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Dave Smith
Добавлен 29 апр 2012
MRH RSD-5 Custom Paint
This is my new RSD-5 locomotive. It came as an unpainted sample from the MTH warehouse sale. I bought a painted shell and then painted the frame, handrails and trucks. Wired with new lights from Evans Lighting. The board was blown so I wired it with a bridge rectifier so the DC motors would run on the track. My own custom color scheme.
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American Flyer 9900 Burlington Zephyr
Просмотров 1 тыс.Месяц назад
This is my restored 9900. Is got a bath. Windows got cleaned. Aluminum was polished. New water set decals were installed. New wiring. The motor was rebuilt. New lights installed. It should have 3 cars but the set I bought only had 2. I will add the missing car later. Not perfect but a nice American Flyer O gauge set.
MTH Empire State Express 4-6-4.
Просмотров 708Месяц назад
This is from the MTH warehouse sale. It was a warranty return. The boards were blown but it had a motor. I added a bridge rectifier and a manual reverse switch in the tender. New lights were installed from Evans Lighting. The smoke fan and heating element works. Looks great and runs great.
American Flyer O Gauge Streamliner Motor Restoration
Просмотров 665Год назад
This is the inspection, tear down and finished product of my mid 1930's O gauge motor. Pretty big transformation cosmetically just cleaning up the old grease. Mechanically, it runs as it should after having some issues.
American Flyer City of Denver O Gauge restored set mid 1930's (Prewar)
Просмотров 1,4 тыс.Год назад
Restored set. Rebuilt motor. New armature, brushes and wiring. New homemade wheel bushings were installed after the motor plates separated. Motor mount shoulder rivet was tightened up with a ball peen hammer. Passenger trucks cleaned and adjusted. Axles straightened. 2 new (Lionel) wheels were added to replace the missing set. New wiring was put into the coaches. Added a light to the middle coa...
Pre-Restoration American Flyer City of Denver O Gauge Streamliner
Просмотров 2,3 тыс.Год назад
Prewar American Flyer O Gauge City of Denver Streamliner. Bought this untested. Wiring is bad in both cars. Whistle is missing. Motor only goes in reverse and the wheel bearings/bushings are worn badly and the wheels wiggle up and down. Armature is worn and there is a groove from the brushes on the copper plate. Missing one set of wheels from a passenger truck. However, original paint in okay c...
Lionel 2383 F3 with replacement MTH F3 shell.
Просмотров 498Год назад
Lionel Postwar single motor 2383 chassis. Sprayed flat gunmetal to match the truck sides. Added an MTH F3 shell. size is identical to the Lionel shell. had to shorten the rear mounting posts on the shell with a Dremel to match the length on the Lionel shell. Other than that, it was a direct fit. Nice detailed shell on a train show chassis.
Hoge 900 Prewar Streamliner: Pre-restoration.
Просмотров 1 тыс.Год назад
Hoge 900 Streamliner. Made in tbe 1930's. This set is in rough shape. It was missing the motor. I had a motor in a junk lot that I get running again (missing pinion gear, replaced with a Lionel). This set has been repainted a few times, bent, twisted and broken. Missing vestibules and headlight mount. This is the start of a multi-month project. Dents will be pushed out, bends staightened and pi...
MTH 4000 Great Northern Z6 Challenger 4-6-6-4
Просмотров 660Год назад
A year in the making. Came with scale wheels, no boards and no motor. Added new motor, brass flywheel and dogbone driveshaft. Replaced all lights with LEDs pre-wired for constant voltage from Evans Lighting. Changed wheels in pilot and trailing truck to high rail wheels with larger flanges from wheels I had in my parts boxes. Bought Lionel 2035 wheels without the gears on the back to be my new ...
MTH Z6 4-6-6-4 Challenger scale wheel to high rail wheel conversion
Просмотров 538Год назад
Bought his Challenger project a year ago. Had scale wheels with very small flanges. Changed the wheels on the pilot truck and rear truck with wheels from the parts bin. Used Lionel 2035 non-geared wheels. They were the same diameter as the MTH originals but with a larger flange. Added a 4-40 washer to the center non-flanged wheel to keep the shoulder screw from binding the connecting rod. Had t...
MTH FP45 project O gauge locomotive.
