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European wheel sizes...
All right, it's not UK but I couldn't find a suitable place to look... A friend who models in gauge 1, has asked me what diameter the wheels on the Orient Express passenger stock would be. Can anybody...
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11 months ago
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Hammant & Morgan Walkabout Controller
I have had two of these excellent controllers for a number of years which have given yeoman service. Recently during a layout rewire I stupidly connected a 16VAC supply to the output leads so the...
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Here's an interesting map ...
Bristol railways about 1880, from Dr.Day's Bridge Junction to North Somerset Junction. Move the blue slider at the top to see what is there now! ro Explore georeferenced maps - Full Screen - Map...
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In the news today!
Actually, it's my green flag and I was standing behind the photographer ... Fun and fundraising is back on track now Bulkington’s Neville Boulton has reopened his garden railway.
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2 years ago
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N Gauge - Farish split gear replacements
In article <>, Mike Smith <> wrote: Try BR LInes: Graham Farish 1977-2000 English Production Spares. Graham Farish 1977-2000 English Production Spares. Graham Farish 1977-2000 English Production...
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2 years ago
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Weighting rolling stock
I model in O-scale, and use the little weights you can buy at car bits and pieces shops for wheel balancing.
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3 years ago
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Airfix Cutty Sark at Aldi/Lidl for a fiver
They had some basic Hornby starter Train sets in our nearest Branch, a serious modeller would be beyond that stage but it could make present for a young relative whose parents would never consider...
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4 years ago
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Hyper realistic operation and signalling - Crap track
So where are all trains?
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4 years ago
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End of an era - Waltons will close March 2020
I remember that one - I used it regularly when I got back into model railways after buying my first house more than 40 years ago, and until I emigrated thirty years ago. ISTR it was the same business...
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4 years ago
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Model Shop in Bishopsgate London (2023 Update)
When did you work there? I did too, for about a year. Must have been 1981/82 from memory
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4 years ago
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Anyone remember the title of the Leighton Buzzard mechanical modelling book?
In message , Mike Smith writes postage.
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5 years ago
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If anyone still reading this group . . .
A lot of that was because pre-grouping had more colourful paint jobs. When I first started modelling it was early BR era when there was still plenty of stuff in pre-nationalisation livery. But it...
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5 years ago
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nice inexpensive downloadable buildings
It's the first time I've come across 3DK. Their range is comparable to kits from who also offer a few free kits, and others that you can pay for and download immediately. I've also tried kits from...
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5 years ago
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Revisiting the Road Rail Tank Project
Hello all I was looking for any possible info on the internets about the 31 Guinness Tanks built by BR 1951-1955 and I've stumbled across posts made by Mike Smith, I think he's the one with the long...
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5 years ago
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Modelling accuracy - a valuable resource
Just been watching the old BW film, Waterloo Road. What a valuable record of the railways and all their furniture are these old films!
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6 years ago
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