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    Hornby Hogwarts Express derails on Atlas HO code 83 frogs

    Thanks, Espeefan -- we will try that.
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    Hornby Hogwarts Express derails on Atlas HO code 83 frogs

    My son recently bought an OO Hornby Hogwarts Express loco for his kids' layout that is all Atlas HO code 83 track. The front truck of the loco derails on turnout and crossing frogs, with a 60 degree crossing being the worst problem. It appears that the flanges can't stay in the flangeway at...
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    remove paint from Athearn diesel frame

    Thanks again, Mark -- I will try it. -- Ed
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    remove paint from Athearn diesel frame

    Thanks for the suggestion, Mark. I suppose you mean 70% isopropyl, but I also have some 50% grain alcohol. I would never have thought of blow drying, and I wonder -- wouldn't that evaporate the alcohol and leave everything else behind? You can tell that I have no experience with cleaning...
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    remove paint from Athearn diesel frame

    Thanks a bunch, Mike -- nothing like the voice of experience. I have family visiting now 'til Sunday, but then I'll go ahead with scrub and spray -- Ed
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    remove paint from Athearn diesel frame

    Gee, Mike, thanks a lot. The primer idea sounds good to me - I'll try it. Ed
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    remove paint from Athearn diesel frame

    I found a new frame so I can repair my Athearn GP38-2, but they had only black and I need silver. I want to remove the black paint - does anyone know how? Ed in South Bend, IN
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    Athearn GP38-2 -- some info needed

    Thanks for the picture, bill -- I see its number is ATH77155. I want to find an ATH80xx. There are two on ebay now, so one of those is the way I would go if I decide that I can't find just a frame very soon. Thanks for all your info. Ed
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    Athearn GP38-2 -- some info needed

    To all -- the hobby shop does not actually have a frame. I'm still looking and listening.
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    Athearn GP38-2 -- some info needed

    Thank you, Bill, for that offer. My GP38-2 is Athearn stock number 8013, so I'm looking only for units that begin with 80 and came in a box that says "the future of model railroading". My trucks say SRL7207 and have two brake cylinders. I put "Athearn underframe 46729" into Bing and turned up...
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    Athearn GP38-2 -- some info needed

    Thanks, Brakeman. Somehow I missed your msg until a notice turned up in my email. After the tip from Andy I found that frame and the picture is good enough so I can tell that my frame is not the one with a short tank. Until now I didn't know there were short and long. But, now I know how to...
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    Athearn GP38-2 -- some info needed

    Andy, I couldn't find anything on Yahoo. Then I put > Athearn frame < into Bing and it came up with a link to eBay that showed me a whole slew of Athearn frames, but none were mine. The pictures were good enough so I could tell. Still, now there is hope. Thanks for that tip that got me to...
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    Athearn GP38-2 -- some info needed

    Well, Andy, I have not seen a frame for sale on eBay. A search turns up horns and handrails. I did not know there are Yahoo selling/buying sites -- thanks, I'll see what I can find. I do know that Athearn frames at Athearn are sold out.
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    Athearn GP38-2 -- some info needed

    Well, Andy, you are probably right. I'm in a situation where I have to buy a whole GP38-2 just to get a good frame, so I want to be sure, and there are some for sale that came from the same production run but for a different road, but that's doesn't matter except I will have to paint the frame...
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    Athearn GP38-2 -- some info needed

    Thanks, Mike and Hank, for your info. My motor mounts were really glued in, and I don't think that Athearn did it. When I drove the pins out of their holes, the mounts are so flexible that the pins came out with the mounts still attached to the frame. When I tore the mounts off of the frame...
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