Model railroading in the UK

Kato Scale (Japan)

Apart from Shinkansen, the railways of Japan were built to the 3ft 6ins gauge. So how does this work for Kato's Japanes...

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posted by thunderbird57303

4 comments posted 19yrs posted by thunderbird57303

Any serious Model Railway (UK) shops in Hong Kong?

Hi all Wondering if anyone knows the name/address/details of any serious modelling shops in Honk Kong. I would love to...

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posted by seriph

6 comments posted 19yrs posted by seriph

Motorising N gauge points (generic could be same as with OO!)

Evening all I am in the process of tracklaying on a new mini layout. It fatures 3 points, which I want to automate the...

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posted by richard

2 comments posted 19yrs posted by richard

XtrakCad?

To: uk.rec.models.rail Hi. I have a photo of a oo gauge layout, that I am trying to convert into N gauge (8x2 terminus/...

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posted by merlin

3 comments posted 19yrs posted by merlin

Disposing of collection - how?

Over Christmas I was privileged to look over a pretty big collection of railwayana and model railway stuff. The model r...

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posted by usenet

8 comments posted 19yrs posted by usenet

(Not So) Smokey Joe

Hello All Does anyone know when Hornby stopped fitting the smoke generator to this loco? I got one for christmas and am...

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posted by no_reply_here

11 comments posted 19yrs posted by no_reply_here

Tri-ang Power bogie

Does anyone know of a source of new wheel and gearsets for the old Tri-ang EM2 power bogie? A significant number of my...

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posted by 123

5 comments posted 19yrs posted by 123

peco points

I have a bachmann ivatt 4mt and a small bachmann tank engine the tank engine runs through the peco 2nd radius points wi...

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posted by jimpick67

14 comments posted 19yrs posted by jimpick67

Hornby Flying Scotsman Trailing Bogie Stuck?

I've just acquired a new Hornby Flying Scotsman (one of the modern super-detailed ones). I have a problem in that the t...

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posted by nospam

5 comments posted 19yrs posted by nospam

Hornby Turntable

I have a Hornby turntable which works fine but it is a bit annoying having it stop at every exit when I only have two o...

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posted by Ray.Collins

1 comments posted 19yrs posted by Ray.Collins

New to N

Hi, after a few decades I am thinking about restarting railway modelling, possibly in N. I have been looking on the web...

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posted by please

29 comments posted 19yrs posted by please

Anyone here got the bachmann digital starter set?

Got my 5 yr old the Bachmann digital starter set (30-040) for Christmas following some advice from this group - a *grea...

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posted by D.M.Chapman

16 comments posted 19yrs posted by D.M.Chapman

Code 75 and 83

Hi all Before I head on out to the model store, here in Atlanta USA, I need to know how well code 83 US track would mat...

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posted by Robert-kemp

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Been rooting through the loft!

And found some Hornby stuff which has never been out of the boxes. As it is unlikely I shall now try to develop a layout...

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posted by alan.holmes

10 comments posted 19yrs posted by alan.holmes

Just think, 40 years ago...

...we'd all be watching Dr Who on TV and playing with model trains :o) (kim)

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posted by ntscuser

7 comments posted 19yrs posted by ntscuser