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's 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 easy to build and quite rugged to survive the rigors of outdoor garden railroading.
January 11, 2012
Mid January update.
My schedule from the last update has changed a bit. With heating cost as they are, I decided to block off the mezzanine in the shop. That's eaten up close to 4 weeks of my time. I am ready to sheet rock the new lower ceiling and will complete that this week. Taping a joint compound can wait until I have more spare time. Hopefully, my February heating bill for the shop will see a reduction.
Because of this and the Christmas run on kits, the 4 wheeler start date has been pushed a bit. As soon as I have replacement kits on the shelf for those out of stock and the laser electronics gets updated, I will start them. 2 to 3 weeks I would guess.
I have the brass Harpstands now is three flavors. Painted (until they run out) for $30, assembled brass for $25 and in kit form for $20. Pictures are on the parts page.
The GM motors are still moving but a tad slower. I have roughly 400 new motors and approximately 300 of them mounted with the cam. When they are gone, they will be gone, at least from me.
The black decals shown here on the last couple of updates are sold out.
Winter is in full swing here in Colorado. We've received over 2' since the 1st of October. Last winter we received 5" for the entire winter season. Fingers crossed the worst of the drought is over. We still have lots more trees to plant.
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
The Flatcar kits are out of stock as are the 30' boxcar kits, PNG-001 and PNG-003. They are next on my "to-do" list. PNG-010, the passenger flat is sold out. I may do another run on them in the future.
Parts
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 Russ Lucas of his GRAMPS tank. Skip MacEwen of his passenger flat. Tom Cruse of his 40' reefer and Dave Gyton of his many MOW cars.
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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 01/11/2012
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