[jimlar19]

hello
need to know how much this car should weigh in oz, i want to put the weight in before i glue the doors on, its a intermountain HO kit that i put together, i will post pic when its done, also i have a Athearn SD 45-2 that i am painting and i had the side frames on the trucks off and the wheels out of the trucks i read somewhere thet there is a neg and pos side to the wheels, does it matter polarity wise whitch way that i put the wheel asmly back in the trucks, there was no markings on the wheels they looked the same. one more question sorry !!! i have a couple peco turnouts that are not insulated they are the Electrofrog type can i use these on a DCC layout without any short circut problems or do i have to do some special wiring, a lot of my cars have metal wheels thanks in advance

jim

 

[stationmaster]

Enough weight to allow it to stay on the tracks.

Here is the guideline I use.. link: http://www.nmra.org/standards/sandrp/rp-20_1.html

Bob

 

[jimlar19]

Thanks bob that will get me going in the right direction

jim

 

[stationmaster]

You will need to get a decent set of digital scales. I bought mine on Ebay about 8 years ago for about $20. Greatest thing since sliced bread.

Bob