Welcome
Thank you for visiting Phil's Narrow Gauge. The cars and accessories found on these pages are built in 1:20.3 scale now recognized as F scale and represent Colorado Narrow Gauge. All cars and parts are individually manufactured in my shop.I use quality basswood, Poplar and Birch Plywood in the construction of the cars. Scribing of the plywood is done on a custom built saw verses laser cutting. All white metal parts are cast in my shops from molds made with my masters. A Pewter-Cerro alloy is used in the casting of those parts.
While the completed cars are not finescale museum pieces, they are quite rugged and survive the rigors of outdoor garden railroading nicely.
July 17, 2010
For those of you counting trees, we're at 80. Done for the summer but will try to get a few more in this fall. We have 13 stripe ground squirrels and voles here. Both like to chew on young tree roots. A couple have received a fatal case of lead poisoning. Also using more conventional methods of baiting the breather holes. Ah, the joys of Colorado living!!
I have all the current kits on the shelf. Some slots not so full but all kits are in stock. Next issue is to deal with wheels and bearings.
I have received word from one of my contractors in China that the Harpstand turnout throws are in transit. They sent a picture which you can see here. Use your back button to return to this page. I will offer these in raw brass and painted as pictured. Price to be determined. Next up from this contractor will be the journals for my long awaited 4 wheel cars. These will be die-cast with ball bearings and live springs. They will be included in the kits and separate in a bag of 4 journals and 2 axles. More to follow as we are still fine tuning the tooling for the die's.
Here on the home front, I have begun work on the first new kit in 2 years. Moving from California and rebuilding the shop sure put a crimp on new work. I hope to have this kit at the Tacoma show next month.
Thanks for checking in.
Phil
Magazine Reviews
Light Iron Digest, December / January, 2004 / 2005, PNG-001, 30' Boxcar kit
Garden Railways, January / February, 2005, PNG-002, 30' Reefer Kit
Gartenbahn profi, February 2005, PNG-002 & PNG-004, 30' & 40' Reefer kits
Garden Railways, March / April, 2005, PNG-001, 30' Boxcar kit
Light Iron Digest, June / July, 2005, PNG-002, 30' Reefer Kit
Gartenbahn profi, April 2005, PNG-001, 30' Boxcar Kit
Gartenbahn profi, June 2006, PNG-005, GRAMPS Tank Kit
Garden Railways, September / October, 2006, PNG-005, GRAMPS Tank Kit
Narrow Gauge & Shortline Gazette, March / April, 2007, PNG-005, GRAMPS & PNG-030, Kitchen
Garden Railways, July / August. 2008, PNG-007 Drop Bottom Kit
Gartenbahn profi, September 2008, PNG-007, Drop Bottom Kit
Rolling Stock
All kits are in stock.
Parts
All Parts are in stock. A little note about the gearhead motors. The spec sheet with the part does show 4 different motors specs but I only carry the GM12-N20VA. I do not carry the others.
Customer Photo's
New pictures are from Lloyd Fellbaum of his 30 foot flatcar and his 27' boxcar. Lloyd first painted the car with a gray wash and then the boxcar red in a thin coat to let the gray show through in places. Neat effect. Also pictures from Jerry Barnes of his 27' boxcar. Jerry's twist was to make the roof removable for batteries. Last up are pictures from John Bouman. He used PNG parts to rebuild a Bachman tank to be his OM water car. He received a first place ribbon at the BTS in Ontario this year. Great job!! Last but not least are a couple of pictures from Steve Heselton. He sent in pictures of his drop bottom kit. Steve is making the kit earn it's way by filling it will coal for his coal fired live steam K-27.
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I am continually working to improve manufacturing processes and to add new cars and hardware. Please check back frequently for new products.
Thank you and enjoy my site.
Phil Dippel
This page was last updated on 07/17/2010
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