Sunday, May 05, 2013

How To Disassemble Walthers Passenger Cars - Keith Turley "Twist"

I wince watching this....



Saturday, April 06, 2013

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Friday, February 08, 2013

Atlas HO REA Steel Express Reefer

From Atlas’s announcement (link) below.  Not new I’m sure, gotta be the Branchline version, but a very nice model to see.  Thanks Atlas!

New Model!

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In 1947, REA ordered 500 of these all new steel express reefers from ACF, in an effort to handle express and parcel traffic. During the same time period, Atlantic Coast Line purchased 50. These cars were added to the front of passenger trains traveling coast-to-coast on all major railroads. These new steel express cars utilized welded construction and a new high speed truck design. They were able to carry both refrigerated loads as well as parcel loads due to their collapsible ice bunkers that were stored away when not in use.

Atlas HO REA Steel Express Reefer

Sunday, January 27, 2013

3D printing - Bob's Workbench

Great post on 3d printing!   I’ve got the CAD software downloaded and want to give this a try… 

3D printing - Bob's Workbench

Passenger Car Window Tinting | Model:160 N Scale Model Railroading

Good post on tinting Passenger Car windows.  It’s N scale but the concept’s the same across scales.

Passenger Car Window Tinting | Model:160 N Scale Model Railroading

Model Railroad News: HO-scale InterMountain Railway Paducah GP10 Diesel

Old news but still exciting…  lets home for some in Chicago Central red; Model Railroad News

TrainFest_IMR_GP10

Saturday, December 08, 2012

Thursday, December 06, 2012

Athearn Genesis 57' FGE Mechanical Reefer


I'm sort of old school and make my own sounds but these have a generator sound that turns on randomly just like the prototype. Kind of cool...  considering you need whole blocks of these cars, I doubt I'll buy many with sound though.