Model railroading in the UK

Road vehicle number plates

With the great selection of 4 mm road vehicles now available, I want to customise some of the numberplates. Does anyone...

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posted by johnnuttall

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This could mean the end of the lineside hut as we know it...

I have taken delivery of my first Peco PL-11s. Only one problem remains: to come up with a plausible cover story for th...

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posted by uce

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Eastleigh100 news

Eastleigh will host the first public appearance for more than 18 years of No. 50026 Indomitable. In it's final stages o...

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posted by traction

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Anyone au fait with BR SR headcodes?

Got an e-mail from a bod in Florida, modelling Sir Winston Churchil on Bournemouth Belle duties. He has a pic showing a...

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posted by mike

4 comments posted 17yrs posted by mike

Dangly bits

What's the proper name for the decorative dangly bits round the bottom of a station canopy? And does anyone know if you...

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posted by uce

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Is this group for 32mmNG, or just for toy trains such as Hornby, etc?

As per title

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posted by no.spam.thank.you

40 comments posted 17yrs posted by no.spam.thank.you

Bachmann tender

Anyone know where can buy a Fowler tender - one of recent design, from the likes of a crab or the latest patriot ? Cheer...

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posted by nospam

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Family fun at model railway open day Reading

Reading Evening Post 25th March 2009 Sindlesham Baptist Church on Saturday, April 4, from 10am to 4pm. For more informa...

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posted by chris.brett58

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Lima GWR Railcar Bogie Units.

Could someone point me at a Lima model which employs a similar short bogie unit? The gears have stripped in my old bus a...

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posted by apeterabraham

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World's biggest layout, Hamburg?

My son-in-law alerted me to this: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3253382.html?menu=news.quirkies http://www.minia...

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posted by me

30 comments posted 17yrs posted by me

Märklin: Job losses at insolvent model railroad mak er

Plasteurope Tuesday 24th March 2009 " Nearly 400 of the 1,400 jobs at M=E4rklin will be eliminated as the insolvent mod...

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posted by chris.brett58

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Model railway event to make its 21st Stourbridge stop

Stourbridge News Sunday 22nd March 2009 " The annual Stourbridge Model Railway Exhibition will be marking its third dec...

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posted by chris.brett58

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Deltic sound

Hi, I am considering purchasing a sound-fitted Deltic from Olivia's Trains and wondered if anybody had any experience o...

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posted by lloydno

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Liverpool model railway society

Does anyone know the liverpool model railway web site address, I have tried http://www.lmrs.org.uk/ but it doesnt work I...

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posted by misc

3 comments posted 17yrs posted by misc

Precision Mould Maker

Thanland's second largest mould maker is specialized in making plastic injection moulds, Molding, press and die press f...

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posted by readynews4u

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