Model railroading in the UK

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Site for enammeled signs

Good site for enammeled advertising signs - if you have a colour printer or access to a chemists to print out Jpegs htt...
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posted by Mike
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by Mike

FS: Meccano Hornby Marshall Controller £15

Hornby (Marshall) Controller No. 1041 circa 1959. In original box complete with instruction leaflet and guarantee/testi...
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posted by ascjdomain-01
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by ascjdomain-01

need a forum

anyone suggest a good forum for a returnee to modern image modelling? (oo gauge)? cheers Rob
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posted by bugger
44 comments posted 20yrs posted by bugger

Caledonian Light Blue Locos

Hi I am wanting to respray a 2-6-4 tank engine in the Caledonian Railways livery. Are they gloss finish or are they matt...
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posted by barbara.mitchell7
21 comments posted 20yrs posted by barbara.mitchell7

C&L 00 track templates

After the long discussion about finescale track that ensued from a question I posted a few weeks ago, I decided to go o...
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posted by no-one
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by no-one

Replacement Bogie/ringfield motor

Hi all, I have a Hornby 110 DMU, which is bogie driven with a ringfield motor. It's fine, except for the presence of th...
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posted by icornish
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by icornish

Sleeper trains circa 1957-63

I'd be grateful if someone can advise on sleeper services on either the ECML or WCML during the period 1957-63, which i...
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posted by xmb53
19 comments posted 20yrs posted by xmb53

Portescap RG4 Units

I read somewhere recently that the Portescap RG4 units were available again. Unfortunately, I can't find the reference,...
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posted by jim
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by jim

Replacement wheels and axle bearings

I've bought some Gibson wheels to replace the plastic ones on a couple of 4mm Airifx wagons but due to the slightly dif...
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posted by no-one
11 comments posted 20yrs posted by no-one

Track Cleaning

Can anyone suggest a good method to keep my track clean. I have some track rubbers already which are ok but not great Th...
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posted by chudleighblade
11 comments posted 20yrs posted by chudleighblade

FS: Bachmann respray class 37 loadhaul.

Hi all, I am reluctantly selling my treasured 37884 Gartcosh in Loadhaul livery. So have a look and see what you think....
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posted by scorpio191171
13 comments posted 20yrs posted by scorpio191171

BRM- Right Track 3

Hi All, My copy of BRM's Right Track 3 Painting, Lining & Finishing came this morning, I ordered it after seeing a sugg...
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posted by eddiebray???
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smoking ban

The governments ban on smoking in all public places was passed last night, so no more kettles!!!!! As far as I am aware...
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posted by simon.evans2
48 comments posted 20yrs posted by simon.evans2

Update to website

Hi All, I have changed all the baseboards for 12mm MDF and laid a 4mm cork trackbase, laid all the mainboard track (exc...
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posted by eddiebray???
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by eddiebray???

"new" Lord of the Isles set

I put new in inverted commas because the tooling is UNCHANGED. When I was told of the re-release of this set I was exci...
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posted by seriph_I_SAID_NO_BLOODY_SPAM
13 comments posted 20yrs posted by seriph_I_SAID_NO_BLOODY_SPAM