I know you want to make your own, but if I were you I would just find some beat-up trains at a yard sale, or a thrift store and take the wheels off and throw the rest away. The other thing you can do is just buy the wheels from a train store or hobby store. Sorry, I haven’t answered your question directly. I have no idea how to make them.
Most of these locomotives are designed to run on 22′ plus curves and it is recommended that they are oprerated on such curves. All that said, however, they do run on 18′ curves. The manufacturer does not recommend it, but they can. Slightly bigger chance of derailing though, but with properly aligned tracks and joints properly smoothed out, you should be OK. You might want to consider slowing them down in curves if you have issues with derailment.
Yes, make sure your locos can pull the loads though. It will tke some trial and error but that’s part of the hobby. Most full size railroads only have about 3 % grades. HO just doesn’t have the room to have such a low %. Make sure your traction wheels and track are clean.
As an experienced model railroader I can suggest you go to your local hardware store and ask for a piece of 4 X 8 plywood and a couple of saw horses to act as legs for your train table. Let me give you a couple of links to help you along…
There are very many more sites you can go to, but these two should give you a head start. Lastly, I want to welcome you to what I promise would be a joyful experience in the model railroad hobby. Always remember: Miniature trains are a delightful hobby, model railroading is fun.
What is the best way to strip paint off of a brass HO scale model train locomotive?
I recently aqcuired some brass HO scale engines. I have never had brass, and the paint schemes that the previous owner had do not match my era. How do I strip the paint effectively without obviously damaging anything? Thanks!
Now, is there anything that I can use to dip the shells with? There are alot of small detail pieces, and rubbing them is not going to work as the small parts will most likely break or bend. I do not know what kind of paint it is either. I would think that there has got to be something that I can use just to dip the shells??
will a 2-8-2 ho scale model train steam locomotive work on a 18 inch curve radius?
I have a ho scale model train layout with an 18 inch curve radius that I just finished building and I would like to know if a 2-8-2 ho scale steam locomotive will work on my layout
help me find an item for my ho scale model train?
ive recenty purchase a model train the scale is ho
and i want to build my own track and so on and so forth
now what i want to do is get a wooden board make a street and on that street i wana make sord of like beams that will hold up another board which will hold the train but i am having problems finding any beams if you live in brooklyn and you see how the beams under the mta subway trains are you know exactly what im talking about
thank you for reading
February 20th, 2011 
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I know you want to make your own, but if I were you I would just find some beat-up trains at a yard sale, or a thrift store and take the wheels off and throw the rest away. The other thing you can do is just buy the wheels from a train store or hobby store. Sorry, I haven’t answered your question directly. I have no idea how to make them.
I’ve heard of people dipping the model into a bucket of pine-sol solution! Let it soak for a while, and watch the paint just peel off!!
Most of these locomotives are designed to run on 22′ plus curves and it is recommended that they are oprerated on such curves. All that said, however, they do run on 18′ curves. The manufacturer does not recommend it, but they can. Slightly bigger chance of derailing though, but with properly aligned tracks and joints properly smoothed out, you should be OK. You might want to consider slowing them down in curves if you have issues with derailment.
Yes, make sure your locos can pull the loads though. It will tke some trial and error but that’s part of the hobby. Most full size railroads only have about 3 % grades. HO just doesn’t have the room to have such a low %. Make sure your traction wheels and track are clean.
As an experienced model railroader I can suggest you go to your local hardware store and ask for a piece of 4 X 8 plywood and a couple of saw horses to act as legs for your train table. Let me give you a couple of links to help you along…
http://www.kalmbach.com
http://www.walthers.com
There are very many more sites you can go to, but these two should give you a head start. Lastly, I want to welcome you to what I promise would be a joyful experience in the model railroad hobby. Always remember: Miniature trains are a delightful hobby, model railroading is fun.
What is the best way to strip paint off of a brass HO scale model train locomotive?
I recently aqcuired some brass HO scale engines. I have never had brass, and the paint schemes that the previous owner had do not match my era. How do I strip the paint effectively without obviously damaging anything? Thanks!
Now, is there anything that I can use to dip the shells with? There are alot of small detail pieces, and rubbing them is not going to work as the small parts will most likely break or bend. I do not know what kind of paint it is either. I would think that there has got to be something that I can use just to dip the shells??
will a 2-8-2 ho scale model train steam locomotive work on a 18 inch curve radius?
I have a ho scale model train layout with an 18 inch curve radius that I just finished building and I would like to know if a 2-8-2 ho scale steam locomotive will work on my layout
help me find an item for my ho scale model train?
ive recenty purchase a model train the scale is ho
and i want to build my own track and so on and so forth
now what i want to do is get a wooden board make a street and on that street i wana make sord of like beams that will hold up another board which will hold the train but i am having problems finding any beams if you live in brooklyn and you see how the beams under the mta subway trains are you know exactly what im talking about
thank you for reading
How to make HO scale model train wheels?
Help me!!! I have some HO scale model trains and I’m missing a lot of wheels. How can I make my own?
What is agood gradient percentage for HO scale model train setups?
I measured everything out and got a 6.6% grade. Is that acceptable?