Let's see Your Speeder..

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Here’s Mine, It’s an Ho scale Fairmont Speeder by Durango Press. It’s an all metal kit that was fun to put together.

Jake is looking for rocks and other debris stuck between the rails,He’s trying to hurry because it’s already blistering hot outside and theres no a/c in that speeder.

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Here two of mine:

HO scale one on the right is a Durango Press model with some added details.

This is an On30 scale Grandt Line kit that I powered with an HO scale Bachmann hand car mechanism.

(click on photos to enlarge)

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Great photos - how can anyone else compete with these?!![:)][tup][tup][tup] (1 for each pic!)

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Here’s another speeder from the Durango Press kit. Yes, it’s good kit and fun to build.

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Yes, let’s see your speeder…[}:)]

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That’s funny dragenrider! I suppose I could have scanned my latest traffic citation and posted it!

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Here are a few:

Wayne

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This has one.

And here is my version - under construction.

G scale speeders are on order!

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doctorwayne’s models are not speeders, they are handcars.

Speeders are self propelled units.

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You’re right, Bob, as far as the third photo is concerned, although there’s an open (no cab) speeder in the first two photos (on the track with the handcar and trailer), and a Durango Press version in the second photo (Number 64) on the same track as the rail inspection vehicle. [swg]

Wayne

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Very nice Bob!! I wonder if a spud would be small enough to power a Durango Press one.

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Mine is that walthers one, you know what i’m talking about

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Nice photo’s Guy’s,Just the kind of feedback I was hoping for,And even some Humor to go with it…Keep’em coming!!!

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hahahahaha!!!

DocterWayne: OT; but I’ve never seen anyone model one of those scale calibration cars before!

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No way, the SPUDs (Self Propelled Underfloor Detail) power trucks by Tenshodo are way too big, I have several myself in different models. Bachmann offers a powered speeder, complete with two small trailers. It is powered, but sits fairly high to accommodate the motor. I have one somewhere.

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Mine are scratchbuilt, but I believe Walthers offers these in HO. I built mine of sheet styrene, over top of an MDC four-wheel passenger car truck. I have two in service, and gave another two to friends.

Wayne

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I think the only way to “effectively” power something that small would be to get a motor out of one of the “zip-zap” mini race cars that they sell at radio shack. The motors are only about the size of two round coffee stirrers put together…

Now, doing something like that and making it work on DCC is the challenge.

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