Wheels of Time Blog

Entries from September 1, 2018 - September 30, 2018

Wednesday
Sep262018

N scale 77-ft S.P. Chair Car

Be sure to take a break from your work and pre-order our new 77-ft S.P. Chair Car kit in N scale today! Here is a photo of the close up of the sides painted for post-1958 general service. This car was assigned to systemwide use such as on the Del Monte - Espee oldest named train. Painting the scarlet red stripe is a lot easier than applying a red stripe decal. We think it came out quiet nice. We used Scotch Advance Edge-Lock Blue paint tape available from your local hardware store to masked the stripe.

 The slight distortion in the photo is due to the fisheye effect from our closeup lens.

Wednesday
Sep192018

C&NW & Caltrain bilevels extras!

We found more Wheels of Time trains looking for a good home - as we clean out our storage! Please email us talk2us@wheelsotime.com if you are interested. First come, first serve.

N scale Chicago & North Western Bilevel Commuter Coaches No. 22 and 40 (Items #11422, 11440 respectively). These are in their original jeweled cases. Never used. Some how tucked away hiding! These will be sold at $35 each or both for $65.

N scale Caltrain - early paint scheme Bilevel Commute Coaches No 3700 and 3701 (Items #11003, 11004 respectively). These both have small paint defects. Coach 3701 has a more obvious one just under the number. These are in their original jeweled cases. These will be discounted at $27 each or both for $50.

(Our previous post of Sept. 17th items have been sold.)
 

 

Monday
Sep172018

Extra Extra - Fall Cleaning!

We have extra (sold out) HO scale GBEC Bulkhead Flatcars to sell. For those who missed this production run, here they are! First come, first serve. Please email us directly if you are interested.
Item No. /  Car Number / QTY
40001 / SP 509005 / 1
40002 / SP 509032 / 1
40003 / SP 509068 / 1
40004 / SP 509071 / 2 x
40005 / SP 509084 / 1
40006 / SP 509087 / 1
40007 / SP 509090 / 1

40009 / SP 509116 / 1
40010 / SP 509119 / 1
40011 / SP 509120 / 1
40012 / SP 509124 / 1

40005 / SSW 86512 / 1

40046 / Golden West Service GVSR 443048 / 1

Sold out N scale Southern Pacific Lines (T&NO) Harriman Coach 742 (Item no. 354) to sell.

Wednesday
Sep122018

Paint and test fitting together our new 77-ft S.P. chair car kit.

Here are a couple of photos of test fitting together Wheels of Time N scale new 77-ft S.P. chair car kit. Makes kit building a snap!
Click here for more information on our new chair car.
Be sure to reserve today.
Test fitting - notice how slots and pins hold parts together for ease of assemblyTest fitting a CoSF chair car.

Tuesday
Sep112018

New N scale announcement!

Wheels of Time is pleased to announce an all new N scale PS 1937 77-ft Chair Car for service for City of San Francisco, Golden State, Cascade and General Service. These highly detailed kits are designed with the modeler in mind. Made in U.S.A. Take pre-orders now for a early Nov. delivery date.

The highly detailed passenger car sides, roof and complete underframe/interior have tabs and slots, and pins and holes connections. This makes it easy to assemble and glue parts together using super glue. This Wheels of Time design completely eliminates the need to purchase a core kit. In addition, the kit includes a fully built miniature replica of the prototype underbody equipment, so you don’t need to guess where things might be located! The interior has the proper look for the reclining seats with arm rests instead of a chunk of plastic. The standard width diaphragms are patterned after Southern Pacific’s shops modification to the original full width diaphragms. We even included on the “B” end of the car, a Gyralight warning light which was S.P. practices for the end of the train operation. It’s like the real thing! The models are designed to be fitted with Kato truck-coupler assemblies. The result is that the modeler will receive a very highly accurate and detailed railroad specific passenger car with minimal work that you can be proud of! Go here for more details.