Phil's Narrow Gauge

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.

February 8, 2010

It's snowing here in Colorado Springs so a good morning for an update.

Last week was a good week for making kits. I completed a run of 20 flatcars and have refilled that empty bin. I snapped a couple pictures you can see here and here. The first is a shot of the frames and shiplap. The second is of 20 strips of white metal parts. Counting and bagging exact numbers of wood and metal parts is time consuming but important.

As you can see, I still need to accomplish a bit more organizing. I did a little work on the mill and lathe and find I need to build up tooling storage on the back board so it doesn't look like this.

I also ran over 30 sets of brake hose assemblies so that bin is also full.

This week I will replenish the tank cars and get started on the 27' boxcars. After opening the doors, several of the kits that were in low condition turned into out of stock condition.

I am fully engaged in kit production and everyday things get better and better.

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

PNG-030, Commissary Car and PNG-033, OM Kitchen / Diner are out of stock. Tank cars and 27' boxcars are in production this week.

Parts

Most parts are in Stock. I am in the process of identifying raw materials that are low or out of stock. UPS is going to like me for a few weeks to come. :-)

Customer Photo's

New pictures are from John McGuyer of his Drop Bottom Gon and his 40' Reefer. Mike did extensive work detailing the kits. He replaced some of the parts with his own and spent hours and hours adding knots and other weathering effects to the wood.

Also pictures from Jerry Barnes of his Drop Bottom, Ron Taylor of his 30' Reefer and Alan Thomas of his 40' Reefer

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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 02/08/2010

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