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Hornby Black 5 query

My layout is dual period - 1936 and 1956. I have one Hornby Black 5 for the 1936 period and would like another. The one...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by enzo55
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by enzo55

South wales railway plan

Hope someone can help. Somewhere amongst my British model railway mags from 1950's to 1990's is a layout design represe...
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posted by cbuffer
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by cbuffer

Heljan 33s

Just had a reply from Heljan (within one day) "Dear Sir What you have heard is correct. We plan to have the Class 33 rea...
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posted by address_wont_work
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by address_wont_work

Bachmann Couplers

I tried to post yesterday (didn't appear on my PC!) about the varying height Bachmann use for their NEM coupler pockets...
19 comments posted 22yrs
posted by nick.palette
19 comments posted 22yrs posted by nick.palette

Model Rail Subscriber offer

Is the Draper airbrush worth subscribing to Model Rail for, given I buy the mag every month anyway? Should I wait and se...
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posted by google
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by google

N gauge couplers

I have been offered the chance to buy some British outline N gauge stuff for next to nothing. There are a couple of Far...
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posted by dbromage
7 comments posted 22yrs posted by dbromage

Track Directions on the Prototype

Hi all Funny question from down under. In Sydney standard practice appears to be that a train runs on the left track wh...
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posted by arobson
36 comments posted 22yrs posted by arobson

Triang Big Big Trains Hymek

Does anyone within the group know who supplies the after market parts for modifying the Triang Big Big Trains 0 gauge H...
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posted by brian.valerail
7 comments posted 22yrs posted by brian.valerail

Photographers - snow alert

A minimum of 3" of snow in East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire. Get those cameras out lads & lasses. John.
6 comments posted 22yrs
posted by nospam
6 comments posted 22yrs posted by nospam

Thanks

I now have an 8F and an N2, and both are superb. The 8F is particularly good - if this is the standard the new Hornby l...
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posted by outlook.bugs
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by outlook.bugs

Scratchbuilding a J11 . Adivce needed

Im hoping to build a J11 0-6-0 in oo scale out of plastic sheet. Ive built a lot of buildings out of this material of l...
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posted by northpool_1
5 comments posted 22yrs posted by northpool_1

Why not DCC in tenders?

Why do you guys have such a seeming aversion to putting the DCC decoder in the tender? There's tons of space and steam...
7 comments posted 22yrs
posted by rogertra
7 comments posted 22yrs posted by rogertra

New J83

There's a new J83 on the Hornby website. Is it the same cack old J83 with a different number, or have they updated it?...
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posted by outlook.bugs
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by outlook.bugs

Class 17 Info Req'd

Does anyone have any photos of Class 17 cab interiors, particularly the second man positions. Drawings or references to...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by steve5skis
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by steve5skis

Heljan supply

Hi guys, To throw another aspect of the Heljan threads into the equation.... I prefer (where possible) to support my lo...
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posted by neal
3 comments posted 22yrs posted by neal