Has anyone had an issue with sound with their WOW Sound decoder. On my WSM C16, the engine runs smoothly w/o sound. As soon as I hit “8”, the engine runs erratically and finally will stop. It had been

Hey group, I am wanting to add more lights to my Blackstone K-27s marker lights, fire box flicker and cab light. I am sure its been done before. My first question, does the locomotive pick up power fr

I posted this on the "repower and regear group; Greetings, I just purchased a $50 GEM EBT locomotive that was sadly listed as a basket case. Based on the photos the biggest issue is that the valve gea

I just subscribed to this group. I did so because I have an unusual problem in my modeling that perhaps may find some relief here. I admit to very little familiarity with HOn3 products, so please forg

I have two Alishan Shay boxes. Not sure why I still had the boxes after selling the Shays from my store. I believe I have had these boxes since e 1978. The box is wood, with a black cardboard sleeve.

Here is a picture of my latest aqusitions. Some Kiso lumber company equipment. HO scale, 9mm track And now, for something completely different! The red coach is the mobile barber car. The speeder runs

Ken 12mm TT-scale track and power trucks are a good way to go... just fractionally under 42-inches in HO. In Europe... this is used to represent meter-gauge prototypes, i.e. HOm... but 3ft-6 is actual

Hi All, Just a quick note to let everyone know that last month we started shipping our kits for the Carter Bros. 28' Combination boxcar and the D&RG 3000 boxcar as delivered. The Carter Bros. 28 boxca

Good day fellow modelers, recently I bought a nice D@RG business car. Nice model -problem is the draft gear box is too low for the usual non3 couplers like Kadees. I once saw an offset coupler that wo

I am adding a line for my shays. I have Cowichan shays that could be converted to coal but are now oil. I am having trouble finding prototypes for a small branch line oil loading facility. I model DSP

Art, I grew up in the desert where 90 percent of the buildings were falling apart. When we travel, I also stop at every ghost town along the way. In big towns I always look for slums. The name of my w

The latest release from Bar Mills is Sal Manila Egg Wholesaler in HO. The model is based on a building on George Sellios' layout. The kit is similar to a FSM kit as far as quality goes. Excellent deta

Hi, all, I'm preparing to install DCC in a PSC RGS #20. However, because of the way the model was designed, I'm struggling to get the frame/motor separated from the boiler/cab. It appears that the sid

Hello friends, I'm finishing up a Ragg's Durango depot (probably from the 2005 first run) and found that the sign decals separated from the backing paper in water as usual, but Microscale Micro Set, M

This email provides information regarding the 2022 Annual KCNG Meet. This meet has been held in the Kansas City area in June since 2003. With the Covid issues, the meet was not held in 2020 or 2021, b

> What’s everyone else working on? Just printed the first part of my D&RG #168 project, a rough version of the compressor. I was particularly worried about how a 4K resin printer would resolve the fin

I am selling these two books asking $45 each: Rio Grande Narrow Gauge In Color Volume #1 Rio Grande Narrow Gauge In Color Volume #2 Thank you.

I would like to know how to wire a Shinohara HO/HOn3 dual gauge transition track to automatically reverse the polarity for the narrow gauge section. See attached photo. My layout is DC only, no DCC. A

Mark, I have a couple sources of card models I am using but most of the ones in the photo are from the Carson City series (see #1 below). I have found them on ebay, Amazon, and abebooks (probably beca

Cool aerial tram line on Steve Bradley's HO layout. #2000 &2001 www.berkshirevalleymodels.com