You’re making me want to get my Shay kit back out and finish it. Looking very nice. Rick H.
Evening everyone, Is there a good shop that does work on older Fleischman locomotives? I have several but one that I bought new in about 1974...
Thank you, it had been an uphill ride.
B. Those are a favorite of mine. Rick H
Evening everyone, Santa stopped by the shop today to see how his new locomotive is progressing. It still needs a bit of paint work but he seems...
Afternoon everyone, Probably no one believes it but I do keep coming here to try and keep current. Since I don’t have a lot to say I don’t say...
This is an interesting thread and has brought out some strong opinions. Personally I enjoy seeing graffiti on rail cars because there are more...
Interesting, one of my RC flying buddies is also a serious plastic modeler. He put the money into a good airbrush and compressor and it makes a...
Evening everyone, Here’s another oldie that doesn’t work. It’s a switcher that I recall from the 60’s. It is stamped Yugoslavia in small letters...
I finally took all three to a friends house for paint. He’s a serious modeler, warbirds mostly, and has a huge supply of paint types and colors....
Thanks Mike. I finally got time to test a couple of these seriously and it was a let down. First was one of the Nickel Plate units. Power to the...
Evening everyone, I’ve mentioned around here somewhere that I recently purchased three brass locomotives, one from Hallmark and two Nickel Plate...
Evening everyone, A few weeks ago I picked up a few diesel brass locomotives. One is a Halmark and I was told here that those are almost...
I’ve got some good Bachman and several Fleischman that I’m happy with. Also Trix, Piko and Marklin. I actually got a tour in the Marklin factory...
It looks like Scalecoat is out of business. Ran into something called Trucolorpaint.com so we’ll see. Rick H
Not sure, I’m not familiar with them. I’ll see what I can find, thanks.
This is what happens when I use an I phone instead of a camera. Looks like I was drunk. Maybe I should have been…. Rick H
[ATTACH] It worked out pretty well, I bought a spray can paint stripper from Walmart and the first application took off 90% of the paint in 15...
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Evening everyone, I recently picked up a brass Hallmark locomotive. I don’t recall which one and it’s out in the shop but it has the most awful...
