Model railroading in the UK

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Class 04 livery question (Dapol kit)

Hi all, I've got my hands on a Dapol Class 04 kit after looking for a 'scenery' shunter that can just sit in a siding a...
5 comments posted 22yrs
posted by rich
5 comments posted 22yrs posted by rich

Drill size conversion table

Many years ago MRJ produced a table of conversion sizes between Metric, Imperial, BA and drill number. Unfortunately I...
6 comments posted 22yrs
posted by richc
6 comments posted 22yrs posted by richc

0 to go.

I'll be obtaining an 0 gauge Q1 0-6-0 and a G6 0-6-0T later this week, part of a bulk buy. My layout is based on the WR...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by brian.valerail
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by brian.valerail

Prototype sector plates?

Hi all, I know of a prototype engine release using a turntable (Bembridge IoW) and also using a traverser (Birmingham M...
9 comments posted 22yrs
posted by derekYOURCLOTHESheath
9 comments posted 22yrs posted by derekYOURCLOTHESheath

More ammunition for British Railway Modelling

Here's a bit more ammunition for BRM (see their editorial in the May 2004 issue). Free with the May 2004 BRM is a suppl...
35 comments posted 22yrs
posted by john
35 comments posted 22yrs posted by john

FA: British Railways Mark 1 Coaches book

The hardback definitive work on Mark 1s, up for grabs on ebay - great for modellers and historians......
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by leeosborne
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by leeosborne

Peco Turnout with PL10 & PL13 - N Scale

Hello, Does anyone ue the Peco Turnout with PL10 + PL13 on N scale? I currently having problem when using those 3 produ...
7 comments posted 22yrs
posted by morphus74_nospam
7 comments posted 22yrs posted by morphus74_nospam

N gauge Signals

Can anybody recomend a good source of N gauge signals both semaphore and electric? Thanks Peter
9 comments posted 22yrs
posted by peter.everett
9 comments posted 22yrs posted by peter.everett

Re: DCC

"Shaun Murphy" wrote > However I am finding problems sourcing a suitable cheap DCC kit in the > Ireland let alone the U...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by nospam
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by nospam

OT BT internet users beware

The following is 'my interpretation' of an e-mail from BT - I say this because at the bottom it says . . . This electro...
6 comments posted 22yrs
posted by Mike
6 comments posted 22yrs posted by Mike

Bachmann and DCC

anyone know which of the modern image bachmann range are dcc ready?(youknow the dcc chipjust plugs in so says the bachm...
15 comments posted 22yrs
posted by finlayson1nospam
15 comments posted 22yrs posted by finlayson1nospam

American 'style' layouts

Hi Does anyone know of any of the big, room-sized, multi-station layout as often seen in Model Railroader but with a UK...
15 comments posted 22yrs
posted by derekYOURCLOTHESheath
15 comments posted 22yrs posted by derekYOURCLOTHESheath

Connecting setrack turnouts to flexitrack

I am very new to railway modelling and am currently laying the track on a new project and am encountering problems as f...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by turnupthebassnow
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by turnupthebassnow

N Gauge controller

Hi All I've been reading the group for a time now, and being a newcomer, I have lots of questions, which I am answering...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by tony_smith100
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by tony_smith100