Recent content by mykroft

Add weight in the shell.

While seeing other roads' locomotives is quite common today, it wasn't particularily common prior to the 1980's, unless there was a locomotive factory on line (Alco, EMD, etc) Note TTX dates to 1956, although FURX is much newer. As to Canadian cars being rare on Southern Rails prior to the...

None of the above. It's all about the Woodland Scenics roadbed.

Can't really help with your loco problems, but I can with the caboose. The trick is to fill the hole with some 1/8" Styrene tubing (Glue it in), then mount the better trucks to the tubing. The other possibility is to simply cut the coupler mount off the trucks, replace the cheapo wheels...

I'm suspecting that Blue Box will get thinned down as the better stuff gets moved over to RTR, and will eventually be comprised of the cheap stuff they'll never get more money for (Widebody loco's, F7's, Cabooses in all those incorrect roadnames and three-dome tanks for starters)

No, it's always been 1:76, It's pretty much midway between HO and S scale. American Flyer was S Scale, while Lionel has always hovered around 1:48 O (Some of their stuff was almost S scale in size though, it varied widely to ensure operation on O27 curves, which is why the small Lionel stuff...

OO is not the metric equivalent of HO, it's another scale entirely. There are two kinds of OO. Both are 4mm scale (1:76), British outline OO runs on HO Gauge track, while US OO (Which is almost completely dead) runs on 19mm OO Gauge track. Both are mixed metric/imperial scales (3.5mm to the...

There are other concerns. One is the programming. You can turn of DC support, and not all DCC systems support 4 digit addresses, so if you have a loco with a 4 digit address and DC turned off, it won't work on a DC layout or a 2 digit DCC system like the MRC Prodigy. Of course, on the DCC...

Realistic Model Railroad Design - Tony Koester, Kalmbach Books. Chapters: 1. Freelancing - Within Limits 2. Prototype Modelling 3. Plausibility 4. Considerations of time 5. Image and Graphics 6. Creating a roster 7. Geography and scenery 8. Layout design: the visible...

Yes, the automatic reverser works fine with DC powered turnout motors (It isn't wired into the turnut controls, just the track.) CharlesH.: That's MRC's DCC Automatic Reverser module, AFAIK it only works with DCC.

If the Kato shell fits the RTR Frame, it should fit a BB Frame with the newer motor, since they should be identical (The RPP GP35 fits the Athearn BB Frame)

brakie: Can't use the Kato hatch on the current Athearn GP35, it's a widebody. The RTR GP35 will be scale width(It's an updated RPP shell) and should take the hatch, but it will be available in non-dynamic.

ME Flex is very stiff, and a little fragile, but the spike detail is the best looking. By far the best looking flextrack available for HO. Atlas Code 100 is very nice to work with, quite flexible, tough, but the detail (Spikes, tieplates) is about O-Scale in size. Probably best for hidden...

The RPP shell is designed to fit the Athearn Drive. Not sure about the Kato fitting, might take some milling.

Yeah, It's Overland. Real nice too, but twice the price of the Kaslo kit.