Model Train Journal

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Mold parting lines has long been a thing of the past...or so I thought.

Perhaps this is just an isolated case; future releases will tell us, I suppose.

Mark in Oregon

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:

NJPiney wrote:If I was wearing a blue jacket when the bus hit me, then blue jackets must be dangerous.

Rogue buses in NJ are known to track and run over people wearing blue jackets.

Mark in Oregon

well.....China, yes, or anyplace else where the manufacturer or importer have no pride. You will get some responses here to the effect that it's just fine, they're all that way, and maybe questioning you for being observant. I have had to trim, file and repaint so many locomotives, rolling stock......

I don't know if this is ok, but I've taken a couple of photos from the OGR site to post here: Lionel H10.jpeg Lionel E6.jpeg Examples of the shoddy work coming over from China; I would have thought that these mold lines went out with the Dodo bird, but apparently not. I don't wish to bash anyone or ...

I've been participating in numerous discussions over at the O Gauge forum, mostly about issues people are having with their latest (and often expensive) purchases. I will often add lines like "to each his own" or "no offense intended", yet it seems like it's MY posts that either ...

Does this qualify? IMG_20180923_092119522.jpg 4 1/2 pounds, sans tender. For those of you who haven't seen this on the "O Gauge Forum": I bought this for under $50.00, to use as a display item, then decided I'd like to run it. Couldn't get it to function properly (not having a "TMCC&q...

That is awesome. I hope you'll be having some sort of on line catalog at some point... If you've been following the discussions regarding P:48 and Q scale over on the OSR Forum, you've noticed I've mentioned his name a few times. He was "in his prime", I suppose, just about the time I was ...

I shouldn't say anything here, as I know nothing about this kind of stuff, but...those wheel flanges look awfully small for 3 rail, don't they?

Mark in Oregon

I watched that; it seems to work pretty well...

Mark in Oregon

Thread drift time...

I've always thought Humble Pie's "Performance: Rockin' The Fillmore" is one of the all-time great live albums...

OK, back to trains...

Mark in Oregon

Very nice.

I'm sure it's "accurate", but that big 12-wheeled tender just looks too modern for the engine.

As you would say, "Opinion".

Mark in Oregon

bob turner wrote:Oh - I really got "B Smith" all worked up. I have never heard of this nonsense, and I bet I am the world's most prolific builder of 17/64 scale. I ought to qualify as some kind of expert.

Well, apparently not on that site...

Mark in Oregon

bob turner wrote:Anybody notice the Q gauge thread on NK?

Yes. I see you set the record straight.

I can almost see the eyes of the 3-railers glaze over...

Mark in Oregon

I wonder if that shell is "lost-plastic?" You mean a plastic master was used to cast the brass copy? I'm guessing the plastic master would have to have been an Atlas F9(?); that's the only plastic F unit that comes to mind right off. I think the brass shell in the picture is an F3. I know...

They say the Pacific is the most popular steam locomotive. I suppose that could be true. I know that, for whatever reason, the most common wheel arrangement I have ever owned in HO and N were 4-6-2s. In HO I had several Tyco/Mantua "B&O" examples: a Penn Line/Bowser K4 and the NYC K11...