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New Hornby DCC system
People have been asking about the new Hornby DCC system on here, so thought you might like to read the following posted to the DCCUK Yahoo! group. John. From: "Richard and Judy Taylor" To: Sent:...
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Vintage Model railway modelling Book 1949 fa
A Book of Model Railways by P R Wickham Percival Marshall & Co.289 pages, boards a bit grubby otherwise VGC. One of the best of it's type,really comprehensive with it seems a slant towards American...
 
photos of terrace backs? + ScaleScenes kits.
I've been looking for some photos (or a suitable location to take photos) to use as a back scene on an area of the layout where I don't have enough depth to put even half-relief buildings. So far I've...
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Flying Scotsman
Hi Did the Flying Scotsman only run with passenger coaches, or did it also pull some freight cars? //Søren Bay
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Collectors club 9F
From Mr Lovetts message to Pat Hammonds site it would appear that when you have purchased a model from the collectors club you must behave in a 'responsible way' and not sell it immediately. Strange,...
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Express models
Hi, Anyone else been having problems with Express Models of late? Ordered some items 3 weeks ago via web and bar the acknowledgement message auto generated straight after, have heard nothing ? Tried...
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Dapol suburban coaches - what's the prototype?
I've just bought a job lot of surplus Dapol suburban composite coach bodies (unpainted) on eBay, but am now trying to establish what prototype they're based on. I can only establish negatively from my...
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West Ealing Milk Dock
The weeds and general junk have been cleared off the former West Ealing milk dock. The former bay platform / loading dock is clearly visible from the nearby sideroad or the "new" London bound...
 
foam BOXES IN bushy
Is what you are looking for
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Miami
Hi we will be in Miami Florida next year, and I thought it would be interesting to look at an American model shop. Anyone know if there is one in the area Bob
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American HO
I would like to build an American layout HO scale. Can anyone advise me on what rail companies I can run on a layout especially if I build a switching yard or fiddle yard. Any advice would be...
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RMWeb is down... Again!
Looks like RMWeb2 has gone the same way as its predecessor as it seems to have collapsed. All that is now appearing is a Windows log on box and very little else. Here we go again..... My Fotopic...
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Update HP: Black Forest Modeltrain-railroad
In connection to my serial about "SCENERY", I visited during my holiday -especially for this website- the "Schwarzwaldmodellbahn" (=Black Forest modeltrain-railroad) in Germany. It concerns here the...
 
Seeking details of a trader
Hi team. I went to the exhibition at Bushey in Jan or Feb 2005 with one of our layouts. At that show there was a trader who was selling foam inserts and packing that were suitable for...
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Repainting Hornby locos
I am having a problem repainting an LMS 8F. The plastic doesn't seem to like cellulose and it doesn't like acrylic either. I suppose good old Humbrol will work, but I was hoping to avoid having to...
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