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Check to make sure the parts you need aren't available from Atlas themselves. They sell almost all parts for their models on their own web-store at very reasonable prices. Many eBay sellers just re-sell parts available from Atlas at a mark-up plus higher shipping costs.
Anyway. When he swiped the trains, he didn't bother taking them *in* the custom foam storage trays. Oh no, he had to dump all the models out into a big box, put the trays back where he got them (like i wouldn't notice), then root through the damn box when he wanted to play with one of my "toys".So there's a lot of stuff that has detail damage to it. This also wrecked a good number of scratchbuilt award-winning models, as they weren't designed for that sort of abuse.If that wasn't bad enough, he even trashed a bunch of custom-painted atlas/kato locos, either by ripping them apart to see how they worked (maybe he couldn't get the decoder-equipped locos to run on his el-cheapo powerpack, which would explain all the cooked/snapped decoders), or spraypainted them brown, as his attempt at 'weathering'. I used to have six SD35's in various early-CR custom paint schemes; i got two of them back, with my ex-PC black bleeding-worms unit now more brown than black.
Hiroe, would you like an Okie-boy to "visit" your ex-room-mate and the thief? I don't know you, you don't know me, but us Okies are quite good at gettin' blood outta turnip. USAF taught me some ways to work on people's "tender parts" and I've recovered a couple of vehicles several dozen firearms and stereo equiptment from various people for "freinds". Juevvies are easy. You just put the parent(s) on the "rack" for the money. When you put a lien on their house or cars/trucks, money magically appears.