I model in HO but, my wife collects N scale and has an HOn3 train set for Christmas. Jim
Hello Fotheringill, I've never stripped the paint off of a building, but I have used Chameleon Paint stripper on locomotives that have glued on...
Sorry Summerman, but there is no plug for the decoder. The decoder comes with a clip on every wire. Each wire is color coded and the...
Thanks Tom, That makes sence about the color of the light being a little on the yellow side. Why else would IM deliberately paint the led if not...
Hello everyone, My wife got me an Intermountain AC-12 Cab-forward for Christmas, with a little suggestion from me. The unit runs and sounds...
Hello Jack28, I had the same problem with my 2 shays. Backmann sent me all 3 trucks for both of my shays and they all had cracked gears. I...
Hey Revnjeff, The correct decoder for the older Blue Box Athearn SW1500 is the Digitrax DH163AT. I saw a video on how to install this decoder and...
Hey Flash Blackman, I also thought it was weird that atlas is selling athearn, but they are! Check out atlas' site, most of the 19.99 sw1500 are...
5 15/16" x 10 1/8" Jim
Hi everyone, Just took advantage of Atlas's summer sale and purchased 3 Athearn BB SW1500s. I haven't received them yet, but was wondering if...
Here are 2 pix of the shays I've been talking about. I'm still waiting for the paint to dry so I can decal and weather these puppies. Jim
Watash, I'll try and take some pictures tomorrow. The two little shays are painted but, not decalled or weathered yet. Jim
Hello Watash, Yes, those are tiny gears and brittle. I completely disassembled both of mine cleaned everything and re-painted it adding a few...
Watash, I was talking about the Bachmann Spectrum HO 3-truck shay, Sorry! Jim
The gears from NWSL are not brass or plastic, I think the material is white metal or sometimes refered to as pot metal. Instructions are included...
Hello Lexon, I just got my 2 sets of gears from NWSL yesterday. The gears are a little hard to install but once they are on the shays are as...