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I use DAP brand "Fast & Final" for mine and it is a thin latex based spackle. It works well, but the key is to use the damp sponge to smooth it as it sets up.

*IF* the axle gears do crack, you can always substitute them with plain old Athearn gears. I have done that with a P2K GP-18 that I have that was *I believe* the second model in the P2K line. Same thing.

No problem, let us know how it turns out will ya?

Congrats! Those are two great looking models and for a heck of a deal price wise. You'll certainly be happy with those.

That's how I do asphalt crossings, just put some thin styrene along the insides of the rails, spread the spackle, smooth it with a damp sponge as it dries, sand and *carefully* pull out the styrene strips after slicing the joint between the plaster and the styrene with a fresh #11 X-Acto blade.

When trying to back up a cut of cars with horn hooks, 7 times out of 10, you'd go on the ground. They were pure cheez! They came about in the 60's from what I can tell and were standard on RTR and kits until McHenry and Accumate came out with their Kadee knockoffs in the mid nineties. Do...

Hey Greg, was it the 510 that was the other engine that wore all 4 schemes, I can't recall??

They're certainly out there, and Walthers and Athearn sure seem to like the old Silver and Orange in HO. In fact, the past few years has been a GREAT time to be a WP modeler!

We use it at the Western Pacific RR Museum as part of our "Caboose Train" and passengers are encouraged to ride in the Cupola so long as they are safe about it. We have 3 other UP Cupola cabooses (2 or 3), and I believe one is slated to go into Tuscan Red paint with the old "Challengers"...

Hey gang, I recently purchased a few HO steam locomotives from a fellow museum member at Railroad Days this year for $10 a piece. Since I was robbing the trains as a fundraiser for the museum during the festivities, I really felt like I had literally robbed the guy afterward when I got them...

Rule is, ALWAYS line behind.

Yeah, it IS fun.

7, 9 & 10 are real. Had to look three times at 10 to draw that conclusion though. Regardless, the model photos are pretty convincing and VERY stunning.

Gp-9

Or International?

Yes, VERY much so. I have an 8mb Cable connection and it's SLOW. VERY, VERY slow, slower then dial up. Pages are taking on average 30-45 seconds to load.

Quick Reply isn't working, apparently, but worse than that, this site is loading VERY slooooooooooow. I am on a 8MB cable line, and it's slower than dial up. I wonder if it's a security setting, or???

No, there was none earlier, but there is now, so whatever you did apparently fixed it. Thanks Peter, go get some rest man, what a day huh?

Apparently if you click "do not use avatar" in the hopes it'll re-set, it will not allow you to "un" click that selection and add one back in.

:1795: :gunfighter: Hey Peter, is there a size limit on personal smilies? Mine are the same size as the default ones here on the baord, but when I uploaded them, they got really shrunken down. I figure it was a size limitation?