Model railroading in the UK

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Claremont and television

Malcolm, Our Sky dish appears to have given up the ghost. It hasn't bothered us as we don't watch TV but we may have a...
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posted by ricardianteeth
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by ricardianteeth

James May TOYS

Just been catching up on some of the programs I recorded last month. One of which was presented by James May on Toys. H...
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posted by chris.brett58
27 comments posted 17yrs posted by chris.brett58

Bit slow perhaps ?

Building a crafstman kit - first try at brass loco body. Taken 2 hours to solder tank top and beading to tank side. Is...
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posted by nospam
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by nospam

Painting Rubber ?

I have some small rubber plungers that will look great as oil / fuel drums but I need to paint / colour them .... any id...
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posted by chris.brett58
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by chris.brett58

Hornby DCC Decoders

I'm looking to get a Hornby 153 and wondered how good the decoder in the DCC version is. I have a Digitrax system which...
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posted by nospam
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by nospam

Practical BRM

Anyone read it? Opinions? I'll share mine later MBQ
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posted by manatbandq
23 comments posted 17yrs posted by manatbandq

Eastleigh100 Update

Advance tickets for Saturday's event , May 23rd 2009 , have now all been sold. If you have already applied for that day...
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posted by traction
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by traction

Three-wheel coaches

Has anybody seen the latest Gaugemaster adverts showing Piko G-gauge stuff? There's one inside the back cover of the Ma...
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posted by spamtrap
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by spamtrap

Carr's Metal Black for Brass

How is one supposed to use it? I brushed it on with mediocre results. Maybe I should have cleaned the brass more? MBQ
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posted by manatbandq
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by manatbandq

Clear plastic for windows? Thin wood?

Where can one obtain quantities of clear plastic or perspex, (preferably with the protective rubber films which are rem...
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posted by no.spam.thank.you
25 comments posted 17yrs posted by no.spam.thank.you

Seems a bit excessive...

airfix 4F code3 for £120 or am I misunderstanding something ?...
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posted by nospam
24 comments posted 17yrs posted by nospam

Model Rail Mag

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to get Model Rail Mag posted to you, other that Great Magazines. I started my subs...
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posted by me
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by me

Gun blue

Great suggestion! The rails need to be clean (no greasy finger marks, clean first with alcohol or acetone, I guess) but...
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posted by guy.chapman
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by guy.chapman

Eastleigh100 Open Weekend reminder.

Deadline for internet and postal ticket applications is May 16. After that delivery cannot be guaranteed. A reminder th...
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posted by traction
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by traction

Hmmm - Interesting site

Looking for something else I stumbled across the linked site below. That was several hours ago. http://www.greycat.org/p...
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posted by mike
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by mike