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Hattons Bank Holiday sale

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Jim

Hattons clearing Dapol class 22s for £79.50 https://www.hattons.co.uk/stocklist/1000396/1000588/1000635/1000818/Dapol_OO_Gauge_1_76_Scale_Diesel_locos_United_Kingdom/sceneprodlist.aspx?sort=0&pageid=2

Jim

Well that is the move done and dusted, have to say that it went extremely smoothly! This was the scene on Thursday last with Allenshaw packed in the car for a move to a temporary storage location at my caravan https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47810600531_640ee3801e_c.jpg I have had a look in the ...

Hi Hornchurch - the question you have asked is one that I have seen many times before, and to be honest there is no definitive answer, the rule book says that there must be one and that it should preferably be towards the rear of the train, but as most formations of that era ran as fixed, what would...

something along the lines of the old riddle....... [I] never said they stole my design. — Someone else said it. I [never] said they stole my design. — I didn't say it. I never [said] they stole my design. — I only implied it. I never said [they] stole my design. — I said someone did, not necessarily...

I agree entirely with the ‘fall from grace’ Ian - I was surprised that the whole topic hadn’t been locked pages back - speaks volumes, but says a lot about the admin role, too. Tony Again this could be as a result of the current drift towards a paid membership and a move away from any allegiance wi...

Just as an aside, I have stopped using the other place for anything other than prototype or "wheeltapper" entertainment, I just don't like the new format. I note that they have introduced a "gold" membership with payment of between £50 and £60 per annum with various add ons, I ha...

I have used a couple of variations of the methods described above. The best results I have had was the most tedious to apply and would only really work on smaller layouts. This method is to first give the rail sides a coat of red oxide primer and allowed to thoroughly dry, I don't worry about point ...

Thanks Josh - we are just getting the last of the legal stuff tied up and we are on schedule to move on the 10th of May, absolutely champing at the bit to be doing something again! No doubt Mrs Luckymucklebackit will have other priorities but the weekend after we move is the Troon Model Railway Exhi...

Massive learning curve and I mean massive. What is a distance signal and a home signal, I think distance speaks for itself ish, but what is home and where do they go on a layout?. Thanks Ian The website I always turn to for all matters signalling is this one https://signalbox.org/ this is a massive...

Class 37 derails on 1st Radius Curve, or the prototype equivalent!!

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safety-digest-042019-doncaster/doncaster-locomotive-derailment-at-doncaster-21-december-2018

Jim

Hi Glencairn - the RailScot site has a photograph of the station at Lybster, the building is still in existence and acts as the golf clubhouse! https://www.railscot.co.uk/Wick_and_Lybster_Light_Railway/index.php The track plan looks right out of a Freezer Plan Book https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/si...

Never managed to visit it, but I have been in the area on business, stayed at the Beamish Mary Inn, it was a fabulous place, great food and lovely room.

Jim

As a rule of thumb, I always make the rail closest to me the controlled feeds via isolation switches and the rail furthest form me common return, that way your switches are all fed from one output from your controller/transformer and the common wires all go to the other

Jim

Heard this morning via another forum. McLarens Models on Grahams Road, Falkirk, are closing down their shop and moving to online only. The shop has the "To Let" signs up, but it was still open yesterday. Don't know the exact closing date and no sure if this will affect the monthly swapmeet...