#7710

I’m about to start on a small P48 shelf layout- standard gauge shortline - central Florida in the steam / diesel era transition era .
Is there anyone in the UK selling American O gauge? ?I recognise I will need to change the wheels ‘ trucks.
Does anybody know of a P48 io list or Facebook page?

thanks
now to return to all things narrow.

#7711

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I’ve been entertaining the idea of doing some P:48 and have a few friends in my area who are helpful. I do see information on this FB page (including some questions of my own -?

And one of my friends has a blog on his P:48 adventures - Mark Zagrodney. He just got a large milling machine, so he’s serious!

David Woodhead ? ?Toronto?

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On Feb 14, 2021, at 9:40 AM, Kelvin White <kelvin.torteval@...> wrote:

I’m about to start on a small P48 shelf layout- standard gauge shortline - central Florida in the steam / diesel era transition era .
Is there anyone in the UK selling American O gauge? ?I recognise I will need to change the wheels ‘ trucks.
Does anybody know of a P48 io list or Facebook page?

thanks
now to return to all things narrow.

#7712

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Facebook has a group, 'proto48: the future of 1/48 railroad modeling' that is the one you should join, run by Gene Deimling. Gene has a blog well worth looking at as he highlights many of the best modelers in that scale. ?I believe if you search groups io for p48 you'll find one.?

Dave Eggleston

Seattle WA

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On Feb 14, 2021, at 7:18 AM, David Woodhead <davidwoodhead@...> wrote:

? I’ve been entertaining the idea of doing some P:48 and have a few friends in my area who are helpful. I do see information on this FB page (including some questions of my own -?

And one of my friends has a blog on his P:48 adventures - Mark Zagrodney. He just got a large milling machine, so he’s serious!

David Woodhead ? ?Toronto?

On Feb 14, 2021, at 9:40 AM, Kelvin White <kelvin.torteval@...> wrote:

I’m about to start on a small P48 shelf layout- standard gauge shortline - central Florida in the steam / diesel era transition era .
Is there anyone in the UK selling American O gauge? ?I recognise I will need to change the wheels ‘ trucks.
Does anybody know of a P48 io list or Facebook page?

thanks
now to return to all things narrow.

#7713

Kelvin,

Try joining the American O-Scale in the UK Facebooking group

Very little importing to UK going on but mutual help available. also try OScaleForum site.

David

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On Sun, 14 Feb 2021 at 14:40, Kelvin White <kelvin.torteval@...> wrote:

I’m about to start on a small P48 shelf layout- standard gauge shortline - central Florida in the steam / diesel era transition era .
Is there anyone in the UK selling American O gauge?? I recognise I will need to change the wheels ‘ trucks.
Does anybody know of a P48 io list or Facebook page?

thanks
now to return to all things narrow.

#7714

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Good morning Kelvin

Here are two more references, the first in FB and the second on groups.io

PROTO48: The future of 1/48 railroad modeling

/g/OScale2RailProto48Modelers

Enjoy your journey.

Ian

On 2/14/2021 8:40 AM, Kelvin White wrote:

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I’m about to start on a small P48 shelf layout- standard gauge shortline - central Florida in the steam / diesel era transition era .
Is there anyone in the UK selling American O gauge? ?I recognise I will need to change the wheels ‘ trucks.
Does anybody know of a P48 io list or Facebook page?

thanks
now to return to all things narrow.

#7715

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If you are looking for P48 stuff then this mob would be a good source.

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Brian
Rawbelle County Workshops
Qld. Aust.

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From: David Rae

Sent: Monday, February 15, 2021 2:48 AM

To: [email protected]

Subject: Re: [o14] OT - P48

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Kelvin,

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Try joining the American O-Scale in the UK Facebooking group

Very little importing to UK going on but mutual help available. also try OScaleForum site.

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David

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On Sun, 14 Feb 2021 at 14:40, Kelvin White <kelvin.torteval@...> wrote:

I’m about to start on a small P48 shelf layout- standard gauge shortline - central Florida in the steam / diesel era transition era .
Is there anyone in the UK selling American O gauge?? I recognise I will need to change the wheels ‘ trucks.
Does anybody know of a P48 io list or Facebook page?

thanks
now to return to all things narrow.

Virus-free.

#7716

Hi, Kelvin -

The best FB group has already been mentioned; Gene’s blog is also good to follow. ?Please let me know if I can help you source things, I’m not a dealer of any kind but can help if you get stuck. ?(Brits have been helping me for years with my UK outline interests, payback.)

My main modeling interest is US outline Proto:48, although the focus is changing somewhat for the next few years due to having a much smaller space available in my new home - 1953 era Chicago and NorthWestern steam and early diesel equipment is being stored while I work up a 2000 era industrial park layout. ?I do have some knowledge of what is available for your era of interest because of my main interest. ?Feel free to send me a message offline if you’d like to discuss!

Best regards -

Ken Ford
Windham, NH USA

#7717

My thanks to everybody who gave me links to P48 FB pages. With the limited space I have, I’ve decided to return to modelling in American S scale. This is finescale - not American Flyer ? S scale at 1/64 3/16in/ft is 0.75 the size of American O. I have previously modelled in S and I enjoy the size.

My narrow gauge modelling is focusing on O21 - mainly Irish and Manx. I will be handlaying my track using Kalgarren code 100 FB rail and micro engineer spikes I’ve received from Paul. 

best regards
Stay safe
Stay sane

Kelvin