Recent content by erie

Ok so i still can use it. If i wasnt so brain dead I would remember,d as many times I went with my father when he worked for the ERIE. hell to get old

In other words i couldnt use it now with all the decals on it.Im planing on takeing some old box cars i have an repaint them into 1950 1960 erie colors when i find out what color they were painted.Im color blind so that dosent help any

Thanks now about the dull coat Im new to the repaint stuff dull coat now is that something you spray on after you paint it

first time trying a repaint if the pics come out look at them and see where i can inprove took a southern caboose and repainted into erie

OK next question where did you get the paint

OK guys me again Does anybody know what color red the erie rr used to paint there caboose,s around 1950 want to repaint a bay window into erie colors. cant find any erie bay windows so I,ll try and paint one from a kit. Iv sent off for the decales. yes im color blind. The ones i rode in with my...

what color red were the erie cabooses say round 1950,s .Im like you been looking for a bay window but cant find any so Im going to try and repaint a bay window

Most likely will scrape them.Added up the cost of trucks and couplers and i can buy athearn kits over at the hobby shop and better quality thanks guys for the help

Insulaters thats it ill try and up load a pic of what im trying to do.but you have it im trying to hold train 2 short of the switch and let train 1 crossover onto track 2 and into the yard

Thanks I,d never had thought about what you said about the truck mounted couplers.I knew they were cheap and I was planing on replacing them as time went on .Seen an article on how to do it and want to give it a try . Bought an athearn kit the other day and seen how much better the trucks were...

Ill try an draw a pic and post it

ok ill check that out got 1 kit this weekend to do 1 eng but have a bunch of older cars to redo thank you

Me again doing a cross over from what I call track 1 to track 2. I Insulated one rail and solderd the wires to the rails before and after the Insulater .Got a #205 atlas connector and wire it up but when i tested it the train didnt stop. Was i suppose to Insulate both rails and wire both rails.I...

thanks guys I just didnt know how it was done or what to use but i do now thanks again

ya looked over there but to be honest this is the first time iv tryed it so i realy dont know what to look for. I upload a few pics of the engine so that mite help Its an old GP 35 runs good [atlas] Im shure it can be done Just dont know what works and what wont