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  1. swampdaddy41

    FREE HO Scale Shipping Containers

    One of the easiest of paper models to make are shipping containers. Dozens of sites have free ones, and dozens more sites paid ones. They are not very durable but are super cheap using your computer printer. I brace mine on the interior with basswood beams so I can handle them and move them...
  2. swampdaddy41

    Web Links for Traction parts.

    Got the glitch "zathros" had; suddenly found I was a new member and unable to post anywhere. Seems to be cleared up now. At any rate Ill make needed retrievers from scrap plastic. I have noted newer TBs do no always have standard retrievers on the rear but rather simply slots which the ropes...
  3. swampdaddy41

    Found a really cool paper model trains web

    link doesn't work; even the ISP appears to be gone. Anyone know the the site is somewhere else? have fun SwampDaddy
  4. swampdaddy41

    Web Links for Traction parts.

    Hi Everyone: Talk about water under the dam-my first post in 10 years. Got moved to the new house, layout started in the basement. Mega flood in 2010; no structures or rolling stock lost. But, all packed away as the basement was full of mold. Carpeting torn out, furniture thrown away...
  5. swampdaddy41

    Web Links for Traction parts.

    Trolleybus Retrievers Thanks for the replies. I am not sure about those O-gage ones. Years back MTS offered a generic ACF Brill kit which was available (in HO) as a trolleybus or a motorbus version. I am sorry I did not buy one; but, it was metal parts you had to glue together and this...
  6. swampdaddy41

    Bill's Trolley Layout

    I like the Big City Hi all: I started as an HO model railroader, more years ago than I care to mention. But, I've always liked traction action too. And, my last layout had two routes. I am modeling the big city and gradually the trains have been reduced and the streetcars increased...
  7. swampdaddy41

    Web Links for Traction parts.

    Retriever parts Hi all: I am a newbie here. Busch has a new paint scheme for the HO scale GMC new-look fishbowl bus, it is the "environmental paint scheme" as used on an Edmonton, Alberta BBC/GMC trolleybus. I want to turn one of these Busch units into an Edmonton trolleybus; and, if I am lucky...