Model railroading in the UK

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Ebay empty box sold for £63.61

I kid you not, an empty box for a Wrenn OO/HO Grenadier Guardsman Loco has sold for an unbelievable £63.61...
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posted by agent
54 comments posted 20yrs posted by agent

Time Scales

Well after a lot of deliberation I've decided to build my layout in 00. My years are '50 -'57 (roughly when I was activ...
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posted by inchanga
87 comments posted 20yrs posted by inchanga

Station Name Boards

Hi, I'm trying to work out what size lettering I should use for a station name board - is there a "standard" ? I tend to...
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posted by icornish
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A new layout - advice needed please

The last of the kids has now left home and I now have a 2.7 x 2.1 metre space all of my own! I already own quite a lot...
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posted by john
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DCC Question

Hi All, I wonder if you can help me, I have a couple of DCC newbie convert questions. I have got the Gaugemaster DCC Sy...
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posted by graham.kendall30
25 comments posted 20yrs posted by graham.kendall30

Mmmmm I wonder ?

EARN EXTRA CASH it works because its very simple and LEGAL too! Working From Home & Earn extra Cash Date: 13.01.2006 Pl...
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posted by dm002b0900
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Design a layout to ship abroad...

Has anyone any experience with shipping layouts abroad? I'm currently at the design stage of a layout and certain restr...
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posted by pa_atkinson
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Pithead wheel

Someone wanted to know if pit head wheels were single spoke or dual spoke. This is a wheel from a salt mine pit head ht...
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posted by Mike
14 comments posted 20yrs posted by Mike

Bachmann new items 2006

2006 Releases Information regarding our 2006 range of Bachmann Branchline and Graham Farish models will be released in...
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posted by miNOke
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1st radius curves

I'm about to get back into the hobby and I only have a very limited space. I have some old 00 locos and so will be goin...
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posted by nospam
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A nice dilemma

I've been given a $500 award at work, so I can buy that new express loco :-) Mallard or Windsor Lad? Decisions, decision...
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posted by uce
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by uce

Hornby catalogue

In case anyone is not yet aware - the new Hornby 2006 Catalogue was released this week. The GBP7.50 price tag is a 25%...
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posted by nospam
51 comments posted 20yrs posted by nospam

ZTC 511 vs Lenz set 100

Hi All, Are there any benefits of having the ZTC 511 over the Lenz set 100? I already have a Lenz set 100 and have a co...
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posted by eddiebray???
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dcc grafar

Anyone ever fitted a dcc decoder to any Grafar loco's?? cl47 ect and apart from isolating the pickup that runs through t...
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posted by kk015a0824
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by kk015a0824