JAMO

Hello there! Just a little news about the Iowa Central: the workshops have began to paint the big Baldwin VO-1000 with a first coat of primer. The workshop manager is glad to see the result 🤣

My scratchbuilding project has started... I'm making something similar to this caboose. More... soon

For your track, you have to modify the 0-6-0 with a Mike Sharman suspension system.

I'm still thinking to my gas pumps. I've just found a few minutes ago an old photo diffused on a Facebook group about old service stations. I'm surprised by the size of the pumps. So I'm happy because I think I can keep mine. They have the "good" size. Look at that:

A similar Mogul in 0 scale should be great on my 60's layout 👍

I wish you a Happy New Year! Bonne année, bonne santé à tous !

The green is 1/43 (Chevrolet 3100) from Altaya/IXO Models and the red is 1/48 (Chevrolet 6400). The red is supposed to be bigger than the green but they aren't at the same size

The green: comes from a Altaya collection in 1/43. The red: I have to lowered the chassis: the original connections between the springs and the axle aren't well done. It's an old casting. I'll send you more photos when I have modified. And then, I think my red will be really in 1/48. I've found photos of the prototype and someone who had built the kit. The space between the wheels and the chassis isn't good in 1/48: I have the same problem to correct. A photo is maybe easier to explain than sentences: A nice video I've found on the web. Exactly what I want to model 👍 Stay tuned 😉

Some photos to compare. The red body is too high: the wheels aren't at the good position. The red is smaller than the green one. The green is 1/43 (Chevrolet 3100) and the red is 1/48 (Chevrolet 6400)

So, I've started to build this old kit. The quality of the plastic remembers me some old toys kits from the 70's 😆 I have opened a door. It was possible because of the thin thickness of the parts.

They are very nice models. I like the fine details like the small chains underneath the chassis. But, yes, the price is too high (for me). And it don't includes the custom fees. I keep my "old" Intermountain and Atlas models.

I'm pleased to see your MK1 version layout 👍

Anyway, I've bought an old kit which is available from a french model shop to make my grain truck: a difficult kit but a good base!

Yes, I'll shoot photos! 4 N scale layouts and 1 HO scale.

It's time to wish you a Merry Christmas! At this time, I'm working (rehab) on my "old" N scale layout because it goes to an exhibition by the 7th and 8th of January. 5 US layouts will be exhibited.

That's interesting: O scale, street running, I stay tuned here 😉

A new locomotive has arrived in the Iowa Central company: a VO-1000 from Baldwin.

Great! Maybe nostalgia but very interesting to discover and to read! Thank you to share!

More work on the Waynesville Terminal! This layout has to be ready for a January exhibition in the Nord county. Well... I hope to have enough time to finish it. My son hasn't too many spare time because of school. I've made the black box with the lighting.

I like the styrene profile you have installed to hide the "big hole" on the "toy world" locomotive. 😋

Digital is fragile and need a lot of attention. I remember to see a layout in a shed for an exhibition during autumn days. On the morning there was too humidity to run the trains: the digital was out of order. My layout which was in analogic system with my KFS controller ran very well. So I can say digital needs more attention than analog ;) (no dilemma, just an experience).

I've found a video about the Tokheim 850 gas pump. They were tall. There was too models of 850. The largest one is the brown, at left on the photo. The man says: the body is 4ft high so 1219 mm. In 1:48 > 25 mm. My models have 30 mm bodies! 5 mm too high. And certainly a too big diameter. I have to saw them 🥴 ... or to install more modern models at the good scale.

I suspect the pick-up too big too

Thank you for your interesting answers and the nice video!!! Yes, that's right: the figure is too small. > It's a 1:50 from Preiser. And the pick-up is 1:43. But looking to the photos, I'm not sure the pick-up is 1:43. Maybe bigger than the good size. This man is 38 mm high. So in 1:48 > 1m82 (tall man) in 1:43 > 1m63 (small man) A comparation with different sizes: at left, the man with a hat is 1:43. At right the shopkeeper (Phoenix figure) is 1:43.