how to clean old 00 guage track

If that were the case then I expect the OP would have just tried the track to see if it worked.

ditto.

And plenty of others' opinion too, see the post about the Fleischmann one.

IYO. You know full well why I don't use an nntp server, since we've had this argument before.

MBQ

Indeed, and beauty is in the hands of the beholder, just as the ham-fisted blame their tools...

The only valid reason is that you are using (some might say stealing) someone else's IT/IP resources that mean you can't install your own account/software....

Huh? Are you saying that dishwashing liqudi is like VIM or other heavy duty, corrosive cleansers? Or maybe in the UK the formulation is different. If it is corrosive, a) I apologise for assuming that it's the same stuff as what we get over here; and b) I think you should agitate for a safer product.

Maybe instead of "other...cleanser", I should have explicitly specified citrus-based cleansers - dissolve not only plain ordinary gunk, but grease, sticky-label glue, and goodness knows what else. Great stuff. And rinses off very nicely in clean tap water.

Oooh, rational argument! Such a rare occurrence on this forum! Nice to see an elevated standard of discussion for a change!

That's why I _explicitly_ referred to a magnet to pick up the bits.

Good ideas, all, IMO. The latest Model Railroader has a couple of articles on how to model different types of track - mainline, sidings, industrial spurs, disused branch lines, etc. Worth a look, even though it's American prototype. Weeds look much the same everywhere. ;-).

And you can, erm, "accidentally" find yourself crossing a slew of different rail lines on your next drive in the country, "just a mo' while I take a couple of photos..." ;-)

Is Wanklyn's solution still around...?

One of my earliest "model railway" attempts as opposed to a train set on a board featured some very rusty Tri-ang series 3 track.It got that way after I had set in polyfilla to imitate inset track. Some may remember this had sleepers spaced widely apart in a far from realistic look. However to my 12 year old eyes it looked alright for a narrow gauge line so I built one. No particular scale but close to what has become O 16.5 . Stock was very crude being home made cardboard bodies on some 3 rail Hornby Dublo wagons I had been given but had never been able to use. Diesel outline Loco was on a Tri-ang clock work chassis that I had also been given, the whole inspiration coming from a clay pit line a couple of miles away which was actually

3ft gauge. The clockwork meant that the rustiness of the track and the metal axles of the wagons were of no consequence. The whole caboosh only lasted a few weeks till the end of some school holidays but it was fun at the time. G.harman

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No idea. I still get a giggle from the term 'mole' although I believe has more meaning locally to refer to certain types of young women than it may do in your neck of the woods...

I have had great success using vinegar (any type ). I drop the track into a bowl and let it soak for about 5 minutes and then rinse in clean water. Long lengths entail using a long pyrex dish and passing the sections back and forth.

Steel track cleans up using glass paper and it good for sidings etc.

Never bin it until you have tried.

Regards

"Eee, Lad, That were real modellin' "

Seriously though, how many would do that sort of thing today I wonder?

Cheers Richard

Thank you for confirming that.

I've only ever seen you describe it as stealing. Funny that, isn't it.

Others understand that it's quite commonplace for an understanding to exist between employers and employess for personal use of facilities such as 'phone, e-mail, etc.

MBQ

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Does the tax man know ? That 'understanding' is a perk -)

"Google greed" ? What do you think pays for hosting these groups ?

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If you don't tell him, I won't either ;-)

Who pays for your email connection ?

This (uk.rec.models.rail) is part of USENET:

is not the same as Google Groups, although Google do participate in USENET. Or to put it another way newsgroups are to Google Groups as email is to Gmail

Have to agree with this. The Peco one is quite rubbish comared to the Fleischmann one. It is also useful for a 100 other things around the house where you need a mild abrasive rub or polish.

Failing that a drop the nickel silver into a bath of coca-cola shines it up and you can drink the rest so no waste!

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