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M-T will be making more RTR cars based on the C&S underframe and then hopefully will move on to some other rolling stock.Ĭon-Cor's Goose is also available RTR in HOn3. Blackstone also has RTR D&RGW 3000-series box and 5000-series stock cars this fall. In addition to the Blackstone K-27, MMI (an affiliate of PSC) will also be bringing in the K-27 in multiple versions. HOn3 is set for an explosion of new RTR gear. The book mentioned is well worth getting, as it has loads of tuning tricks and tips for the MDC, but which can also be applied to other locos. The Keystone is really more realistically-sized as a narrowgauge model. The MDC kits and the Keystone Shay/NWSL power train can both be built up into nice models, although they can be a bit fiddly to get running well. Otherwise, brass is the only current alternative, although it wouldn't surprise me to see future runs of the MDC Shay if Horizon sees possibilities for profit. As already noted, this model is rather large for a narrowgauge Shay. The Roundhouse/MDC HOn3 Shay was the only non-brass RTR geared loco produced. Wonder around the HOn30 Depot for some ideas and information. You might want to look into HOe which is European narrow gauge which is the same as HOn30 (30 inch gauge or HOn2.5 foot). And there is no guarantee nothing will get pilfered in the process. Not to mention the time to clear customs.

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BK Enterprises offers turnout and crossing kits, but they have to be special ordered which could take up to, or even more, than a year.įigure the cost of product plus shipping to Italy, duty and Euro tax, it will double the cost of everything, if you purchased U.S. There are manufactured HOn3 gauge tracks from Shinohara, Precision Scale, Micro Engineering. Horizon hobby has bought MDC, along with Athearn, and have not produced anything at this time.Īs for HOn3 rolling stock (Walthers search), there's offerings from Durango Press, Funargo & Camerlengo, Grandt Line, Micro Trains, Precision Scale and a few others. However, Walthers is no longer the distributor of Model Die Cast products which have made HOn3 Shays. I did a quick search for locomotives on the Walthers site and Con Cor's Railbus was the only hit. HOn3, in general, is pretty much a scratch building / kit bashing endeavor. Tillamook Head and Bethel Railway - 'to Heaven and back!'

Picture Gorge and Western Railway - '.none more picturesque!' President, Chief Engineer, wiper, janitor, and jack of all trades for the Yours in foggy coastal Oregon, where it's always 1900. HOn3 is getting more manufacturing interest with the Blackstone K-27 and other new locomotives on the way, the MicroTrains reefers, and other new products. My issue with On30 is the size of even reasonably-compressed structures and scenery. Locomotives, rolling stock, track - it's all there and at mostly reasonable prices. Modelers have used N mechanisms, Roundhouse Shays, and NWSL Keystone motorizing kits as a basis for a mostly scratchbuilt Climax in HOn3.īob is right - On30 is the narrow gauge that has it all in mostly RTR at present. The standard gauge kit and motorizing kits are much more available than the HOn3 version. The motorizing kits are still available on eBay and at some hobby shops. NWSL made a motorizing kit for the Keystone Shay but has stopped production because of inability to get suitable frame pieces from Keystone. Not sure of the differences between the versions. Keystone: Produces a non-motorized 20T Shay kit in pewter. Also highly recommended is the regear kit from NWSL. Book is out of print, but used copies can usually be found from Amazon. Highly recommended is Hank Johnston's (sp?) book, 'The Roundhouse Shay Handbook'.

There are still plenty of Roundhouse Shays available on eBay and at some hobby shops. Horizon Hobby has not started production of the Shays back up, and are probably not likely to because of the cost of re-engineering the drive or dealing with the high percentage return problem, and the competition from Bachmann's Spectrum Shay in standard gauge. Apparently, the unskilled labor used to assemble the RTR assembled it without fixing any of the known design flaws that most modelers fix during kit assembly. The RTR have a very poor track record of running well out of the box for any length of time. Near the end of the production run, they offered RTR versions, but I think (could be wrong here) very few RTR were made in HOn3. Virtually the same locomotive in both gauges, which makes the frame a bit wide and high for narrow gauge. Roundhouse/MDC: Produced 2 and 3 truck Shays in kit form in both HO and HOn3. The following is what I have found for less than brass prices for HOn3 geared locomotives: