12-18-2012, 07:16 PM
The Dickens ville set loco would be a good start to the project, as for the toyish look that can be dealt with by repainting the loco after disassembling, these battery op set are usally easy to reassemble. Use flat based paint as it will look more real than the shine of plastic.
check out the blatent toy box cars I kitbashed into On30 box cars with a new coat of paint and swaping out the trucks and adding scale couplers. I am currently stuck on converting a loco similar to the dickens ville into a working On30 loco(need to find a junk 2-6-0 or even a 0-6-0 ho loco as On30 runs on ho gauge which track scales out to be 2 1/2 foot gauge track also called On30 for 30 inches.)
check out the blatent toy box cars I kitbashed into On30 box cars with a new coat of paint and swaping out the trucks and adding scale couplers. I am currently stuck on converting a loco similar to the dickens ville into a working On30 loco(need to find a junk 2-6-0 or even a 0-6-0 ho loco as On30 runs on ho gauge which track scales out to be 2 1/2 foot gauge track also called On30 for 30 inches.)