I had enough backorders to at least cover my up-front etching costs, so despite that I said that I would not rerun these kits until Atlas reran...
I think you made the right call to go slightly small, but that 5th axle is probably going to make you a little crazy, either powered by rods or...
With some of the micro chassis out there you can do it - I've done a working Burro crane that runs really well as well as my Trackmobile - but if...
I can't say enough good things about Dirk's tenders. He mixes the best materials properties and purchased parts rather than trying to make...
I've got a bunch of Peco C55 electrofrogs in my industrial track sidings, also on my logging modules. Most of mine are either solenoids or...
When I do get a shell off that is held on by 'dimples', and it is as notoriously difficult to remove as many LL and Atlas, I take my moto tool...
As long as you are aware that the drive shaft wants to come out when you remove the trucks, it's no big deal. I tore a lot of these down,...
Kato's US product is 1:160 across the board. You'd have to go all the way back to the Kato production for Con-Cor to even be suspect. But their...
Now, if you ask me what MY favorite locomotive is.... it's hard to pick, but if there is a 'signature locomotive' on my ATSF layout, it is the...
Way back about 1983 when I was designing the layout I found there was an oil storage facility with a spur in it at Flagstaff; clear visible on...
Here's an old shot of mine, but it does show off the best feature - it's right against a front-reflective mirror, and you really have to study it...
I can't give an 'upvote' to Kirk here, but I can certainly show off one of the tenders - which made my old 'junker Jamco' 3400-class into a 12x12...
I've got 11" curves on hidden track only and I'd never want to go sharper than that for a variety of reasons for anything bigger than a portable...
Given the operative word here is 'small' I'm thinking in the 2x4 or HCD range so you need a four-axle unit, really. Not that you can't get a...
That purina plant on the east side (which predated my era) is a big shipper. I distinctly remember several years ago looking at it from Google...
You mentioned the research and that's more than true. The original 1973 shots I got from a model railroader living in Flagstaff photobombed the...
The current depot is two full 'generations' removed from what I'm modeling. When I saw it, it had tan shingles and white trim, like this: [IMG]...
Over time, I've replace just about every structure on the layout with scratchbuilds of the actual structures in Flagstaff and Winslow AZ as they...
About 1880 the technology was developed to use the raw natural gas from the wells to power a single gas 'hit or miss' engine of about 2-5hp that...
Those of you at Altoona may have seen the "Jamison" module wondering what I was up to. It's taken me weeks to get all four oil rigs built out of...
