Hi Guys...

I've got an Nscale SD40-2 made by Kato with a rear truck that doesn't work. Let me explain...

Both front and rear wheels turn (in fwd or reverse) as long as the front truck is conducting power and touching the rails. As soon as I remove the front truck wheel set from the rails, the rear truck wheels won't turn and the rear light doesn't illuminate. I noticed this when I was trying to clean the wheels...I could clean the rear wheels on a cleaning cloth when I allowed the front trucks to rest on the rails and conduct the electricity to the motor, but when I tried to clean the front truck wheel set, the rear set didn't seem to conduct the electricity. Has anyone else noticed this on this particular engine?

I'm going to pop the shell off today and try to see if there's an obvious problem...I've already checked the wheel gauge (all the wheels were gauged properly) and if the metal conducting strips were making contact with the wheel axle point (they seem to be). I'm no motor expert, but it seems strange that the rear wheels would work only with the front truck picking up the power from the rails. I don't have any other engine like this where only one truck operates as long as the front truck is making rail contact. The rear light illuminates and the rear wheel set turns just fine (when in reverse of course) as long as the front truck is on the rails. And when the front truck is making contact with the motor running in "forward", the front light illuminates and both front and rear wheel sets turn normally.

Any ideas?

I've already tried to properly explain this condition to whomever is reading the email at Kato...but haven't heard a reply yet...so I thought I'd seek the expert advice here!

Hi Guys

Ill post all the weathered rolling stock i do from here on out in this thread. At the Great Train Expo show this weekend i got a set of Weathering Powders that contains Light Rust, Medium Rust, Dark Rust and Soot. Its made by Bragdon Enterprises and i picked up the set of 4 for $18.00 at the show. Works just as it says too

Since we dont have a weathering forum yet, i posted this in the HO forum for now until we get a weathering forum which then i will need one of the mods to move it over there, i just couldnt wait anymore lol

I have kit bashed and modified but never tried to scratch build a building. I have a Walthers transfer building that I don't like very much I want to replace it and can't find a kit . So here I go. I am looking for suggestions, do's , don't s, warnings , Materials to use . The only thing I am avoiding is metal . I have a few metal kits and don't want to go there again. Leaning toward plastic. Is plastic and wood together a bad idea?
Les

Hi all
I noticed a change in the other neck of the woods
Figured andSON and i might join a few old friends and maybe make some new ones
Mainly lurking as andSon has gone off on a tangent literally......
Model rockets are all the rage at the current moment, funny though when its raining, he always wanders back to his trains.
7 engines and 35 cars with only 7 inches between the caboose and the engine, looks a little funny but hes happy
And really thats the only thing that matters

JRandSON

Hi guys, maybe i missed it, but i dont see a Weathering Forum on here, can we possibly add that to the forums?

I got some new chalks from the train show on Saturday and would like to start weathering again But i dont see a weathering forum like we had at the old place....

Anybody here interested in doing some custom painting for me, or have a recommendation of a good place or person that does custom painting? I have a paint scheme designed based on the Reading & Northern (itself based on the UP) and have no desire to mess with masking and decal stripes.

Here is an example of my scheme...

Any thoughts?

we ahve discussed the various levels of the ready to run locomotives and cannot decide who makes the better model or makes the best model.
so in your opinion who makes the better ready to run out of the box rolling stock such as box car, tanker , flat car, cranes, passenager car?
i like walthers cars and athaern but i really dislike the couplers they use.
kadee i llike but only have one model so far made by them so need more models to compare and decide on them
your thoughts?
stuart
renfrew ontario

Lets see if these work , there all short vids

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Can someone tell me how to post some short videos I uploaded to youtube? This was a first for me to figure out how to get the camera to make a video then I created an account at youtube but now I don't know how to or where to find a link for the videos off youtube to post here.