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Check out the brass loco builders forum on Yahoo Groups. Lots of people do it. Most start out building a white metal kit. MR also published a series in the 80's on building an HO mikado. Also check out the forum on locomotive gearing and powering. I subscribe to both, I just make sure to...

Nice! Maybe what this forum needs is a dedicated thread for modelling on the cheap (narrow gauge or standard)! How about it? GregC

Narrow Gauge on a budget Since most of my post dealt with how expensive HOn30 can be, here is something that can get you started quickly on the cheap... Internet-trains is blowing out their stock of MDC products (they were purchased by Horizon). Check out this link-...

I agree! Our hobby is like anything else in life...you get what you pay for. You also get back what you put in. My post was not to scare anyone away from HOn30, but to just give a heads up that there is very little RTR. I believe that the only one you should please in this hobby is...

budget the words "budget" and "HOn30" shouldn't (can't) be spoken together... The only way to get an HOn30 loco is to convert one from N or HOn3 (or scratch build), which means at least $60-80 for a nice mechanism (spectrum 2-8-0) or as little as $20 for a used docksider or davenport from the...

HOn30 As a modeller of HOn30, it is basically N scale mechs and track, with HO structures and bodies. So get yourself started by buying n scale track and snipping the ties or leaving just a few here and there to keep it in gauge and slip under new (larger) ties to improve the looks. Now...

Yes, my server is down. I will get it back up soon. I am going for a pre WWII time period, but will not fix on one date, as I am going to use this module with a HOn30 group. Don't want everything to look odd if the occasional piece of rolling stock doesn't fit the period. My influence is...

My goal is two fold... First, I want to showcase the size difference between the two gauges. Always loved the look of the narrow gauge locos parked next to the standard gauge locos! Second, the concept of the layout is that the standard gauge line operates the freight from the docks (like...

Well, I'm a newbie to the gauge, and wanted to say hello to everyone! I am working on my first layout, and my first design. Let me give some background... HO/HOn30 Dual Gauge railroad - not yet named 2x8 feet (2 modules of 2x4) - built to HOn30 module standards Era - early to mid steam...

chassis Jon... you wouldn't happen to have a photo or link to a photo of one of these sw units with the shell off? Would love to see the drive system used. I figure I'd need to find one of the "old school" drive systems...the ones with the flat frame, motor mounted to the center and the...

more on the shay Well, the timing issues would be the same as if you powered it normally. I would even go as far as having only one of the trucks synchronized and the other spinning freely (but still connected to the universal shaft) a-la Mr Rollins website http://www.mrollins.com/keyshay.html...

Hi, this is my first post! Been lurking for some time. I have a few questions regarding the MDC 2 truck shay kit by MDC... Can anyone give me the length of the 2-truck model? I'm interested in the smallest turntable required to turn this loco (in inches). Next,what is the spacing between...