Просмотров 284Год назад
Built from scrap parts. Started with a frame and trucks. Found motors online. Found a shell online. Added LED headlights, reverse lights and cab corner lights from Evans Lighting. I run the DC motors off a bridge rectifier. Motor reverses witha DPDT switch under the front left corner. Added a small hole for a needle oiling bottle to add fluid to the smoke unit. Front shell had indications in th...
MTH E8 Locomotive O gauge project
Просмотров 590Год назад
My MTH E8 AB diesel set. Started off as an incomplete shell set. Used a donor AA set to get the frames, motors, portholes, horns and windshields. Wired with a manual reverse switch and a bridge rectifier to run the DC can motors off of a Lionel ZW AC transformer. Lovely shells. Runs great. Dual motors. Traction tires.
Lionel Prewar 810 crane car and 812 gondola. Lionel larger tinplate o gauge.
Просмотров 6552 года назад
Nothing fancy. Repainted 810 crane car. I cleaned up the gearing and added new string to the hook. Part of Lionels prewar larger o gauge collection. Scaled appropriately for the 251 and 256 locomotives.
Lionel Postwar 221 - restored to running condition.
Просмотров 1,4 тыс.2 года назад
Repaired Lionel 221. Rebuilt e unit. Minor paint touch ups. Replacement tender with new waterslide stripes. Dullcoat applied over the new stripes to cut down the gloss sheen. Non-magnetraction motor. Simple engine but it runs well and the e unit functions perfectly.
Lionel prewar/postwar tender project.
Просмотров 3042 года назад
An attempt to put correct (or more correct) tenders with some of my steam locomotives. 224e correct tender, 265 Silver Streak correct tender, 226e more correct tender (still not a real 226e tender but better than before), a new tender for my American Flyer 1680 Hudson and an MTH Greenbriar tender with new frame from scrap parts. I buy custom rubber stamps and white ink pads for my lettering.
Ives Prewar O Gauge 3258 custom repair.
Просмотров 7082 года назад
Ives Prewar O Gauge 3258 custom repair.
MTH 6200 S2 Pennsylvania Turbine - Analog style.
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.2 года назад
MTH 6200 S2 Pennsylvania Turbine - Analog style.
Prewar Ives 3200 Cast Electric Locomotive (1914-1917)
Просмотров 1,9 тыс.2 года назад
Prewar Ives 3200 Cast Electric Locomotive (1914-1917)
Custom 4-4-0 locomotive project from scrap parts and MTH shell.
Просмотров 3552 года назад
Custom 4-4-0 locomotive project from scrap parts and MTH shell.
Restored Lionel 250e and alternate locomotive.
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.2 года назад
Restored Lionel 250e and alternate locomotive.
American Flyer Prewar O Gauge 1680 - Restored
Просмотров 2,1 тыс.2 года назад
American Flyer Prewar O Gauge 1680 - Restored
LIONEL 2344 locomotives, restoration explained and completed
Просмотров 3,6 тыс.2 года назад
LIONEL 2344 locomotives, restoration explained and completed
MTH Mohawk - Analog unfinished kit project
Просмотров 1732 года назад
MTH Mohawk - Analog unfinished kit project
Great job, thank you for sharing! And I agree that it runs well. But the gears or bearings sound a little dry, a few well-placed drops of oil might quiet it down.
Nice color combo.
Look awesome,
Nice video! I enjoy seeing prewar Flyer. Thanks!
Nice to see! Thanks for posting this vid! I paint a lot, but I would not touch this one!! Good work!
Fascinating. I was just talking trains last night with my buddy and mentioned that I had owned an Ives steeplecab. It looked just like this except in red. Thanks for posting!
BOY, did that ever turn out great !
Looks good 👍
Love the paint job!
Very nice restoration, I like the way you thought outside the box on the color scheme, looks great! One question on the cars, I'm working on a restoration of same train now and was wondering if you could explain how you dealt with removing the side grab rails and windows and then re installing. Problem as you know is access as the cars themselves don't come apart and it's pretty difficult to get in there. I've tried various long nose pliers but there is no room to twist the hand rail ends straight to remove. Mine are nickel and takes a lot of force to move. Thanks
Long needle nose pliers that had a 45 bend on them. It still wasn't easy.
Two Thumbs up.
Not sure. I haven't seen a 157.
I have a 157. It has clips on the end on both ends and no clip in the center. How do I wire this platform? Thank you. Please leave me a video or wait.
