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i have no problem with the bachmann trucks i have a couple of pair that i narrowed but the do not look good for what i model. when i modeled in HO i wasent to worried about it being exact to proto type. now that i am modeling narrow gauge it has to be exact or not at all. also i work on...

the bachmann ones sit to high and look like crap this is what On2 sandy river passenger trucks look like

i need passenger trucks. i get freight trucks for $10 a pair with metal wheels. i can only get brass passenger trucks

bachmann is on30 runs on ho track On2 is 1/2" between the rails. all of my stuff is kitbashed or scratch built i just wanted to make my own trucks. i might try casting in brass using lost wax casting

he guys i need your help to solve a problem i model in On2 and need about 50 pairs of trucks. the ones i can buy are about $18 less wheels sets the wheel sets are about another $15 i have been toying with the idea of making a mold out of mold rubber and casting the side frames of the...

i have built a few out of styrene but do not like the way they came out. no matter how much i try to make them look real they still look like plastic, i am modeling in On2. i build alot with styrene but for some reason i do not like the way the cars look when made out of it. it just looks like...

ok i am about to start scratch building a fleet of about 100 box and flat cars. and i need to have a glue that is going to be strong so i can actully pull these cars around the layout. normaly what i build with wood i just use yellow wood glue or CA. but i want to know if there is something...

the layout is based on edaville railroad in south carver mass which is or was a cranberry plantition and tourist railroad using the old maine 2 footers ok here is the work from the first 2 weeks the benchframe was built using 1x4 pine and 2x3 legs. it is being built in a modular form the...

i was planing on using cork road bed in some places and none in others i am modeling narrow gauge so most of the time the track was sitting in sand

what is a good sub roadbed for handlaying track. i have been thinking about just useing foam and gluing the ties down then spiking and gluing the rail to the ties. do you think that is going to work. i do not want to use homasoat last time i used it my track was always on the move:curse:

yellowlynn thanks for telling me about the plastic at least i now know to look for it

just checked a couple peices i have and when i try to peel anthing upp all i get is foam no film

the foam i am using has no plastic on it

so i guess i will bw painting it tonightsign1

ok i am having a big problem the plaster cloth and hydrocal i am using to build my hardshell is not sticking to blue foam that i am using as a base. and ideas why PLEASE HELP

it would help if i put in the pic

well i finaly had time to work on the bench work. heres what i got done today. it is an L shape the long part is 30" x 12' and the shorr part is 30" x 8'. tommaorw i hope to have the plywood deck on. I might be ables to start to put the wood risers on for the subroad bed. Also i started...

i am looking for a pic of a boston and maine or maine central 2-10-2 s-1 class steam. i have a couple of 2-10-2 models and i need to see which one is right for b&m but i cant find one in any of my books or photos PLEASE HELPsign1

yeah well the pics wont be coming too soon. i havent had time to work on it much. i have all the lumber cut. but i have been to busy trying to figure out how i want to lay everything out to really work.

just wait till you see some of the other stuff i have and will be getting sign1