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We had a problem like this when Windows 95 first came out. We cracked it by trying all of the keyboard short cuts we could find until the properties box for properties appeared and set it to visible. Some software leaves a ".ini" or ".cfg" file which if you delete it causes the n...

Th FR loco is a variant of "Smokey Joe" which has the advantage of the diecast footplate for a little extra weight, It doesn't have to use a tender, sacks of coal would be stacked in the rear corners of the footplate. As a shunter it would never be far from it's shed where it could pick up...

This model has now been abandoned, following Hornby's intention to produce a model to their current standards.

The bare wire tails provided by Peco are intended either to be passed through holes below the track, or lead out to the side through the hollow sleepers, then extended by soldering them to insulated wire.

Have a look at the various chip extractor tools, you either want one that engages on the two ends, or one with comb teeth to go between the pins. The different types come in two versions, professional which cost far too much for our purposes or cheapo plastic ones that are adequate for our purposes ...

New laptop, Windows 10, doesn't come with an email client, you have a choice of using webmail, you can struggle to get the text a comfortable size depending on who's mail server you use, or go for a third party email client, I use the free version of "eM client" which might be appropriate ...

Dave as the hapless cause of your demise it's only right that I should welcome you back. Sorry mate.

John W.

Geoff experiment with soldering an L shaped bit of brass wire, as low down on the inside face of the switch rail as you can get it, then fit it through a hole in the tiebar and turn it under, so that the rail is pivoted. It will last longer than soldering rail direct to tie bar.

Ian 'll let Mike answer on how thick is his preferred card, but there is very little correlation betwen thickness and weight. You can get 80gsm paper which is decidedly thinner than 70gsm. It's all down to the final rollers when it's finished. Best to establish the thickness with a pair of calipers....

I had similar comments from an engineering works about my Velocette gears so maybe that was a 1950s thing. That's interesting, I wonder if an abundance of recycled scrap military gear lead to the need for case hardening, later productions using plated brass or diecast and nickel silver certainly we...

What are you planning to do with locos, pull the wheels out wider, or replace them narrower finer flange ones. I found the frame bushes for one eighth axles are a snug fit in Hornby axle holes, and make bushes for the gears as well. You can order them from Markits but it's case of phone or send an o...

There's no shortage of articulated tractor/trailers in 1/76th, that would provide the start for a conversion!

It was a bit of a solution in search of a problem. The availability of ambulances to transfer patients was increasing faster than they could build Mk1s.

There used to be a great thread on "scambaiters" where they scammed the scammer (from Nigeria) into meeting someone in Amsterdam outside a particular shop which just happened to have a webcam pointing out of its window. They also copied the local fraud squad in on the postings so he was bu...

Wiring for ancillaries like lights is best on a panel or section of a panel to itself as it's separate from the running of the trains. It looks best if the switches are all similar and labelled. Switches mounted on PC board are not always the easiest to mount neatly, are row of toggle switches with ...