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The Shay is 108mm end to end , not including buffer plates or couplers , mine has Kadee N°5 couplers and is 125mm overall.The Width is 25mm being the deck but the crankshaft universal joints stick out another 4mm on the driver side. Hope this helps. Update on my Shay progress , while...

Tonys Trains Exchanges lists them as 12/04 , last week it was 11/04 . i wish it was next month , i would love one of these and have been waiting for them since they where first announced a few years back. Cheers Ian

Thanks Paul and Light , the flanger was great , the guy who owned it said it was an old Walthers Kit and he installed a constant light and made the flanges able to open with piano wire .I would have loved to see it run.I am on offical duties Monday afternnoon at the show , might have another...

a nicely weathered Alco RS1 Union Pacifc HO scale...

a closeup of a particularly nice snow flanger HO scale...

The turntable on the other end of the Keddie Wye layout...

This HO scale layout is by the US Model Rail Club of WA depicting the Keddie Wye Bridge on The Western Pacific RR...

This wharf scene come from the N scale layout called Enniwayr from the Fremantle Model Railway Assocaiation...

The is from the HO layout called Arid Australia , this deseil loco is pulling 250 oar cars. A plague next to the layouts claims it holds the world record of model train hauling 650 cars with one loco...

Some Photos from the 2004 Model Train show in Perth Western Australia... This picture is from a European Layout called Wintertour by the Marklin Group.HO scale.

Yes :D but it sounds like fun Ian

I agree with Jon , nice stuff Jeff , hows that Climax Class B coming along? I myself am not that good with modeling , i am awaiting the Spetrum 50 ton HO Climax with a hungrey wallet ;-) Cheers Ian

I thought that may have been a problem , not knowing much about narrow guage i was not sure that NG rolling stock was the same width as the standard guaged but it makes sense that it isn't. Thanks foir your reply Jon Cheers Ian

I was wondering if anyone has done this , there are a lot of nice models kits from the likes of Rio Grande , Keystone and others that are HOn3 narrow guage that i would like to run on my standard HO layout , is it a matter of installing HO truck sets and wheels ?:confused: Cheers Ian

Thanks for your kind words Errol , i thank all those who that have given me help and ideas during the construction of the Shay Kit.This would be the most difficult kit i have made but is well worth the time. Now my favourite part is here , the painting :D here is a picture of the first...

better yet , how did they get the Climax upright again :confused: great pictures :) . Cheers Ian

Funny you should say that ... I dismantled the shay into its 3 major parts and airbrushed it with Floquil grey primer ready for painting cheers Ian

Here is a finished picture of the shay with the driveshafts installed , all running well now but it took a lot of trial and error to get it that way... heres another picture from the underside , below the model you can see the replacement cardan shafts i made from a bit of brass tube and...

Hi Ron , I have built 2 of the KMP kits in HO scale only,the sawmill and a bunk house.Both kits are craftsamn style with white metals castings and timber.I found the instructions and templates included very easy to understand and i was vey happy with the overall kit when finished. All i...

Thanks Vic , i will probably airbrush it next weekend so i will try and get the Floquil Primer from LHS next week. Cheers Ian