Model Forum / General / Railroads / May 2008

What's your preferred HO scale coupler?
Accurail Accumate
Bachmann EZ Mate
Intermountain

I decided to freelance a European locomotive in the BCR two-colour green
livery of the seventies, so I would like to ask for paint advice. Is there
some ready-made mix suitable for the three basic colours?
(light and dark green, plus orange for the snowplow and white for the

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What decoder will work without blowing the headlights on the Athearn
Gensis F3

I want a street/highway system with moving n- or ho- scale cars.  The
Faller Road system doesn't seem to have American vehicles and no speed
control.  The radio control cars that I have seen are all racing cars
and high speed.  Would it be possible to add a DCC chip to a small

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There you can see pics of my large scale, outdoor model railroad, plus
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My old site was on Epson's photo hosting service, which is now

Todays quiz.....
These two have truned up a Les Oaks' yard recently. I don't think
the 08 is one, wrong cab, buffers etc - any offers?
http://home.btconnect.soddingham/Les_08-1.jpg

I have a small DC permanent magnet motor that can be operated from any 3 to
30 volts dc source.
I would like recommentations as to which model railroad Dc speed controller
could do a good job in allowing me to run this motor at lower speeds.  I also

Does anyone know the url for the web site where you can use Paint to paint
different locomotives or freight/passenger cars?

I know about a helix and I guess a zig zag can be constructed to allow
trains to change levels in a multi level layout.   Does anyone make a
working, commercially available rack system?   In parctical terms I'm
interested in HO but does it exist in any gauge?

Anybody bought one of these with the factory installed sound decoder? I'd be
interested in hearing your opinions on the running qualities as well as the
sound quality.
Cheers

Video of very nice, and very skillfully controlled, B-29 and X-1 models.
The B-29 is powered by 4 chainsaw engines.  But it would seem to be
unprototypically over-powered - how many B-29's could do Immlemann's and
outside loops?  Geezer

A back burner project is my Hot Rod F7's that will get my attention soon,
See them at   http://www.rrscenery.com
Phil Anderson

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