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Hello I just recently purchased an old Rivarossi Empire State streamliner. It was sold with some gluing error above the front headlight I managed to clean it up and wanted to paint the loco. The paint work is pretty good across the whole body and my preference is to maintain the original paint...

Thank you so much for the post, I live in Australia the term cow catcher was used in the early days it may well have changed since but pilot sounds much friendlier I can assure you. I really appreciate the suggestion I will certainly follow this up as having spares on hand will always be handy.

Thanks for the post. You know a 3D printer may not be a bad investment. As it happens I own a few E8s and noticed I had a spare guard for some reason in one of the boxes. That was a stroke of luck. I will try and repair the old one now that emergency is over and I have a replacement. Thanks for...

Hi All I just finishing converting a Life Like E8 Santa Fe Ho loco to DCC and I accidentally dropped the loco much to my disappointment. As a result I chipped the cow catcher (see image below). I don't know where the missing piece is unfortunately. Does anyone know a fix for this or where to...

Hi Frank, I returned to MRR after a 20 year absence and found the same issue. Don't get me wrong the products available at the higher end price point are exceptional. I do run a DCC layout now but I intially built a DC layout. In order for me to get immediate satisfaction at my price point...

Thanks for the post, I did contact Walthers but they don't have old stock of Life Like spares. I was advised that when Walthers took charge of the company they were given what ever spares were available at the time of purchase, but they have been sold out a long time ago.

Thank you for your response. I will have a look, its actually a great website never visited before. Regards Chef

Thanks for the post did Walthers take over?

Good evening I have an Issue with one of my Life Like E7 Santa Fe locos. I lost one of the number plates that are located to the right and left of the nose and was wondering whether replacements were available? Thanks in advance Chef

No not that I can tell. The P2000 shells come off pretty easy I couldn't see anything of that description.

It's code 100 HO scale by Peco. The first layout I built, I had no idea that there were different gauges. So, it may have been the case that I had a mix and match track layout previously. It was so long ago (15 years plus) I can't remember for certain. I know this time around I planned more...

Thats great, thanks for the info. its been very helpful.

Thanks Greg, I will let you know how it goes. I am just in the process of purchasing the parts are the Athearn gears of better quality than the Life Like Proto 2000?

Thanks for the post and for the advice. I looked at the loco today. I thought I would have a better look. I noticed the rear wheel of both bogies under the loco where slightly wider than the ones at the front. I decided to squeeze them together. After doing so it felt like I pushed them back in...

Thanks for the post. I just had a chance to check the loco as you advised. I found that the front bogie rear wheel turned very easy for about a half turn. Would you say the gear is cracked? If so is it a difficult job replacing the gear?

. Thanks for the post. I am not too concerned about brands if the part works well. I am happy to go with which ever does the best job. I guess what I need to do first is find out whether that is the problem. I may need help with that as I am a little green with that kind of job. I appreciate...

I will open it up take some photos and send it through. I'm pretty new to this kind of repair. I hope that's ok.

Hi Terry and thanks for the post. That would make sense is it difficult fix?

Hi I am trying run a Proto 2000 HO Scale FA2 loco. I have had this loco for years and had no problem running it on my previous layout. I have recently started a new layout which is code 100 Peco track (flex track). The loco will not stay on the track period. No matter how carefully I lower the...

Every time I post a question on this site I am learning something new. Its great! It's actually quite remarkable how much you all know. It helps new people like me learn and appriciate the hobby even more. Thank you for all your time, advice and positive contributions it is really appreciated.