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Hi Folks, I have a couple of questions. First my LHS has a Bachmann High Railer pickup in the bargan bin, so my first question is are these any good? Obviously they are not well detailed, but my main concearn is can you control them or do they have two speeds, off & full. Second, Same LHS...

Hi Guys, My first question..... What on earth makes those HO Rivarossi Log cars so dammed expensive? ($39.95 for a 2 pack from Walthers). Are they brass? Are they as nice as the KD kits? I'm having a hard time justifing the expense. Second question......I saw a picture someplace of a Log car...

Hey folks, I just picked up the Sept. '06 Railmodel Journal, and in it is an article by Vic Roseman on superdetailing coach windows. It's a great article. In the lead photo there are some HO figures which are posed cleaning the coach windows, I have been trying to locate these figures and...

This is probably old news but Bachmann is releasing a 4-8-2 Mountain in N Scale, here is the link;Mountain Hope it's as good as the 2-8-0, I don't run steam myself but I am excited to see those who do get some more cool locos to share with the rest of us!! 2slim :thumb:

Got a copy of the March Railroad Model Craftsman magazine and there is an article about this company Paper Creek Models . They seem to have some pretty nice looking material sheets, I think the structure kits are kind of expensive. The article in RMC mentions using sheet wood as an underlayment...

Want to build a gas or brickette type grill to go with a cabin scene I'm working on. **For HO Scale** TIA 2slim

I read this tip in this months Model Railroader and I'll share it, but then I had a light bulb moment. You'll see what I mean. They finally got around to showing how they kitbashed the mine on the Turtle Creek extension. The author mentioned photocopying the kit parts and then using the copies...

Hey guys! NSCALEMIKE posted some pictures of these that were on display in Las Vegas. Has anyone seen whats on their website, check it out; Website What do you think? I'd like to know what they are constructed from, one would think foam but??? If they are they will be super lightweight. The...

Hi guys, Just got the November Model Railroader and saw this guy in the Bachmann ad: D&RGW FTA I'm going out on a limb and ordering a AB set of these because they have DCC decoders installed and they are in the Orange and Silver paint. But the real reason is I have no time to paint a set...

Hi folks, I was out railfanning on the 4th of July holiday, and spotted a loaded flat car with some sort of Military truck trailers on it. The car was a TTX 60' flat and it carried 2 trailers. The trailers were painted desert camo and were much bigger than say a generator trailer, they had 2...

Hi guys, I'm trying to determine how to fiddle with the lighting on a pair of HO Proto SD-7's that I want to install decoders in. What I’d like to achieve is to have the number boards lit all the time using the factory bulbs and then adding additional lights, (both my SD-7’s are SP) to be...