Model railroading in the UK

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Model Rail - Basic Techniques

2 page article in August Model Rail on how to paint (model) animals. Am speechless. Cheers, Simon
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posted by nospam
8 comments posted 12yrs posted by nospam

Working brake gear?

I wonder if there are any exmaples of working brake gear out there, presumably in the larger scales, such that if a tra...
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posted by no.spam
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Block Instruments

I wonder if anybody has produced the semblance of block instruments (Clear / Blocked / Train On) by using cheap radio c...
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posted by no.spam
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RM digital subscription

Anyone got one? Do you access it on line only or can you download and keep it locally? What's the useability and quality...
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posted by manatbandq
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Hornby 2013 range.

An E Mail from my nephew has alerted to me to the release of what Hornby intend to release in their 2013 range,I think...
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posted by damduck-egg
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Bachmann Crab 'n'

Anyone tell me how to remove the body from the loco. Its the new or latest n guage from Farish/Bachmann. Have looked at...
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posted by nospam
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No BRM Annual this year :-)

Only just found out, not published until March 2013. I though the RM annual was disappointing last year and will probabl...
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posted by manatbandq
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Magazines - free to good home

Hiya I have the following model mags to clear out of my roof space, and am offer ing them free to anyone who would genu...
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posted by dave.koring
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Coach lighting

For years, modellers have wrestled with the problem of providing steady lighting in passenger coaches, especially with...
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posted by me
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Resurrecting something different.

Bored today, laid up with shingles so not doing much. Decided to finally have a look at the Every Ready tube train I ac...
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posted by damduck-egg
11 comments posted 13yrs posted by damduck-egg

How do you clean steel?

I've got some steel (unfortunately not stainless) rulers, and they are getting a bit unreadable now because of al the d...
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posted by me
27 comments posted 13yrs posted by me

L&Y Railway control numbers (on brake vans)

Folks, Back in the dim and distant when men were men and all the good railways started in Lancashire the L&Y introduced...
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posted by cwilson
7 comments posted 13yrs posted by cwilson

Manchester Model Railway Society Exhibition

Hi you guys out there. This weekend you can visit the best model rail exhibition seen in Manchester 2012 The Exhibition...
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posted by Totnado
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