Derby Talk

In my son's first attempt at rail riding, he won his Pack championship - the third year he's raced, and only the first time he's placed, and he was so excited afterward he couldn't sleep last night! He did pretty well patience-wise with all the preparations of the build, but it was really something ...

I would think the pro-wheel-shaver XT would be worth running on the new wheels. That--light sanding . . . removing the step . . . and reaming the bores. That's our plan this year. I got a Wheel Shaver XT for Valentine's Day (tools, not food, are the way to this man's heart.) Although I've read abou...

Thanks for the welcoming words! Man, have things changed since I was a kid... even the paints are different! I came to find out that the quart of Floquil Dio-Sol Railroad Colors lacquer thinner I have had for years is now out of production and rare as hen's teeth; everything is going to enamels and ...

Thanks, Stan.

This will be interesting... will report back, as I hope others will.

I've had the same Badger 200 (internal mix, bottom-feed, single-action) airbrush since I was about ten years old. (I did a lot of model railroading as a kid on through college, still have all my rolling stock and motive power, and of course, tools!) I think they go for about $80 nowadays. I've got t...

...So my wife asked me to pick out my Valentine's present, because she knows me well; tools or "optional" car parts are my bailiwick. I've decided to lay out the dough for a near-full set of Derby Worx jigs and tools. I must be nuts. Even though I built successful cars myself as a cub with...

(This is my first post) Hi all, we're getting down to building a second batch cars for this year's races after I realized that the drill press I used for axle holes wasn't square to the table, and I'm trying to figure out if there's any consensus on a good setup for the edge-guided tracks. Our counc...