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Cracking job. Nice to see oldies getting refurbished .

I've used a similar approach to Bigmet, my choice of epoxy has been JB Weld, but this may not be better than any other epoxy. I use the standard slow setting one which gives one more chance of adjusting the quartering before everything sets solid. Superglue has not proved as good. Degreasing is very...

That's a superb piece of modelling and the link with the details is well worth a look .

My 3 pole 110 has always run fairly well by Ringfield standards, but there are some things to look out for. Although the bogie pivot is of a similar design to the Class 25/29 and probably the Class 35, the bogie sideframes and clips are made of a harder plastic. This makes the clips less flexible an...

Hello Stefn. I don't think you've had any advice the on HST so far? I'm assuming this is the old Hornby Ringfield one. If it hums but doesn't move I would take out the power bogie by gently squeezing the clips at the front/rear of the powered bogie. Check that the gears are not jammed with hair or o...

Is it the SL-99 Medium Radius 3 Way Code 100 Turnout and does the loco only derail on the left hand exit? Do you have the Lima, Hornby or Dapol Class 59?

Another historic variation... https://www.monorails.org/tMspages/Listowel.html

Nowadays I generally solder wire to the bottom of a fishplate as there's less chance of melting sleepers and it seems to be easier in my experience.

A Wrenn 08 is one of the BNR's longest serving locos and also one of the best performers on the gradients .

Have you got any coagulated grease on the gears/axles as this can jam up mechanisms and needs to be removed. A plastic compatible degreaser would help in this case before re-lubricating. I have used electrical contact cleaner before which is supposed to be plastic compatible. I've also used meths wh...

To reduce track maintenance the procurement department have now banned locos with traction tyres and tender drive on the BNR :) . There's just a few long serving Lima and Hornby diesels left. The line does have a preserved Hornby loco drive 4F, though the traction tyred wheelset has been replaced wi...

A tricky job neatly done. I await the pictures of it attacking those fearsome gradients. Thank you Bufferstop. To reduce drag and slightly improve performance on the gradients, the pickups on the centre tender wheels have been pushed away from the wheels. 10 wheel pickup has to be enough, even with...

After a lot of head scratching and breaking two drill bits (0.3mm) the workshop team managed to drill two holes into the crosshead where the previous cast fixings had partially disintegrated. The first hole was drilled all the way through the bottom of the crosshead, while the second was drilled par...

The latest loco the enter the BNR's workshops is a fairly recently arrived K1. It always had fairly floppy valve gear on one side and there was a mysterious loss of plating on the associated connecting rod. Trainspotters on the platform alerted management to the possibility of impending failure and ...

There is another product that helps loco's, that's 'Bullfrog Snot' I haven't used the product, but I've been told it works. manna I believe that this is for replacing worn out traction tyres on locos that have a groove in the driving wheels? The BNR try to avoid traction tyres as a rule, although t...