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Great videos and lovely models of some unusual prototypes! Certainly kept me guessing for a long time!

Great work.

Mind boggling skill at that scale! Thank you TimberSurf. :) So, you use rapido couplers? I used to fit Dapol 'easi-shunt' which not only looked far better, but also actually worked! By which I mean they actually coupled AND uncoupled when desired 8) A bit expensive, but I found the rapido ones not ...

Mountain wrote:Wow. The lining you do in such a small scale is brilliant. Well done indeed!

Thanks Mountain, they are really cruel close ups that show off every wobble (more so than my magnifying glass!) though.

I've just noticed that my previous post is effectively a repeat of an earlier post on this page!!! :oops: :oops: :oops: :lol: Anyway, some more pictures of the N gauge V1. http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/66/213-170618173620.jpeg http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/66/213-170618174000...

Wow, the loco looks extremely good 8) and of course the coin shows how incredibly small N gauge is! What is left to do now - e.g. I can't tell from the photo if the crew are installed yet or not . . . ? Thanks PNP! :) There is a crew in there but the camera hasn't picked them up! Here they are take...

Well 2911 has had a coat of matt varnish and glazing and coal applied (but not yet dry!).

I forgot to add my latest efforts on the track building front. These were posted earlier on another part of the forum but, as they form part of my competition entry, I feel a mention should be made here as well. http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/66/213-130618114701.jpeg The double slip is pr...

2911 has gained a crew. http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/66/213-130618185633.jpeg These are just some cheap generic figures that I got from China several years ago. There not the greatest figures ever but they'll be fine living in the cab area. They came unpainted so I roughly painted them ...

I'd suggest for isolation you slip in an extra sleeper so that the bit that needs cutting is as short as possible. Once its firmly stuck down cut the rail with a slitting disk in a small rotary tool. Fill the gap with Plastic Padding, two part epoxy glue or even Milliput, then file it smooth. Thank...

A friend of mine models in OO9 using the N scale Society's stuff, he's even built me three 6.5mm gauge points, though I would say that a roller gauge and those triangular spacers (can't remember the proper name for them) make life much easier and the track gauge more accurate. Thanks b308, do you k...

Yes of course! But Peco track always looks to have the sleepers too clolse together to my eyes...[/quote] I agree but didn't realise just how wrong it looked until relatively recently. Some more work has been done on 2911. http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/66/213-120618154514.jpeg Buffer bea...

My second attempt at a turnout. http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/66/213-120618145735.jpeg This time I stuck a second copy of the plan onto some 0.5mm cardboard and cut out the frog and one of the check rails to make some crude disposable jigs. This seems to have worked well as the test wago...

Very nice bit of trackwork, I'm impressed by the loco's lack of wobble passing through the point. Thanks Bufferstop, the flange ways are much tighter than Peco's at 0.9mm - although Peco have the issue of having to mass produce track that will accommodate a wide variety of wheel standards. As I'm o...

Thanks guys, PNP, the sleeper spacing on the turnout is way out. As it is only intended for the fiddle yard, I tried to use as few sleepers as possible while retaining some strength. A bit more progress on the V1 tonight. I do like how the model starts to come to life when the fittings start to be a...

Back to the main project for the competition and some progress on the V1 test build/paint. Having seen Tim Watson's magnificent 2mm scale P2 build, I thought I would try his technique for making the boiler bands. This comprises spraying a piece of clear decal paper (Microscale in this case) the colo...