The early shell will also fit. Also, you can cut the nose down to 88" so its no longer a snoot.
I haven't had to do it yet, but I've heard of people coloring the back of the sheet with a black marker also
Have you checked out Royale Models? https://www.royalemodels.com/Shop/1940s-50s-Cattle-trailer-based-on-an-old-Freuhoff-trailer-2-Pack#wbs1
If you plan on only going Friday and Saturday, those days are typically open to the public. I did that same thing when it was in Salt Lake a few...
For a smaller run, I'd look at Circus City. I believe the minimum run for Microscale is 200 sheets
But to the original question of this old thread, I'm mostly freight, in my era and location, there's 2 Amtrak trains a day, one in each direction,...
They did, and most of the fluting was just bolted to the sides, the BN executive colors were so nice and elegant. I've heard it referred as...
Like the others said, just swap out the light board
Yep, and all of the BN ordered GP50s had 5 seats in the cab, so BN 3110-3162, just the last 5 had the extended cab, which gave the crew room for...
Different programs, 1965 was to add space for additional crew members for when cabooses were removed, but trains still had 5 person crews.
One of the best resources, however not a single location, would be reaching out to the various railroad historical societies. Since minuteman...
From everything I've seen/read, you'll need to mill the sides of the Kato mech down to fit an IM shell. The IM is scale width and Kato is a hair...
Unless BNSF changed the mother units, only one of the TEBUC-6s had an SD40-2 as the mother, the rest were SD38-2s or SD38Ps, which were rebuilt...
I'd agree with the printing the box, just for the extra "strength." As for the style, the 1015 is the most common/popular, as it is also the same...
Hypothetically, what all trucks/couplers etc would you need? I keep watching this and think if I were to do it, I'd want 5-6 cars.
I saw that on a mailing list I am on. But San Juan car shops still has ALM core kits, you just need to call to place an order
Just an FYI, but most N scalers consider the NSE meet as the N Scale Convention. This is the Altoona N Scale Weekend
These NEVER had motors, they were display items sold by Reader's Digest and pop up all the time in N scale sale pages and ebay.
GN/BN also used air repeater cars, BN built a new fleet of them in the 80s using 50' boxcars to replace the older 40' cars built by GN. They also...
However the OP is also talking about the GS4, so as mentioned, two different trains. Too bad you guys don't model in N scale, as the AFT was...