I like NG&SLG. I made the guy at the LHS run a shay for me. Oh man, It's a nice little loki. then I looked at all the wood train car kits and found a gilpin style caboose. Of course Grandtline makes gilpin tram ore cars. I can feel the dark force getting stronger.... ::::Must control spending:::: ::::Must control spending:::: ::::Must control spending:::: ::::Must control spending:::: ::::Must control spending:::: lol
Luke. Luke, you must give in to the Dark Side....... Just think of how much you'd lean to one side, were there too much money ever in your wallet. All that weight could be bad for your health! Spend! Spend quickly!!! OK. So I'm not much help.... Boxcab E50
Oh man, I have to be honest about my life these days. I really really regret getting married. Before marriage I was on a hog wild buying spree with my train stuff. Now I am married and my wife holds the purse strings. Life has never been so bleak. lol I'm afraid the loki will have to wait a year or two, but it's fun to day dream. I can always do research too.
Don't feel bad. That's what I'm doing here. Too many bills right now. One of these days.... Boxcab E50
Boxcab, Would these work? http://www.hon3.com/rollingstock.htm http://smokymountainmodelworks.com/Boxcars%20On3%20&%2030.htm http://www.remsmodels.com/OKits.htm http://hometown.aol.com/on30resinkits/freight.html I think the Bachmann cars hold alot of kitbash potential, but there's alot of stuff out there to be modified or peintedup differently. I'm after this kind model. Thankfully the kit is only 10.00$ list. Of course with trucks and couplers they still come out around 25-30.00$ [ October 30, 2005, 12:39 AM: Message edited by: traingeekboy ]
Geeky- Stevens Creek had some nice flat car kits in HOn30. Unfortunately, he's one of those who does a limited run/one time run. So you've got to grab it, or do without forever. I remember Dallas Mallerich from when he was in high school. Long ago. Maybe 25 years back. He was always building stuff in N. Quite talented. BVM is interesting. Especially the loco conversions. Wish his freight cars were not so whimsical. Had not previously seen the REM's line. Those look very good. Will need to explore that site in depth! Boxcab E50
I'm hoping this is the place to ask this question. My dad turned me on to On30 since I like "O" but also have HO as well. I have not seen any On30 items next to an O. But my dad says they are the same, only that On30 runs on HO track. Are the On30 Engines and rolling stock the same size as an equivelant O, or would it be smaller? Thanks. D'
On30 is the same size as O. The obvious difference, is gauge between the rails. Some On30 engines and rolling stock will appear to be smaller. But is actually in scale. If you are familiar with prototype railroads, just picture the difference between a 4' 8&1/2" gauge company, side by side with a narrow gauge such as a (24" between rails) Maine Two Footer. They're still the same physical scale. Or perhaps just picture a small industrial switcher, next to an SD90MAC. Same scale. Just different designs, for different purposes. Hope you aren't thoroughly confused now... Boxcab E50
Welcome to Trainboard Dobrag. If you look at all the posts on this narrow gauage section you will find that there is lots of info and links about On30. This thread alone should have plenty of links from Boxcab and myself as we were both starting to explore the idea of On30 stuff. I assume you understand the difference between Narrow and standard gauges. The difference between HO and On30 is the actual scale. Yes the gauge is the same for both types of trains. Radius for On30 seems to be fairly flexible depending on what you plan on running.
I had posted this somehwhere else but no one seemed to think it was interesting, perhaps the NG folks will like it: http://www.geocities.com/mark_the_train_brain/hint/hints2.htm I think the use of white glue for rivets, though I have heard of it before, is still really good.
I use 10 minute epoxy applied with a dull pin point. I can get better control of smaller rivets than with white glue. Plus I find white glue makes a flatter rivet because it shrinks when drying where epoxy retains its shape better while it cures. The down side is you have to mix up a lot of small batches to do a lot of rivets.
Well, it may be about nothing in particular.... But it's been fun touching on various aspects of On30, and more about narrow gauges. modeling and other. Boxcab E50
Thanks!!! I greatly appreciate the feedback and have been attempting to read through the Narrow Guage forums. What magazines are recommended? I have two issues of the Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette and I really like the articles. What other Mags are good for Narrow Guage (and more specifically) On30? Thanks again for the welcome and the info. D'
sorry, I just had to rename this because I started it, and then I steered it way off course. Dobrag- what exactly do you want to do in narrow gauge? time period locale prototype roadname etc. I think the choice of magazine really depends on what you are doing.
dobrag- Do you have a theme, time frame, or something specific in mind? Or are you researching what is out there, before deciding where to settle? There are three excellent Narrow gauge oriented magazines available, which I noted their web sites earlier in this thread. Maine 2 foot Quarterly. Light Iron Digest And a new one- Colorado Narrow Gauge Quarterly. All from the same publisher. I get them all. IMHO- Neat little magazines! Light Iron Digest, or as it's affectionately known, "LID," does have a fair amount of On30 content. Not necessarily every issue. Another option, is to check a local hobby shop, that is well stocked with magazines. Model Railroading Magazine is coming out, should be out by now, with an ALL On30 Annual issue. A first ever edition. That's Model RailroadING. NOT Model Railroader. This has nothing to do with Kalmbach Publishing. There can be confusion between the two. I'll see if I have their web site handy. And post it here. Boxcab E50
I found in in my Favorites: Model Railroading Magazine Scroll down the linked page, and you'll see a picture of their On30 Annual. Click on it for more info. Boxcab E50
Since this thread isn't about anything specific anymore - I have to tell you guys about a smoken' deal I got last weekend. While I was purusing some wares at the train show this weekend with Geeky, I came across a vendor that had some Bachmann On30 stuff. I was expecting the prices to be on par with Caboose Hobbies (as they always have decent prices). In this vendors stack, I found a 0-4-0 porter. Expecting the price to be about $50, I was shocked when I saw that he was only asking $32. I had an internal struggle to decide if I should buy it(I really didn't need it - or maybe I did!!). Geeky convinced me that in fact I did need it. So I did buy it. I later found out that Caboose wants $55 for one of these. I saved $23 by only spending $32 (that's my wife's logic - seems to work for her anyway). My only reget was that I didn't have the $130 this guy was asking for his Shays Now I just need a layout to run it on. Hmm... Eric
Boxcab, that On30 annual looks great. Any idea when it comes out? Eric, I truly regret not having had the 130.00$ it would have taken to buy a shay, because I would have been ahead by 70 dollors of the list price! Thats like having them give you 70 dollars right? Instead I lost 70 dollars and the shay. I'm still pondering the door panel layout we saw at the show, as a track plan for an On30 layout. the thing is...I need a shay and some cars to see if they can do the 15" radius curves.
