you squeeze on both sids of the clearesory roof about in...
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Mar 16, 2008 4:52 am
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Hi Al It is not necessary to dis assemble the tram as such. The clestory roof section is only clipped in so if you put a screwdriver under one end you can pop...
Dan & Greg - Thanks to both of you. It came off as described but not without applying far more pressure than I would have ever been willing to do without your...
... Yes, it has. As a reminder, the POLL for info on the possible LST meet over the Fourth of July weekend will soon be closing. VERY FEW have responded,...
... I'm looking forward to it, even with the $4+ a gallon gasoline! I finally got out into the garden today. The weather has been either rain or snow and it's...
Bob I would absolutely love to come to the LST meet and meet many of you folks but July 4th is a significant family event for my in-laws and I would assume...
The following largescaleTrolley poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: To recap for those that are new to the list, for the last three...
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Mar 27, 2008 7:49 am
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... I can understand your situation perfectly. All should be clear that this is NOT a big show with dealers in a convention hall. More of an informal...
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