I use Kapton tape on the underside of those deck plates. It’s very thin but efficient designed to be a effective insulator with great adhesion. Also, check to be sure that the back edge of the deck pl

I got a corrugated iron pressing tool from these guys: Brunel Models https://www.brunelmodels.net/ Mine's S scale but they have all the major scales. It's an Australian company so shipping might take

Nano Oil also has grease. Good for gears. Larry

" If you want to save yourself some pain, try remotoring, etc a HO standard gauge brass engine first. You'll learn a lot about the process without the pain of working in HOn3. I do a lot of standard g

Re Archer rivets, the new Gazette has a quarter page ad, p. 7. I recall seeing them in several past issues as well. Larry Klose

Ask Jim Booth or Bill Peter at PBL. PBL has imported many different Sn3 brass and hybrid models made by Boo Rim and they probably have experience with finishing and lettering on their models. Jim does

I use PBL Star Brand lacquer. I just finished painting a PBL stock car kit with freight car red. The kit has light gray, dark gray and black parts and everything came out uniform with no bleed from th

If made in Asia It’s almost certainly metric. And if it’s not a sheet metal type screw, an SAE thread is probably going to strip the threads. Whether that makes a difference is up to the user. Seems l

Get a life! Try calling your cable company or ISP when it crashes. At least SJ has scheduled service periods. The option for the business may be just going away. When small businesses get support from

Then I looked at my PBL locos: #20, first run, excursion paint job, has 2 right side, vertical pipes, no valve, back dropping fromthe air tank and two pipes at the front with a valve on one. #454 and

I was looking in the RGS Story Vol. 12 (which is mostly a survey of roster and Real Estate) for something else so I looked at # 20. Multiple pictures from the excursions in 1947 and others about that

I built my first LaBelle kit shortly after the passenger cars were introduced—I still remember the issue of Model Railroader with a photo of the introductory kit on the cover, January 1960. I was 13 a

Along with many others, I use a short piece of shrink wrap or vinyl tubing on the end of the pin to keep the drawbar on. It allows separation when necessary but avoids undesired splits. Why make it pe

The Faulhaber URL is Micromo.com I didn’t look at prices.

I was wandering around the web and came across this web site for Faulhaber motors and other gear. They now have a US subsidiary. I didn’t look at the cost… . Larry

Re the keeper box, a similar fixture is molded into the head block of the PBL stub turnout. I used spikes as limiters on the Railway Engineering 3 way. Larry Klose

Re switch stand connection, I haven’t got there yet. I’m holding the stands until I get most of my scenery and buildings installed. It’s too easy to “clear the deck“ while working with my big hands ne

The Tam Valley 3 way board allows adjustment of the throw from the servo. Indeed, they do buzz when adjusted too firmly against the stops. On a three way stub, the center adjustment is done the same w

My bad. The Tam Valley board uses DC to power the servo but an accessory DCC decoder for other functions, such as signal lights in the semaphore or signals connected to the board. It’s been long enoug

I have 11 Sn3 code 55 stub prefab turnouts, originally developed by Tomalco and still marketed by PBL. Installation is slightly more difficult than point turnouts because the (partially self aligning)