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The future Dragon Mountain triplex... Michael

you might want to consider yourself lucky. I've picked up a lot of older Rivarossi stuff, mostly the 0-8-0's with tender drive, for some planned "projects" I had. I've since focused on logging, and most of these older projects have fallen by the way-side. I should have one or two of the...

Right up until you mentioned these were for the class A climax, i would have suggested the Fireman's side sideframes off the MDC shay. I WAS intending to scratchbuild a class B or C climax in HO scale by modifying the MDC shay, but could never find a good BRASS crossbox. The Grandt Line delrin...

"What's the big matzia here?" Change. People HATE change, especially when it hits them where they live (and hobby). Thankfully, I'm immune to the UP logo issue as I do not model UP, or any of its subsidiaries (though the SP was tempting for a while). I understand their reasoning, and in...

Bill, I managed to find it a couple years ago for $5. I don't think the store owner knew what it was, or even cared. It was in a box of HO stuff he was discounting. I find the Bachman old-time coach and combine are a close match to it. Close enough that, if all of them were painted alike...

i kinda haven't settled on a time period yet, but somewhere between 1890s and 1950s. I'm primarily a logging nut, so I'm always running old equipment, and some of the oldest would look best with spoked wheels (My Lincoln Funeral Car would also look excellent with spoked wheels). And, thanks...

I found this on ebay once and saved the pics (as I couldn't afford the real thing) so I could model one in a scale I could afford. It looks like someone kitbashed a Model T into a portable cutoff saw (radial arm saw, whatever you wanted ot call it). http://www.dragonmnt.com/saw.html...

Oops, sorry for the size of the pics.

Michael

Anyone know of a good source for spoked wheels for old-time freight and passenger cars? Michael

I hope ya'll will forgive me for resurrecting an old thread. I've only recently learned of The Guage. I bought this old Mantua logger from a fella online for $5. I replaced the boiler, cab, and walkways by getting replacement parts from Mantua. Scratchbuilt the monkey-deck out of styrene...

That sounds like a good idea. The only part that I would change is that the windows are going to swing open like industrial windows (pivoting at the center horizontally) and have two "parts" per opening. I'm also thinking of using microscope slide covers for the glass. It's extremely thin and...

Not to bring up an old thread, but I've seen this engine up close. http://www.dragonmnt.com/prr.html There is a LOT of rust on this creature. And she is missing the rod from the piston to the main rod. http://www.dragonmnt.com/PRR2-10/IMG_0043.jpg Example of the rust, this pump...

Steam and Thunder no more... Old PRR 2-10-0 being cosmetically restored.

Oh, I forgot one thing. Anyone have any good ideas for windows? I discovered after building the walls, that there aren't any Grandt Line castings to fit my openings. Thanks. Michael

Ok, for all who asked... First, I'm modelling in HO scale. I found for logging modelling, that this offers some of the best choices, in a budget that I can afford (not to mention space requirements). the enginehouse, so far, has been a 1.5 year project. I got inspiration from the McCabe...

An engine house I'm building board-by-board. The boards are stained using a Minwax dark walnut Stain Stick. It's assembled via yellow wood-glue. Please critique? http://www.dragonmnt.com/enginehouse.html The engine is a rebuilt and remotored Mantua 2-6-6-2. Michael