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Re: looking for an HOn3 locomotive
eBay always has at around 20 HOn3 locomotives for sale at all times. -- Wayne Taylor
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Re: looking for an HOn3 locomotive
Mike Conder
These days Ebay is best source, here's a search I just did: LOTS available but not cheap. I'd recommend the Blackstone C-19 here if you have DCC: That price is good and this will probably be the best runner you'll find without tinkering. I'm not sure I'd go much over that price but I haven't been watching the market. There are a lot of good brass locos out there on Ebay, but if you're not experienced in tuning brass steam I'd steer clear of them at first. There are other sources for brass that are reputable and who will test a brass loco before selling/sending, and that is VERY important for a first loco. Others will probably be able to direct you to them, as I'm not in the loco market anymore (I have what I need for now). Also, recognize that many, if not most, brass locos are NOT DCC-equiped. That may or may not be an advantage. Mike Conder
On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 10:11 AM Steven Meyerhoff <sbmeyerhoff@...> wrote: Hi All
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Re: looking for an HOn3 locomotive
Eric Schrowang
Steve, I was just on EBay and found multiple listings. Eric
On Mon, Dec 14, 2020, 12:12 Steven Meyerhoff <sbmeyerhoff@...> wrote: Hi All
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looking for an HOn3 locomotive
Hi All
First time posting and glad to be in this group now. I have just started my dual-gauge layout. HO-HOn3. I've got the wood for the layout put together with roadbed and track. I've got it all dcc wired up but I've run into a snag as there seems to be no HOn3 engines available anywhere. Can't really test anything that I've done on the HOn3 track lines. I am on the lookout for a HOn3 engine. If someone knows of a place where I could find one, it would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Steve
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Re: 16 photos uploaded
#photo-notice
Mark Lewis
Russ, Thanks for posting those photos! There are some amazing historical documentations in most of them. Mark Lewis Narrow gauge modeling in N.C.
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16 photos uploaded
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The following photos have been uploaded to the Photos of the Old West album of the HOn3@groups.io group.
By: Russ Norris
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Re: Backdrop construction
Mike Conder
Hey Don, can you get a picture of this? I would love to see it (and your layout as well.) Mike Conder
On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 6:43 PM Don Bergman <DBRenegade@...> wrote:
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Re: Western Rails HOn3 trucks
If that Western Rails question was for me, then not yet. I should be able to look at them over the holiday. I was attempting surgery on some HOn3 PSC SP Thielsen sideframes to turn them into DRG style Thielsen trucks......sort of. I was curious if I could do it. One way or another I will finish that and get the Western Rails trucks going before New Years....
But maybe somebody else in the group has played with them already. -- Brian Kopp Jacksonville, FL
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Re: One More LO&S
Climax@...
Which shay was that? Dave
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Re: Backdrop construction
Don Bergman
I used 1/8" styrene for the backdrop in my peninsula and needed to paint both sides. I wanted every 1/4" I could get for the scenery. I needed a piece 12' x 2' for the backdrop. I purchased 2- 4x8 pieces cut into4 pieces 8x2' then laminated 3 of them staggering
the joint and had a 2x8' piece left over. (It has about all been used up.) Don't recall how I treated the joint probably drywall joint compound but the joints can be noticed mostly on one side where it is mostly sky, not so much on the other side where it
is mostly painted. I suspended it from the ceiling, so it took 1/4" layout space. I made provision in case it moved when walking above but it was not needed. Very happy with the results. I'd use it again. I wish I had used it on the outside wall where
curving the corner would have been much easier than drywell!
Don Bergman
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Re: One More LO&S
StephenHatch
I had one of the little shays with vertical shaft and once. I worked it to smooth out most friction points then it ran really well for years ,(20 and counting)
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Re: Backdrop construction
Climax@...
Besides, with aluminum there is no way to get the small deviations or wrinkles out of it that occur while handling it. Plastic will retain its shape. How are you going to attach it to the uprights? I suggest an 1x2 or something that is strong that you can cut a grove in for it to set in, then cut a similar one for the top rail. You can either glue or screw the 1x2's to the uprights and slide the plastic in or set it in and cap it with the top piece. ON corners, you can let it be free and held by the straight sections. It will bend easily. A railroad I built previously I used standard dry wall and then thinner dry wall that I presoak and form around a 24 inch diameter drum. After it dried I and was able to take the curved pieces and pop them in and up against some 12" radius plywood tops and bottoms that I cut for it to be nailed to. Some dry all mud and sanding and the corners were gone. Dave
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Re: Backdrop construction
Mike Conder
Styrene is also not expensive in big sheets. Our local plastics store has 4x8 0.040" sheets for $21.75 Mike Conder
On Sun, Dec 13, 2020, 2:41 PM lloyd lehrer <lloydlehrer@...> wrote:
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Re: Backdrop construction
Styrene does not crease and you have serious issues in the alum. With no room for error. The 050 sheets of 4x8 weld together perfectly with no other work needed before painting. lloyd lehrer, (310)951-9097
On Sun, Dec 13, 2020, 1:33 PM Mike Conder <vulturenest1@...> wrote:
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Re: Backdrop construction
Mike Conder
I wasn't sure if that was still available. I am really interested in trying that but may need 36"wide im some areas. Mike Conder
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 8:18 AM John Hutnick <johnhutnick@...> wrote:
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Re: Staying Busy
Looking good Bob.
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Re: Staying Busy
Beautiful Bob. Excellent work.
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On Dec 13, 2020, at 9:56 AM, Robert Bennett <ngbobme@...> wrote:
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Staying Busy
Robert Bennett
Good Morning All,
I am attaching a photo of my latest project, and hopefully article. This is a fairly accurate representation of the D&RGW tanks at Jack's Cabin and Villa Grove, CO. It is scratchbuilt from styrene and will eventually find, at least a sometime, home on the HOn3 diorama I am putting together. The lead-in to that project is in the latest HOn3 Annual. Stay well and busy! Bob Bennett
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Re: Western Rails HOn3 trucks
jhoff02@...
Have you been able to tell how they roll?jim
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Re: Train camera
Mark Rosche
Hi Brian,
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Jumping in on this topic, i would mount a small FPV camera on a 3v wireless 5.8 GhZ transmitter and as a receiver use a 5.8 GhZ video receiver connected to my smartphone to record. To power the transmitter you could use either batteries (2 AAA) or wire it to a DCC decoder making sure that you only receive max 3v on the camera module from the decoder. Looks pretty straightforward from the FPV videos I have watched. Regards, Don‘t take life too seriously...no one gets out alive anyway....
On 13. Dec 2020, at 15:55, Brian Kopp <kc5lpa1@...> wrote:
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