My name is JT aka Joe. I’ve been model railroading since I was probably 7 years old. I like to model the desert. I use a variety of locations and land features to create a recognizable landscape that brings the entire Southwest into one layout.
I am building an HO Scale Desert Model Railroad. On this Channel I review HO scale and some O scale locomotives and rolling stock. I build realistic scenery that closely represents the beautiful North American Southwest. I make tutorial videos to help encourage modelers to build their own scenery. I also make videos that show the ease of building scale structures. On this channel you'll also see vlog videos where I take my viewers with me on out family adventures including historical train excursions and trains shows.
You can reach me at my email down below. I check my email often. I am always happy to help with any model railroading questions.
Those models are amazing - I just purchased one in the grey color scheme which I believe represents the Air Force- super excite to have it. Nice review as always.
Look great. But if Athearn have no keep alive, technology?can't take them seriously... Early this year I purchased 2 of their 50 year Amtrak...nice details and sound...but no keep alive...
I can see how these models missing key components like that can be unattractive. I do like that ScaleTrains and other manufacturers have that feature. Thank you for watching!
It would take a bit of work. You would need to carefully remove the number boards and use a small amount of RTV sealant to reduce the leakage. I’m honestly most likely not going to even bother because I would most likely destroy them in the process. You could maybe try carefully painting on some thick black paint around the number boards through the inside around the edges. I haven’t really looked at the inside of the number board housing to see how to fix them. I have fixed other number boards using the methods mentioned above.
Nice dude. I like the NS scheme on these models. Oh now that you mention it I didn’t notice that the earlier run didn’t have roller bearing caps. Thanks for watching!
I haven't finished mine yet, but on the brick, I used Crayola chalk paint. It turned out great, and on my pumps, I laminated aluminum foil. This travel center takes up a lot of space, so I'm still trying to figure out how I want to place it to get it to look right.
Cool idea for the pumps. Had never thought to laminate foil. Yes the pump has a huge footprint. I wish I had more room for the car wash that came with. Would have been cool to add. Thanks for watching!
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Very impressive and handsome cw44-9 model, Scaletrains has once again produced another incredible locomotive model and Norfolk Southern owns a large roster (over 1000) of these dash 9 models. Even though it is plain and simple I really like the NS black/ white paint scheme as it makes the NS unique among the US railroads and these Scaletrains models are possibly the best dash 9 locomotive models available in ho scale currently.
I agree with you! These are possibly the best Dash 9s available. I enjoy seeing that NS paint scheme. It’s such a cool looking paint scheme. Thank you for watching!
I know the Athearn set on eBay as I was looking at it too but since I am a stickler for dates the three large icon reefers were out of my era so I let it go plus I have over 50 SFRD reefers already so not pressed to get any more. The Accurails use Accumate couplers which are crap. Replace with Kadees as soon as possible. Also, look at Intermountain Santa Fe reefers they are really good as well.
I’m definitely going to change them all to Kadees. I have stock pile of them. I have been looking the Intermountain reefers. They look nice. Thank you for watching!
Broadway Limited really are the Kings of HO steam. I recently aquired a UP FEF-3 grayhound. Simply blown away. Also a few members at my club have quite a few BLI models from Challengers to NYC Niagras. The paragon 4 generation diecast models and Brass hybrids seem to be really setting the standard for HO Steam and I love it. This GS4 is absolutely stunning!
@@MrSEANDEERE I agree with you. I love BLI steam locomotives. This GS4 is absolutely gorgeous. The colors are what drew me to it. Thank you for watching!
I've recently purchased 9 Proto UP coaches for my BLI FEF. I dont have 844 (actually a grayhound). They make a gorgeous train. I wasnt looking for exact prototypical accuracy. I got the FEF on crazy special so its mostly for fun and eventually I'll have a full grayhound overland train but those coaches are few and far between. But eh fun of the hobby is also sometime the search. Beautiful collection my friend!
@@MrSEANDEERE Nice dude! Proto makes great products. I like the greyhound FEFs. They look cool. I agree with you, searching for your favorite cars or engine is fun special part of the hobby. Thank you and thank you for watching!