Excellent. MTH should be doing these types of repairs. I find their engines unreliable.
nice
Cast alumiminum, huh? You sure did a nice good job with it!
Beautiful model.
Just purchased this fairly rare version of the Lionel 1700 in the Hiawatha color scheme: 1700E. Mine definitely shows its 90 years of age, but I rather like that aged look too. I’ve had the chrome and red version forever but have always admired this variation. I’ll just polish it up and do the requisite servicing/cleaning and hopefully be satisfied. I love the restoration that you did. It looks better than factory new. Cheers and happy streamlining! Stew
that is beautiful
Great vidio, love that idea, you will get a kick out of my tractor tender steams..Thanks for the morning coffee...
Awesome!
None of my MTH have their original boards. All of them run off a bridge rectifier
Great info, and K4's were in Pennsylvania colors from MTH, SO my take away is I can use a bridge rectifier to basically replace the gut of a tender? I have a MTH 2-8-8-2 w/o tender .. I ran it with the tender from my C&O 2-6-6-6 Alleghany
You’re missing a passenger car. Those sets came with three. A coach, vista dome and the observation car. Nice train.
Well aware of that.
I have the same set only mine still looks like yours at the beginning.
Me likem plenty good.
I have that same CB&Q GP-9 and like you I love ❤ mine too!!!
This would have been very typical of model railroading in the 1930s. True two rail wasn't feasible due to lack of good insulators, so most modelers ran off of an outside third rail, but catenary was also common. During the depression there were articles on how to upgrade toy trains into something that would blend better into a scale layout. Thanks for sharing!!
It`s a Spicy Meat Ball, though I would replace the 6/32 screws with single slots from that time frame.
Marx guy here, love the tin. I have a Flyer cast prewar #420 shell that I`m squeezing a Marx 999 motor into. Pray for me?
That`s a Spicy Meat Ball, me likem.
It's June 2024 now and MTH is coming out with an updated version of Susquehanna FP45 3636 and 8 other road names any day now.
Love what you have done. Enjoy it!
Nice job!
It is a nice locomotive, but I'm confused. You said this was a Hudson. Hudsons are 4-6-4s, not a 2-6-4s? So you're still calling this a Hudson?
Because, that is what the good people at American Flyer called it. They used the name Hudson in all their advertisements. Some model railroaders will take a second set of the front wheels and install them backwards behind the pilot wheels to get the correct 4 6 4 configuration of a real life Hudson to correct the American Flyer "mistake". I did enough work to get it back to life and made the decision to leave it like the AF people made it.
I have always thought that its size made it look like a standard gauge locomotive.
Agreed. It does not look proportionally correct to most of the rolling stock or passenger cars.
Dave, you have made another masterpiece in restoration !! You are a magician indeed !!
Looks a lot more like the Boston and Albany berks that the 736 was based on
What a professional restoration you did with many up-to-date improvements !! The chrome window surrounds were especially fine !
Amazing restoration Dave, great talent combined with dedication.
Dave , my hat's of to you !! Most tin-platers have never known of this. I have only seen one myself ! I pronounce it "Hoag," but I don't know if that is correct.
Again, have made a train the way Lionel should have made it ! I mean with a coffin tender instead of the small coal tender ! Keep up the good work ; you have great taste and judgment !
I couldn’t agree more with your comment about the coffin tender or waffle tender looking more substantial/better than the smaller coal tender. The original tender does have the Lionel logo on the back to match the engine’s logo, but it’s still too small.
Very nice ,to say the least, including the cars ! What an effort !
Surprised it actually worked to use that motor for an O gauge loco. It appears to be the "super-sized" Lionel HO motor that was used to power Geeps and ALCos with crown gear drives, made around 1964-1965. I'm used to working with the 'medium' and 'small' versions, which tend to run pretty hot. I suspect it's mostly because they don't have very good air circulation.
Great information
This 2344 f3 NYC is in rough shape like mine. (Inherited from my grandfather). Mine, the shell has stress cracks, inside the shell is covered in white film, either from a battery leaking, or just the chemicals breaking down in the plastic... (Mine is for sale, as I'll never be able to restore it myself)
K lines cheaper, just sayin
SWEET!❤ Great job cobbling this little beauty together. Enjoy! 🚂
this thing is so cool! thanks for sharing!
Excellent!