Model Forum / General / Railroads / July 2004

I am painting a GP35 and an S12 for PRR. I have checked all of my color
shots, but cannot tell what color the handrails should be. Any help would be
appreciated.
Thanks!

What water based paint should I choose for painting a SOO candy apple red
unit with white lettering for their SD60's. I have only have experience with
floquil and I don;t want to use a oil based one.

Does anyone know of a source for a "filler" for the large hole in the pilot
of the Lifelike Proto1000 Alco DL109?  I know I can fill with plastic and
file to shape, but was wondering if there is something "prefab".
rs

OK - I've put my Big Boy up for sale on eBay, but I may hold onto my Proto
2000 2-8-8-2. Would it look fairly protoypical on a 30" radius curve, or is
there still going to be too much overhang?

Guys,
   Got an email today from Ebay letting me know my account has been
suspended. They say my password has been compromised. I deleted the Ebay
message thinking it was some clever Spam scam. Sure enough I went to the

Take 2 minutes to glance at the goodies that no one is bidding on!
http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=suspect148&in
clude=0&since=-1&sort=3&rows=50
Thanks,
D

I'am looking for a software program to create custom decals for ho railway
trains , building etc...or find other ways to get custom decals for a
railway ....I need to be able to create decals from 1800 to current...I'am
also intrsted in taking full color advertisments for local ...

Anyone know what they use to haul passengers up to Manchester from London
in? Loco hauled or some form of MU?
I could lie and say it's for a layout but in reality I have to travel on
Monday and I'm trying to work out if I'll get a decent seat in Standard or

      Interesting site about aiffliate programs
      How make money on the net.
      www.godollar.net

I ordered two, they just came in friday, which leads to another issue.
N scale fire houses(Fire Stations).
I checked Walthers out, did a Google search.
All but one I found at Walthers was European, the one I did find was

I've just designed a cut down layout of Crewe which would make a challenging
layout.  It's still to big for me to fit anywhere though (8m long but better
than a proper scale model).
Has anyone out there attempted to model Crewe and had any success?

For those interested in Garden Railways, the CCTCR's web site has had a
minor update - at last!
Graham
www.morphett.com/cctcr

I have an HO scale ruler here from Hobby Craft Specialties. It's shows scale
meters, and feet; actual centimeters, and inches; contains a Rail Code
Gauge, a coupler height gauge, track alignment gauge, parralell  track
spacer, and finally a wheel flange gauge. I've had it for nearly ...

I am after a little advice, does anyone out there know the correct
height a OO gauge platform should be ? as I am intending to build a new
station over the weekend, and hope to get some lengths of hard board to
make the platforms, any advice on making platforms from wood or board ...

I am looking for model train decoders, based on the Motorola protocol. I am
using a two rail system with DC motors. Since I moved from Europe to Canada
(ON) I am not familiar with the Canadian/US models. Any advise on different
kind of models and location to purchase is welcome.