Model railroading in the UK

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Long shot

And maybe a bit OT. I'm off to the US next week. I was thinking at looking at model train stores over there. My route i...
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posted by edward.obvious.harrison1
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by edward.obvious.harrison1

Mystery hole in the cabs of Snaefell car no. 7

The Yahoo model-tram group yielded no response to the question repeated below. Maybe someone in this Google group can s...
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posted by robkievit
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by robkievit

MDF Baseboard

I am going to make a baseboard 6' x 1'6'' and would like to know if anyone could inform me if MDF a good material to us...
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posted by rj.richardson
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by rj.richardson

Bachmann Class 40

Can anyone tell me how to remove the wheels and axles from this? I'm trying to improve the contact between the pickupd a...
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posted by sydspence
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by sydspence

New Hornby Rebuilt Scot

Anyone got one yet - if so what do you think ? Cheers, Simon
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posted by simon
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by simon

Win a Hornby Train set

http://www.modeltrains4u.co.uk/prize-draw.asp
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posted by enquiries
16 comments posted 18yrs posted by enquiries

FA Model Locomotive making manual

The Model Locomotive From Scratch by B Terry Aspen ( Chuck ) ,VGC 92 pages. Great book on how to build yourself a model...
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posted by janey1williams
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by janey1williams

105 carriages ?

Back in the late 70's early 80's I understand an Airfix model diesel created a world record by pulling 105 carriages ......
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posted by chris_brett
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by chris_brett

cheap trips to york

picked up a cheap trip to York for October, two singles for £10 each.
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posted by mdawe
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by mdawe

Heljan is missing a trick...

According to this webpage, "Falcon" carried four different liveries, not three: http://www.class47.co.uk/c47_feature_424...
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posted by ntscuser
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by ntscuser

Hornby & Bachmann couplings ?

Just how compatible are Hornby & Bachmann couplings ? Do new Bachmann loco's come with interchangeable couplings ?
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posted by chris_brett
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by chris_brett

Bachmann 32-80DS '47 404' 'Hadrian'

Well, I've just got my Bachmann 47 with sound, and I have to say from initial impressions it looks like a 47. The rivet...
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posted by leftfield42
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by leftfield42

FLYING SCOTSMAN BIRTHDAY TRAGEDY

My sincere thanks to all who responded and the advice given. I got the matter sorted with the assistance of our local so...
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posted by ronmac
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by ronmac

Fixing inaccurate models

So what have you done in this respect, here are some of my more extreme fixes. So far Lima 50 chopped up bogies and fit...
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posted by spamspam
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by spamspam