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Same here. Once you read the manual and become familiar with your machine, experience will be your best teacher. Measure twice then cut once. I've been thinking of building an equalized frame too. I have to get some of these other projects off the work bench first.

I came across this Aristo Craft 0-8-0. The tender truck was broke and the motor was missing. (I put a can motor in it) I've seen a few Aristo Craft locomotives on Ebay, I notice alot had zinc rot issues.

Merry Christmas everyone. Have a safe holiday.

Here are a few links, they're not as in depth as articles you would find in MR but might give you some ideas. This is about working with wire and jigs. http://forum.zealot.com/t99924/ This one shows working with brass sheet and shapes. http://forum.zealot.com/t102430/ There are others...

As far as what tools I use, most of the models I posted photos of in the Kitbash here and scratch-build there thread were built using basic hand tools. It wasn't till about 5 years ago that I bought a lathe and milling machine. They make some jobs easier but you can build a nice model...

I model in O, (2 and 3 rail) HO and N scales. I used to do some 1 1/2" modeling. I made a few different tools to emboss rivets. On a few of my first projects I laid the sheet metal on a piece of wood and used a nail to emboss each rivet. (crude but effective)

Your loco projects are coming along nicely Guys. I've built a number of locos from scratch. Here's a few examples. http://forum.zealot.com/t111837/ http://forum.zealot.com/t99167/ The articles that Russ mentioned are a great starting point. Learning the propper use of tools and doing...

When they became Hobbyline they went to plastic shells and drives. The metal JE versions are getting scarce. The tubing coupler as mentioned above is what they used and works well.

Hi Jim, What you have are a John English FA1 & FB1, which later became HobbyLine. I have a John English FB1 I am trying to piece back together.

Hi Kevin, Nice job on old #4.:thumb: For the headlight on the MDC loco, check out how I did the headlight on the MDC shay in the academy. What diameter are the drivers that you need?

Here are some ideas on hiding the Atlas switch machines. 2 Guyz and Sum Trains Dot Com (2G) ~ 2 Guyz Dot Info > > Content > > HOW TOs > > Altas Switch Machine Modifications for Cheapskates

Here's a few I've put together. The BN caboose started out as a cheap trainset Bachmann. The P&LE Bobber started out as a Play-Art (Model Power?) The CP is a Silver streak kit. The PRR cabin car is a kit-bash using 2 Tyco cabooses. The last is an N scale Rapido caboose I repainted.

The wipers I used are a stock Bachmann part. I have cut my own wipers from .003" phosphorous bronze sheet with scissors or a paper cutter. They do deform when you cut them (curl up like a pigs tail) and need to be straightened out. I solder a wire in the center, feed the wire through a...

These are wipers I installed on a Bachmann 0-6-0. The wipers are from a 70s era Bachmann F9. They fit without any modification other than soldering wires to them. I also added some weight in the tender. Only 2 wheels per truck pick up power through the axles. I have tried all wheel pickup with...

Sorry we didn't make it. We had planned to be in Phoenix but didn't make it. To much going on lately Just to let you all know, our club will be setting up displays at the Prescott Resort on Dec 1 for the day. If you haven't seen the world's largest Gingerbread display and plan to, that would...

I may be in Phoenix Saturday visiting my Sister-in-law at Good Samaritan Hospital. If I can fit it into our schedule I will see you there.

If it's the same thing that happened to me a couple of months ago it is embedded in your computer. No anti ad ware/spy ware/malware program I could find would remove it and my computer became unstable from trying to disable it causing me to loose everything I had on it. I have a pretty good...

There are Brill 55 drawings in the April 1985 Railroad Model Craftsman.

Hi Jason, You will find instruction sheets at HO Seeker. Literature Page 24 Hope this helps.

That would be neat to see in person. Here's another related site. One of the pages on this site shows the motor and drive train of the loco. MTC Trains I stumbled across these sites the other day when I did a search after seeing the one listed on Ebay.