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I'm trying to add a Cal Scale Passenger pilot to the nose of this unit . this frame won't be a snap to hang it under the nose . I thought of thin sheet plastic to curve and bond to it ? If I ''chicken

LOL !! I have a Bowser Nclass 2-10-2 that needs to pull up its footboard pilot . Right now it's way , way too low for railhead clearance .. The situation is this , the pilot gets pulled up into the

Sometimes nothing works but on my bowsers I like taking the slack out of the armature shaft with Neal thrust washers. This involves removing the armature. Don’t worry about it. I never noticed any

Hi Doug and group, Thanks so much for the tips. The Bowser motor is running pretty quiet by itself now. When the motor is attached to the chassis with the basic drive train of side rods,

Hi Group thanks for all the great tips. The Bowser motor by itself now runs pretty quiet. With the motor attached to the chassis and the basic drive train assembled, I get noise going forward

Fred, list, DC71 motors in a good state of tune (broken in and lubricated) are pretty quiet when run by themselves.? Once in the Bowser models, there's some gear and chassis noise.?? A bright boy

Try making a radius checking tool ?? You might have a ''kink'' in that spot ? Run that loco through that curve in the other direction . If it derails there ? Then the cyuve is out of radius ?? Henry

Hi Fred , oil the bearings , be stingy with it tho' . DC71 motors are noisy unlike today's can motors .However , you will NEVER bog down one of these in a good rolling Bowser loco . They lug really

Overall there is no "break in) for the motors Just make sure that the front and rear bearings are oiled. Put a little oil on then and let them sit for a while, add a touch more and let it run. Should

Hi group, I'm building a bowser HO steam loco I got on EBAY and I've just tried out the DC-71 motor. It makes a lot of noise that seems to come from the brushes. When I pinch back on the

I have a Bowser loco kit I bought on EBAY that had probably sat on the shelf for some years. I just tried out the DC-71 motor for the first time and it is very noisy. Does this motor improve

Hey Guys, Does any one have a JE 0-4-0 Yardbird Chassis available? Don't need the motor. Thanks, Jeff

Hi Jeff. The chassis is from a Rivarossi U25C. Nelson

Nelson, What chassis is that second pic from? -Jeff Cdn.

Nelson, That’s a great tip and thanks for the great photos also. I should be able to find pulleys like that at my local recycling place. Very good idea. Richard in Vermont

Not too shabby Jeff ! Nice buy , when those F3s were new ? Close was good enough . Prototype came a little later . Nice paint on them . Bueno ! Henry --------------------------------------------

Richard, You can find pulleys in old tape drives, and even some computer disk drives use a belt and pulleys for the drawer mechanism. I did a repower on a Riv U25C years ago with a small square belt

Just thought I'd share a recent eBay get. Set of plastic Varney shells lettered for the PRR. Even though the scheme isn't perfect, Im going to leave them as-is. Jeff jppellas@...

Did you try PSC in Montana ? Or the successor NWSL ? They had em ? Bowser had [/] some Mantua rivits ? If it's PFM , it probably needs to be tighter ?? Henry H.

I use ordinary sewing pins in place of rivets or tiny screws. To hold them in place a tiny bit of solder works for me or if you are very careful a bit of super glue will work also. Richard in