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  1. oleirish

    Roundhouse 2 Truck Shay's

    Dragon Great looking shay,mine are going to get an re-paint one of these days!Don't you just love to put the U-JOINTS togethor on these??LOL JIM
  2. oleirish

    Roundhouse 2 Truck Shay's

    2 truck shays :D Here are my two MDC shays,both are kits,#10 is10 years old, or older,can't rember when I bilt it,#13 is the youngest around 4 years old!I have remotored both with flywheel,can motors,and added extria power pick ups,they run just fine,guess I'am lucky!They will pull a house down...
  3. oleirish

    It's time to go...Downtown!

    this is an old picture of my old town but It will give you and idea how to put a town togethor some what JIM
  4. oleirish

    Prefab/mods???

    Rick One old tanker to anthor,From what I've seen of the prefab things that might be an option,at least to start with,Or do like I do paint your board with an earth color,put a little track down,a little ballest,buy some trees and just place them around,may be an building or two I think you...
  5. oleirish

    Dragon Mountain Logging Co. - new home

    dragon :D I think you are headed in the right direction,are you going to contune down the wall to the right??I see lines on the wall there? JIM
  6. oleirish

    Making the little people stay put

    I take the stands off the little people and then mske sure there feet are square,then a little drop of Vaseline on the feet It works for me,Look at the little people in this photo JIM
  7. oleirish

    Would a Kato shell fit on athearn chassis?

    I don't know what is going on here but it tells me that "message is to short"Brakie you are right:oops: :thumb: it is an SW-7 but is still an athearn shell on a kato running gear. I allso have an NW2 kato shell on athearn running gear:D They all work fine JIM
  8. oleirish

    Would a Kato shell fit on athearn chassis?

    :D ;) You got it:thumb: the one on the right is the 1500 its an athearn body,on KATO running gear. JIM:thumb:
  9. oleirish

    Mantua 2-6-6-2 Articualted Logger

    :D :) Cool.I'am trying to explane to my wife why I need an new one for XMAS:rolleyes: :thumb: JIM
  10. oleirish

    Mantua 2-6-6-2 Articualted Logger

    I like those models,so if I only use one double air pump on my logger its close to right,now what do you recomend for an replacement boiler,the tender I can scratch build,I've throught about an old mantua 2-8-2 cast boiler,It will probley need a lot of granding to fit but I think it can be...
  11. oleirish

    Would a Kato shell fit on athearn chassis?

    WOW!!!! thats way to big but I can't find the edit section on here to resize SORRY!!!! will do better next time JIM
  12. oleirish

    Would a Kato shell fit on athearn chassis?

    I put an Athearn SW-1500 body on an Kato NW2 frame,A little work and it works fine.:) one of these is the Athearn body on the Kato chassie:D JIM
  13. oleirish

    A mysterious movement of....

    Outstanding work!!But where did you get those cars???I need so many for my layout and can't find all of what I need? any thing from 1957 back to model "T"'s.If the rest of your work is at this standred I think Model Railroad or Railroad Modeler Woukd like those pictures and the story. JIM
  14. oleirish

    Large Turntables???

    turntable I find the info some where down the road,Any how a good day:) and thanks for replay:thumb: JIM
  15. oleirish

    Large Turntables???

    Some where I read about modifying a ATLAS 9" to handle an 18" bridge anybody rember the article??? JIM
  16. oleirish

    Large Turntables???

    ??? Yeh I'am a member of a bunch of forums,maybe I should have worded it annother way:confused: :) like "an ho y6b is 17" long"LOL;) :D :thumb: By the way I'am proud of my locomotive,have been in and out of model railroading for years,and have allways wanted one.:D :wave: JIM
  17. oleirish

    Large Turntables???

    oleirish My 2-8-8-2 Y6B is 17" long JIM:)