Some folks say that it either makes them sick or they can’t breathe in the room. Some think it’s a novelty. Others don’t like that it cause problems with the engines such as smoke unit malfunctions or melting the boiler down. For me I love smoke in engines. Best part!
@@NYandAtlantic It is the fact BLI used plastic boilers which is going to melt it. Not an issue with diecast or brass boilers. They were cheap and reused old tooling to save costs shoehorning a smoke unit where it doesn't belong vs. redesigning it with a proper boiler.
Thank you very much! I appreciate the kind words! I have some new scenery that looks much more realistic. I’m going to make an update soon. Thank you for watching!
Kato historically got by for having great motors and easy to run locos. They were never known for their detail and the price you pay is insane factoring you have to attach stuff yourself.. I had loads of Kato in N Scale but I have nothing of theirs in HO on my main layout.
Yeah I agree with you. They do have great motors. Just not the best detail. I have some Dash 9s that have decent detail. They could still use a detail kit though.
I have the 2001 Version from Trix . Full Metal Modell ( weight is 1.464grams ). I installed 12 years ago tsunami Sound with two speakers. Sounds great and runs well, also at this time
Nice! That’s cool! I had an opportunity to buy a Trix Big boy last train show for a good deal. I’ve been wanting one for a while. They look like great models.
I’m not sure. I bought a bunch of brushes once at an estate sale. The big plush brush is a makeup brush for sure. I think the smaller one is a paint brush that is about 1/2” to 3/4” wide. I would recommend to buy a makeup brush set at Walmart. There are several sizes that can be used for everything on the layout. The link shows a nice cheap set. www.walmart.com/ip/890397279
Dude your layout looks so awesome!!! Love the video, your roads are great, I love how you do the cracks, do you use a dark grey paint pen to get that effect? Anyways keep up the amazing work👍
Thank you so much bro! I love to do roads. I use Sukura Micron Pens. They are perfect because of how small they are. I got the set so that I can do different cracks. I’ll make a layout video soon and show stuff in detail! Thank you for watching! Hers a link to the pens. www.amazon.com/Sakura-Pigma-30062-Micron-Blister/dp/B0008G8G8Y/ref=asc_df_B0008G8G8Y/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=692875362841&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12560419195208292498&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9030557&hvtargid=pla-2281435179738&psc=1&mcid=681dec1fcca53d7e8c3c8d1541cfd689&hvocijid=12560419195208292498-B0008G8G8Y-&hvexpln=73&gad_source=1
Super. I miss all of the hobby shops that we use to have in Colorado. Caboose, Mizell's, Hobby Hut, Academy, Lemle's Roundhouse, Hank's, Don's, Colpar, Roy's, Hobbytown, Trains in Brass, on and on, from Colorado Springs to Denver to Fort Collins, and even Cheyenne, Wyo, and Grand Junction to Burlington, I use to shop them all. I even bought the Athearn HO EMD GP-9 Bluebox dummy locomotive that sat up on display for all those years at Caboose Hobbies, when they were dismantling the Bluebox display area. It never got the bolt hold down hole they drilled in the frame filled in, but it does still operate on my layout, almost 40 years after I bought it. Rocky Mountain Train Supply has always treated me like a VIP, and I will return again, just for the kindness. Good video. Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. 💙 T.E.N.
It’s such a shame to hear about all of these shops closing. I miss the golden era of model railroad brick and mortar shops. We used to have a shop down in Albuquerque, NM that was called Trains West. Great little shop. It closed more than ten years ago. Thank you for watching my video!
My Engines And Rolling Stock Are On A Large Shelf And Now I Need To Get Some More Engines. The Best Way To Spend money There’s Nothing Wrong I don’t See a Problem.LoL.
@@elleryparsons2433 Nice! I like having all my engines and rolling stock easily accessible. If they are in boxes, it makes me not want to run them. Lol that’s true spending money on that stuff keeps me out of trouble. lol
