Model railroading in the UK

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The secrete/forgotten Kitmaster/Airfix A4?...

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=309053 Couldn't help thinking that the National Railroad Museum (USA) has...
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posted by mapson.scarts
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Bit of fun .... how fast & how ?

With James May=92s attempt to break the distance record for a model loco and the modified Hornby 395 I began to think j...
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posted by chris.brett58
7 comments posted 16yrs posted by chris.brett58

Sound chips

Has anyone used a MRC sound chip ? Any known reports?
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posted by apeterabraham
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by apeterabraham

Joining Code 100 to Code 75 track

Is there a simple way of doing this? I just made a test track, using a metre of track and leaving half a metre of space...
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posted by david
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by david

Hornby 4MT

My local model shop (hurrah! we have one again!) is selling off a DCC fitted Hornby 4MT. Is this a decent model? Guy
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posted by guy.chapman
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by guy.chapman

Erratic DCC loco

I have just made my first foray into DCC, and would appreciate some advice concerning a problem loco which is behaving...
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posted by david
14 comments posted 16yrs posted by david

New Layout

Hi I am Going to Build a DCC layout, Would it be better to use Peco Insulated points or the electrofrog type ? Also wou...
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posted by spam
65 comments posted 16yrs posted by spam

DCC

As you may recall some weeks ago, I was having a whinge about the faibless of the loco decoder chips. In order to gain...
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posted by apeterabraham
9 comments posted 16yrs posted by apeterabraham

One for Simon ?

Classic toy sales soar as Leicester store heads for record Leicester Mercury Tuesday 22nd December 2009 " Dominoes Toys...
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posted by chris.brett58
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by chris.brett58

Dapol Turntable

Has anyone motorised one of these? Do they have a centre pivot hole and do they have any fixing arrangements for the tra...
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posted by apeterabraham
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by apeterabraham

Controlling DCC from computer?

I (or rather my children) have a Hornby DCC railway set. You'd think this would be ideal for controlling from a compute...
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posted by richard
43 comments posted 16yrs posted by richard

The James May experience

I don't think this subject has been covered in the group but if it has please accept my apology. Our son and I watched...
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posted by chris.brett58
40 comments posted 16yrs posted by chris.brett58

Sidings

According to Essery (and photos in books) sidings were often not ballasted as such but filled with earth rammed down to...
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posted by guy.chapman
10 comments posted 16yrs posted by guy.chapman

Peco spares

Does anyone know if you can get spares for Peco products? Obviously the specific item I need is a replacement pingfuckit...
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posted by guy.chapman
24 comments posted 16yrs posted by guy.chapman

Jerry - the helpful mouthpiece?

WOW! Just when this newsgroup is looking like it's again dying off, all of a sudden it springs back to life because of...
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posted by brianhatton
9 comments posted 16yrs posted by brianhatton