Earl Knoob has good info about the loco's he discusses. One must look carefully at the pictures, though. This is all from memory but IIRC, several pictures of K-27's on the South side of the RGS had s

I have a Steve Hatch servo/Tam Valley controlled 3 way that's been in use for several years. It works fine and I have another circuit I can use if I need it.

I can’t open the picture on my Apple devices, either. Larry Klose

I second Joe Melhorn’s comment. One of these days I’m going to be able to operate on Paul’s layout. Larry

I have a magnet tool holder above my work bench. I keep a small screwdriver on it and its magnetized enough to hold steel screws. For non magnetic screws I use a “nut starter” I got from micro mark—no

Track on my Sn3 layout is all code 55 flex and prefab turnouts (PBL-Micro-Engineering) and it's all laid with bathroom calk. This is a great method because if changes are needed it comes up with a pal

Here's a good primer on super glue, its uses, storage, etc. It's from a musical instrument tool and repair site but it's good general knowledge. https://www.stewmac.com/video-and-ideas/online-resource

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