shortage of H.O scale models?
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I live in Florida. DR:wave:cascaderailroad
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On John Allen's-Gorre & Daphitid RR, all stuctures were meticulously hand built using wood and paper, for @ 50 cents of materials each.
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What you need
What you need to find is an older store, they ussually got some of the older kit models collected..... I personally go to a place up in Sacramento Ca that has been around for a while... a little further up in roseville is another one of my favorite hot-spots..... Its just a matter of hunting around for a honey hole of model trains..
cheers
What you need to find is an older store, they ussually got some of the older kit models collected..... I personally go to a place up in Sacramento Ca that has been around for a while... a little further up in roseville is another one of my favorite hot-spots..... Its just a matter of hunting around for a honey hole of model trains..
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You think its hard finding H.O. Models?
Try finding some hon3 rolling stock. And then, try finding some that isnt D&RGW!
Look on Ebay or anyplace that sells hon3, and I promise you there will be at least 1 piece of D&RGW rolling stock of some kind. Kit or pre built.
That is where it is hard. Most of my cars are D&RGW or colorado modeled. I only have 1 car that I know for a fact would have been on the line I model, the Southern Pacific NG (Carson & Colorado). Now yes I dont model the scenery, but I do try hard to get stuff that resembles SPNG rolling stock. 2 of my 3 current engine are bassed off of SPNG prototypes, all three are brass. SPNG 2-8-0 #1, and SPNG 4-6-0 #9. My third is tender driven 4-4-0 bassed off standard baldwin designs, and I have it becouse it closley resembles #10 of the SPNG. I will however give in and by one of Blackstone's new C-19s when released. Its not like Im getting a K-36 and lettering it SPNG or something.
So yea, non D&RGW hon3. Now your talkin hard to find.
Edit: Reading my post I find it myself a little harsh. This isnt ment to be a personal attack in anyway. Sorry if anyone takes it that way.
Try finding some hon3 rolling stock. And then, try finding some that isnt D&RGW!
Look on Ebay or anyplace that sells hon3, and I promise you there will be at least 1 piece of D&RGW rolling stock of some kind. Kit or pre built.
That is where it is hard. Most of my cars are D&RGW or colorado modeled. I only have 1 car that I know for a fact would have been on the line I model, the Southern Pacific NG (Carson & Colorado). Now yes I dont model the scenery, but I do try hard to get stuff that resembles SPNG rolling stock. 2 of my 3 current engine are bassed off of SPNG prototypes, all three are brass. SPNG 2-8-0 #1, and SPNG 4-6-0 #9. My third is tender driven 4-4-0 bassed off standard baldwin designs, and I have it becouse it closley resembles #10 of the SPNG. I will however give in and by one of Blackstone's new C-19s when released. Its not like Im getting a K-36 and lettering it SPNG or something.
So yea, non D&RGW hon3. Now your talkin hard to find.
Edit: Reading my post I find it myself a little harsh. This isnt ment to be a personal attack in anyway. Sorry if anyone takes it that way.
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at the same train store i buy my H.O. they have some on3 right above in kits. they dont have any engines though.... the H.O. engines are in a cub board right next to the rolling stock
There is a great hobby shop in Canberra. It literally has hundreds of 1950's US locos, as well as alot of modern US locos. It has the old blue boxed model kits (for rolling stock and locos) and Hon3 locos and rollingstock.
You might want to consider a trip to Canberra... :wave:
You might want to consider a trip to Canberra... :wave:
Am I the only other person that actually gets this? :hehe:
TweetsieDude
Back Woods Narrow Gauge
Do you mean the Bachmann West Side 3 Truck shays? They're a bit pricy.
Rock On!
Dusten
TweetsieDude
Back Woods Narrow Gauge
Ah, forgive me lol, I have not the slightest of ideas of how the West Coast ran, I only studied the ET&WNC and a little bit of the EBT lol.
Rock on!
Dusten
Rock on!
Dusten
What.
/drops everything and runs screaming to the nearest hobby shop to buy up all remaining blue box kits
EDIT: at least we still have the Bowser kits, which are great if you only care about the Pennsylvania Railroad. (luckily I only care about the Pennsylvania Railroad)
