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Hello, My ultimate goal of this fleet is to make them look like the prototypical ones. I have begun by painting the hand railings white. The step lead edges are next. Here's a few photos of my progress. The Four are: Kato C44-9W, Athearn SD70M, Kato SD70MAC Flare Radiator, Finally Kato...

I just purchased a new KATO sd40-2 mid production. This is a great model and I love the fact it has ditchlights, however manual is very unsatisfactory! I have no idea what I'm supposed to do to get the light decoder to work with the motor decoder. I've followed the instruction provided by NCE...

I'm considering combining a kit onto a MP15 Chassis offered by atlas. The original kit calls for an Athearn SW1500 donor chassis. does any one know if these locos close in length-wise size? I like to use the Atlas MP15 chassis because it already would have sound/dcc equipped models RTR. Here...

A few years back I bought a 4-8-4J class steamer with a smoke box. It was a spectrum series and was a great runner! Here lately I've been hit by the steam fever and began to look at the long list of Bachmann Spectrum line. Come to the realization that they are switching over to v cog belt drives...

I am starting to do a lot of research about Custom Painting, Weathering but cannot seem to find a single thing about painting the wheels of the locomotives. I recently had a Kato F40PH Custom Painted and Weathered by a friend of mine. When looking at the model everything looks awesome, but...

I just purchased some new Sharknose RF 18's on ebay. From ER models. sadly ER isn't in business no more, but when I get these units I plan to post my review on the post along with sharing some pictures of these. It is my goal to super detail these beauties when they arrive. With a little help...

I have just purchased a HHP-8 on ebay. I am just wondering what the general public thinks of these units currently offered by Bachmann. Does any one have inputs they like to share with the forum about these new locomotives? When I recieve mine I will post my reviews about the HHP-8 by bachman...

I have recently purchased two Athearn Genesis sd70m wearing the EMD Demo Scheme. I got as far as detailing the side frames, and already having some issues with these models. For one, they (Athearn) fail to provide for spare parts unlike their competitors like Kato's for an example. Secondly...