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 Posted - December 22 2009 : 1:34:01 PM
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Hi Guys:
if you haven't seen it I highly recommend:
"The HO Model Railroading Handbook."
I in particular like the ch 13 which details many Tyco structure kitsused to develop one-of-a-kind ones for your own layout!
There is a companion book "Tyco model Railroad Manual also by Rob Schleicher. I remember GIC did a review on this some time ago. They are both very appropriate to the stuff we talk about here. If you don't have it try your local library...
Enjoy,
Gareth
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Posted - December 22 2009 : 8:49:57 PM
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So 20 people have looked at this and none of you have read it? Wow! Colour me shocked...
-Gareth
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Posted - December 22 2009 : 9:39:21 PM
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My wife is a librarian. She's looking at ordering it from another library for me.
Rus
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Posted - December 22 2009 : 10:25:27 PM
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I've read the one GIC reviewed. If you wanna see a Tyco piece turned into a nice model, it's a good place to look. 
    
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Posted - December 23 2009 : 05:37:10 AM
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Het Rus and Matt:
yeah I've had both books out of the library several tiimes. no one else borows these two. Great starting point. What I like is that this book goes into mmodelling trains when tyco was stilll a player!
Great stuff, especially for us TycoNaughts.
-Gareth
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Posted - December 23 2009 : 09:55:48 AM
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Yes, I've seen this book before. It's a retitling of an earlier book called something like "The Tyco Handbook of Model Railroading". As a result, it attempts to show Tyco as pretty much the only manufacturer of HO products out there, although it's not as bad as some Lionel books (as GIC has stated).
I particularly enjoy the kitbashing chapter. You start with a Tyco GP20, a Tyco SD24, and a handy razor saw. The low nose and cab of the GP20 is replaced by the high nose and cab of the SD24, and vice versa - no wasting here! - and rather nicely painted in BN colors. The ironic thing is that the author passes off the now-high-nose GP20 as a GP9 - even though BN owned rare high-nose GP20s! In all fairness, however, his GP20/GP9 does not have dynamic brakes, which the BN's GP20 fleet had.
Gotta ask, though - what was up with traffic lights as signals? I mean, couldn't the author have at least modified them somewhat and painted them silver?
Kris Carver-Seaboyer
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Posted - December 23 2009 : 11:29:03 AM
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quote:So 20 people have looked at this and none of you have read it? Wow! Colour me shocked...
-Gareth
Originally posted by romcat-December 22 2009: 8:49:57 PM
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I actually have both books...so there...
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