What cars are these.? Any photos? John Armstrong ... From: orangegarage To: nscaletraction@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 11:20 AM Subject:...
Seems to me the LifeLike PA chassis would be a logical starting point...it had (IIRC) a plastic frame in its earlier form which would be easy to adjust the...
The truck wheelbase of the PA is incorrect. The old plastic PA chassis could be modified by extending the trucks out a bit and trimming down the lead weaights....
Neil, That sounds cool in the photos I have seen, there is a lot of single track through my cities, so maybe some plans for double track and single track in...
Good evening. I don't have any photos from my collection at hand but found some great ones online at rrpicturearchives.net. Hopefully this link will work: ...
Wouldn't you also have to deal with the "fuel tank" if you're modifying an old diesel ... most everyone uses that bottom bulge to add weight to their chassis. ...
I think the Kato and Tomix street track is better suited to a modern LRV system, all sleek and new. For old school stuff you probably have to make your own...
Good observation; yes you would. The EP5 shells available on Shapeways include the underbody of the EP5 as part of the basic model. When I modified the Trix...
Hi Chris, I checked out your GO Transit modeling blog, and wanted to say thanks for posting the notice about the CN MUs. Wanted to let you know that if your...
Could you explain your "toy like" objection? Were the tracks that you saw sceniced or just sitting on the table with buildings next to it? The Tomix Street...
Hello again. I just placed my order for one of the MU cars a few minutes ago. I chose to have it printed using "Frosted Ultra Detail". The only other product I...
WOO HOO Thanks Mike!!! Dave Mummery http://27squaresof220ing.blogspot.com/ http://tractionmadness.blogspot.com/ Sent from my U.S. Cellular BlackBerry®...
I'm sending this to the PRR N scale list, PRR Modeling list and N scale traction Yahoo groups, with hopes of some kind of useful response. ;-). As a personal...
When you say "I have a bunch of the admittedly awful Bachmann cars to work with for bodies as a starting point." are you talking about Amfleet cars or do you...
I may be wrong about this but I've heard that the Kato cars are a different generation of the cars and have very different siding and details. Do you have any...
You want a Metroliner shell in N? I have the original Budd info for them to do a potential CAD drawing. I was thinking off and on about it until Walthers...
OK, I'm getting ready to lay track on the traction portion of my layout...(yay! finally!) On the mainline portion (Steam, diesel) I've added superelevation to ...
I would think it would depend on how fast the cars are going. Under 30 forget it. Over 45 probably. On May 26, 2012, at 10:47:47 PM, "Alex M. Postpischil"...
Mike, I've been doing much the same, of retrofitting the Kato RDC mech to the old B'mann metroliner shells of yesteryear. I wouldn't mind some new RP-printed...
just found this web site and thought some of you with the backing (READ MONEY!) would like to try this > http://store.makerbot.com/replicator.html< it's sorta...
Pete, there are a number of these 3D extrusion printers getting really inexpensive these days -- prices plummeting really! the good news is the cost of the...
... we tried one at the shop[ and the results were rather crude. It produces a heavily rippled surface which takes a lot of work to make acceptable. It was...
Thanks for all the replies! Once again cross-posting responses from/to three groups, if I might be allowed... ... Jake, I think I will do fine with the Kato...
At speed, yes. I have a book on the Texas Electric with a photo of an interurban at speed, banking a curve under another trestle. If my scanner hadn't died,...
Alex, If you'll email me directly, I'll send you a few Tx Electric pictures I photo'ed from the book. Best I can do with no scanner available. I'd post them...
Hi ChicagoNW (sorry, don't know your name), Thanks for your note. What I saw were online photos and Youtube videos. It is fair to say that those did not...
I use the older add on pieces so tighter almost invisible seams are on my layout. The brick pattern also helps hide them too. Also remember that the concrete...
