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The DCC Sagas

The latest exercise has been to fit decoders and LED lamps to my HST125 which has two power carsof almost identical per...
19 comments posted 16yrs
posted by apeterabraham
19 comments posted 16yrs posted by apeterabraham

Ratio wooden coach kits

All - I have just acquired through eBay a couple of old Ratio wooden GWR coach kits in 4mm scale. One is a Toplight all...
0 comments posted 16yrs
posted by johnnuttall
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by johnnuttall

Thomased.

I recently bought a tidy little Thomas model to act as life support for my J83. When it arrived I cleaned it up and ran...
8 comments posted 16yrs
posted by apeterabraham
8 comments posted 16yrs posted by apeterabraham

resistance soldering unit

In the past there has been some discussion on this group the latest being in the thread "Ratio coach kits" about the av...
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posted by alan.dawes
9 comments posted 16yrs posted by alan.dawes

Sentinel Shunters

Whilst at the Mickleover show I noticed a loco I had never seen on a layout ( or in real life ) a Sentinel Shunter, alm...
22 comments posted 16yrs
posted by chris.brett58
22 comments posted 16yrs posted by chris.brett58

Mickleover Model Railway Exhibition

Held @ The Mooreways Sports Centre. Went on the Sunday ! Good range of layouts. One I liked was 'Cromer' ( I all the ye...
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posted by chris.brett58
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by chris.brett58

Rhymes with anchor

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8683750.stm ... he even had an anorack and appeared quite put out that his filming had be...
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posted by ulm
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by ulm

Class 28 to be produced

Hattons have just announced that they are commissioning Heljan to produce the Metropolitan-Vickers Class 28 Co-Bo locom...
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posted by railhome_hampton
17 comments posted 16yrs posted by railhome_hampton

Accucraft Flying Scotsman

Any opinions re the 1/32nd scale model? I am trying to find a model E32-4 here in the US without success. Any suggestion...
1 comments posted 16yrs
posted by westover
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by westover

Couplings

Hi again, I've another question. The 2nd hand 125 I bought doesn't have any couplings on it. When I've looked online I...
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posted by coope1999
11 comments posted 16yrs posted by coope1999

Hattons site

Have you noticed that on the Hattons site, on the "new Stock" page, all the locos and buses and cars are facing away fr...
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posted by john_yartek
8 comments posted 16yrs posted by john_yartek

Multiple loop advice.....

Hi, Thanks to all those in my "loss of power" thread. I handed my 125 into a local "old" guy and he's gonna service it...
9 comments posted 16yrs
posted by coope1999
9 comments posted 16yrs posted by coope1999

Not Godwin

Really ... http://www.009.cd2.com/cats_and_modelling.htm A truly inspiring site, never mind the cats.
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posted by RS
18 comments posted 16yrs posted by RS

Railway Modeller In New Format

Hi, When did the Railway Modeller magazine change to its new format similar to Hornby Magazine was it sometime in 2005 A...
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posted by alancar303
7 comments posted 16yrs posted by alancar303

Minimal train power

Hi, I've recently bought a brand new City Industrial Hornby train set which all works perfectly. Today I received a 2nd...
28 comments posted 16yrs
posted by coope1999
28 comments posted 16yrs posted by coope1999