Good day all, I am helping a member of our club with repairs on his Blackstone K-27 locomotive which has a burned out motor. Does anyone have an old first gen motor that may have had the over-oiled pr

Last time I posted something on my project, I was messing with laser-cut metal frames. Well, I've vectored away from that and am experimenting with resin-printing the frame. Results look promising so

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

This is a reminder for the KCNG meet next month. If you have been putting off your registration, now is the time to get to it! Would like to see you all attend...it's a fun time!

I contacted TCS tech Support and the tech gave me several troubleshooting ideas…… the first was to lower the sound volume. I did and the issue of stalling/ balkiness disappeared. The speaker lost some

F.S. Weathered code 70 dual gauge track ( New ) bundles of six lengths, $30.00 each bundle interested? Send P.M. for more details George Nefstead

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

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