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Lionel has been in HO at least three times over the years, ,maybe more. The first time was circa 1960. the cars then featured all metal wheels and trucks, actually very interestingly sprung with an unusual bolster and they rolled very well. This was before the NMRA adopted the RP25 wheel flange so the flanges were deep, probably too deep for Code 70 and likely too deep for Code 83 but not so deep as to give any trouble on Code 100 track. Some people reported wobbly wheels at the time but I had no
It sounds like your Dad took careful care of his magazines which should help the value somewhat but frankly Karen, with a few exceptions there does not seem to be a thriving market for older issues of Trains magazines. At the train shows I go to some people try to sell them for $1 a copy, with some takers, but I have also been at train shows where each issue sells for twenty five cents and even then they sit unsold. Others bundle them up by year and sell a year for $5 or so. The exception is issues
Eons ago, with great difficulty I snipped off the truck mounted couplers and body mounted Kadees -- I have long since discarded the engine so I no longer recall which KD I used but have some recollection of needing the offset shank version due to height, and I never did fill in the pilot gap to my satisfaction. But in a vivid demonstration of the "greater fool" theory I was able to unload my butchery onto some other modeler! By the way I bought mine when the list price was I think $8.95
Classic Metal Works has recently released a 1950 Dodge Meadowbrook sedan (in HO and N), just like the one our neighbor drove in the 1950s and into the early 1960s (and then parked in his driveway for five more years). The styling of that particular car looked a little old fashioned even by 1950 standards compared to GM and Fords which were more rounded, less boxy, but the Meadowbrook looks like a car that means business. Even the grill work looks like a pro wrestler's snarl. Neat car. Dave Nelson
It may be stating the obvious, but wood glue works best on clean flat surfaces. Some sawdust, dirt, or an odd bump of dried resin/sap and the glued joint might well give way, even if it was clamped. I think part of the original advice to use screws and then remove them (rather than use nails or leave the screws in place) was to not have to worry about what you might hit if you saw or drill into the wood. Dave Nelson
Glad to hear the Mikado is running well now -- I think some of us geezers or near-geezers have an almost emotional need to keep as many of the old Tyco/Mantua die cast engines running as possible. They are as old as we are! The nameless people who did the original tool and die work on these engines really knew their craft. Yeah, the detail of the new generation of die cast (and plastic) steam locomotives far exceeds the old Mantuas -- but will they still run in 20, much less 50 or 60, years? I have
A risky method but it worked on the first try which is what matters. Now I wonder what the next toasted cheese sandwich tasted like .... Dave Nelson
I have visited a very large N scale layout built entirely using Kato's Uni-Track, which combines the sectional track with built in ballast/roadbed. The builder did a good job of disguising the slight gaps between the roadbed sections (I think Kato sells a matching ballast). His explanation is that he likes to change the layout so often that the sectional track seemed to make more sense than ripping out flex track, and it gave the entire layout a nicely finished appearance. The only thing that
[quote user="Driline"] How did you like Trainfest? Can you post more pictures?? [/quote] Keith Schmidt took several pictures and posted them here on flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/22338037@N04/sets/72157622693465175/ Dave Nelson
Those of us in Milwaukee look forward to Trainfest almost like a holiday -- with the same feeling of exhaustion afterwards. Some random impressions (I am sure MR will be noting the new products announced). I suspect the attendance might be a hair smaller than last year, so perhaps 20,000, but still, very well attended. It actually helps if the weather is unpleasant without being positively foul. I volunteer each year at the registration for layouts/dealers on Friday and this year handed out program
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