Model Forum / General / Railroads / January 2007

I currently have a bunch of track building components in the
post from C&L, and, in the course of re-reading Iain Rice's
book on 4mm track building, a question has arisen... Are
there any finescale OO track gauges available apart from the

Is it down? or just me?  I have been trying to get to it for a couple days
now?
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Haven't done a kit assembly in years so I'm looking for some advice:
Just ordered a DPM gold "Olsen's Feed Store" Haven't received it yet.
I would like to know:
1. What should be done to the parts (if anything) like cleaning, before

I was wondering what everyone's opinion was on the "In-the-Box" scenery
kits.  I was looking seriously at Woodland's Scenics but found that most of
their products are designed around the HO and N scale not the O Scale.
The two I found that were most promising were Scenery Express ...

I have come into possession of a number of cars (and a few locos) whose
bodies are coming loose from the chassis at the slightest test.
A hobbyist suggested that i use "Goo" (but very little) to keep them
attached, yet still seperatable, if I want to fool with weights, lights, or

We got one of the new Presidents Choice train sets for my son's
birthday and it was working fine, was running by itself and I came in
and it was off the track.
Now it seems to power up, lights up both cars and I can hear it wanting

I'm getting the materials together I need to make a HO Polish armoured
train from the 30s.  I've found a locomotice from Model Power that is
almost exactly the right size (here it is at Omni models in Illinois:
http://www2.omnimodels.com/cgi-bin/woi0001p?&I=MDPU6720&P=7  However, ...

I have just purchased the new 108 in Blue/grey and it looks a little sparse
without any persons inside....
Any suggestions anyone to populate it, driver, guard ??
Andy

I've stripped a couple of passenger cars by immersing them in alcohol -
and it worked beautifully.
Now, after I paint them the proper color, I'll be wanting to put on a
thin wash of black to highlight.

Just a general question... in the 60s as a kid, I had a couple of (I
thoughht at the time) nice railway st ups on our family ping pong table
that came as Christmas gifts.  They were all Tycho brand stuff and I
still have a steam locomotive from that time.  I don't see Tycho ...

I'm a relative novice re model RRs, but I'm wondering whether anyone has
built an O-gauge layout outdoors, and if so, what factors should be
considered. What I'm considering would be a layout mounted on a plywood
base on our rear patio, which is about 30 ft x 20ft, and which is

has anyone got any simple advice on laying ballast> (00 gauge).
My base is ply, but before laying the track I covered it with that fibreglass sheet that goes under wood flooring, stuck down with PVA.  I painted roughly where the track would go with a pewter coloured acrylic, laid ...

Anyone happen to know what the length over headstocks and/or tank diameter
of the 10'6" wheelbase ICI chlorine tanks was? They look rather longer than
the standard 17'6" but that could be because of the low tank.
Also did these ever have a ladder on the side? I believe they didn't ...

f.ck off c.nt!!!
aside from hobbyco, why doesn't anybody else retail your products?
you are just like austains,trainora, and eureka,
Is it because have the hide to tell retailers what they should charge.

Folks:
Well, I was just reading a magazine's review of the new MDC 4-4-0, once
sold
an $80 kit but now available RTR for the low, low price of $225.  The