I’ve been looking for a 343 locomotive for awhile and I finally found one on eBay. I’ve had mixed results buying American Flyer electric trains on eBay – a lot of times the seller will rate the item a grade or 2 higher than it actually is, and a lot of flaws don’t show up in the photos. So… it was against my better judgment to bid on this 343… Continue reading
Got another Billboard Reefer for my beer train. This one is painted for Edelweiss Beer and is another reefer from S Helper Service. It’s a nice looking paint scheme but I was disappointed with the quality of the paint job. It’s not as bad as some but it’s also definitely not up to S Helper’s… Continue reading
Toy trains are a wonderful Christmas tradition. Many people don’t even consider their Christmas decorating complete until the train set is set up around the Christmas tree. Getting a train set for Christmas is also a rich tradition in the US. If you’re into S Scale trains, your options are kind of limited. American Models and S Helper Service offer S Scale train sets, but selection is limited and seems… Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who reads this. This year I am most of all thankful for my family and the fact that all of them are in good health. I’m thankful that my parents get to spend so much time with us in Reno, especially as they get older. I’m thankful that both of my children are Christian (and I continue to pray that my wife will come to faith)… Continue reading
Sn42 Critter For Sale (Disclosure: This is my own listing). I have a Model Power DDT Plymouth Diesel switch engine listed on EBay. Although it is an HO locomotive, it scales out rather large in HO and actually looks a lot better as an S Scale narrow gauge locomotive. In fact, I put it next to one… Continue reading
I’m very interested in Sn42 model railroading, mainly as a cheaper alternative (than ‘true’ Sn3) to modeling 3 foot gauge lines in S Scale. It was recently pointed out to me that there were actually quite a few 1:1 rail lines that used 42″ gauge track. Well, of course I “knew” that but it just never registered in my mind. The comment piqued my interest so I decided to… Continue reading
Lately there have been some really good deals on S Scale brass locomotives coming up on EBay. A couple of weeks ago I picked up a P-B-L model of Southern Pacific #8 (narrow gauge) for less than $500 including shipping and this week I picked up a PFM C-16 (also in Sn3) for only $368 including shipping. To… Continue reading
River Raisin’s next S Scale brass locomotive project is going to be a USRA 0-6-0 switch engine. This is really good news if you’re like me and love S Scale and brass locomotives but can’t always afford the larger offerings. River Raisin is offering these for only $1299 (pre-production pricing) which is about… Continue reading
I spoke to Dan at River Raisin Models earlier this week and their Southern Pacific MT-4 and MT-5 S Scale locomotives are due in country around the middle of this month and depending on exact delivery date should ship around the end of the month or by early July… Continue reading
After a few disappointing announcements recently (Banta Modelworks getting out of S Scale, Downtown Deco cancelling an S Scale project due to lack of reservations) there is some good news in S Scale this week. River Raisin Models has received pilot models of Southern Pacific MT-5 #s 4369 and 4376 and posted pictures on their current projects page. They look extremely nice, even better than the SP Mikados they… Continue reading