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Drawings I have, took just one Google image search. They are copyright but available for private use. With that many windows, starting with a perspex box would probably the way to do it. Yes you can get "matchboard" plasticard, I can even produce my own using the Cameo Cutter. Now just sto...

They were right changing a two rail loco to three rail is easy, fit a pickup shoe under the tender, shift one wire on the motor, job done. Changing a three rail loco to two rail is a site harder. It starts with removing all of the wheels, and fitting insulating bushes between the wheels and axles. T...

It would make an excellent project, no complicated shapes, engine/gaurds compartment so a rescued ringfield bogie could be used to power it, maximum tail load one single coach. Simple colour scheme.
Someone think of a problem quick before I start looking for materials.

It's getting to be quite a common occurrence for a search to end up on here.

You can safely sand the surface of the foamboard as long as you use a fine grade of paper (1600 - 2000 grit) and little pressure. Just enough to take off the gloss and give it a less uniform surface.

TBTW, I am happy to be corrected about UK libel laws. Watching the current Tory in-house fighting over Brexit, it's clear anybody can say just about anything about anybody. Just don't say anything you can't prove. Or qualify what you say by quoting its source. MPs often lay it on thick, as they can...

Metadyneman wrote:

SRman wrote:For anyone panicking about finding a 12-pin decoder, Metadyneman has typed it dyslexically, and it is, in fact, a 21-pin interface (no criticism intended here).

Oops... now corrected!

How the eyes do fool you. I read it as 21 in the first place and had to skip back to convince myself.

Including the UK into an HO layout does pose one or two problems, but if they were to keep the two scales well apart they might borrow a trick from the Great Model Railway Challenge, Build the two ends of the Channel Tunnel, and have HO models going into the tunnel at one end and 00 ones coming out ...

From the comments that I've seen any misdescription of condition is often in the purchasers favour. Dead/Non Runner when there's a lead off or they have failed to realise it has a DCC chip in it. I think occasionally they get taken for a ride by sellers putting the old model in the box of a new one,...

Those Romford wheels. Who makes them today? I would imagine the price would be too expensive to consider. The much extended Romford wheels range is available from Markits and yes they are expensive. Four wheels plus axles will cost you more than a second hand basic Hornby 0-4-0. It's not a full eCo...

Perhaps it might be time to look for a different approach to dividing up the site. The one that appeals to me I'm afraid just isn't feasible in phpBB, that's tagging your post for a number of interests. Say a new steam loco from Hornby you could tag it HORNBY, OO, STEAM and even at an era of Region ...

Mountain - I must thank you profusely for starting this thread, I'm a sucker for any small and quirky loco, particularly ones with only four wheels, if it's also clocked up its century that's even better!

That's the curse of MAZAK rot, it's patchy within the batch, and inconsistent in its timing, you can never be sure it won't appear in the next few days, and all because the monkey who tipped the sack of zinc into the pot threw in the lead seal from the sack.

That's a thinner version of the rigid insulation I have used. It will need extra stiffening if you want to create much scenery, A few buildings will be ok, but for hills, mountains or cliffs it would be better bonded to a second sheet (which could have large areas cut away before bonding). No matter...

Hi Neil I've used insulation board in the past, when there was little else available. First off lets make sure we are talking about the same stuff, about 12mm thick, compressed fibrous board, breaks easily if folded. Long term it requires a lot of support, or to be laid over a plywood base. It's alm...