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Random stonework is always difficult, the random sheets are never the same random as what you want! Anyway, I'm sure you'll make it look just right.

It has a lot of lateral movement, and also in theory vertical, although in fact it only has about 0.5mm of that as otherwise it fouls on the body. At the moment it keeps falling off when I push it along the rails, and I'm not sure where to start. Any ideas please? I'm guessing some sort of spring a...

I still haven't lined out the other side, but my B class now has wheels! https://i.ibb.co/c6CFQXx/B-class-rolling.jpg First time I've had to source chassis bits from scratch, so thought I'd do a bit of a run-down on what exactly it is you need to buy, because if you're not familiar with it, it can b...

Check that there's not a thick sludge at the bottom, but yes, I strongly suspect you do have weathering paints which are intended to be wishy washy. Sorry

I haven't been looking at exhibition listings lately but I did see at the Lavender Line last weekend they have an opening date of April 2021. I can't remember the exact date they had posted outside though. Thanks End2end Yep, many heritage railways are looking at re-opening after the 12th April res...

The big events require organisation many many months in advance, so it probably depends how optimistic those big event organisers were some months ago about when restrictions would ease. I could certainly see the return of a few local village hall sized model railway exhibitions by the Autumn as lon...

The side panel on the Wikipedia article for each class of rolling stock is usually good for that sort of thing, ... For me the advantage of a single table or page is that one can sort it and then answer the question "What locomotives (etc.) have wheel bases under twenty feet?" or "wh...

The side panel on the Wikipedia article for each class of rolling stock is usually good for that sort of thing, it contains most of the principal dimensions, that's usually the quickest way I've found. Then just scale the dimensions down. Virtually all UK locomotives from 1920ish onward have their o...

Normally reliable sources suggest that Hornby got wind of a competitor looking at Lion, and so brought forward a planned 2022 range introduction. Ah! https://www.facebook.com/RapidoTrainsUK/posts/212096203993577 Rapido Trains are excited to announce we have signed the world-wide exclusive rights to...

The underframe for that break van turned out to be a bit of a pig, mostly done now but not my neatest work when viewed from below, soldering like pigeon droppings comes to mind! just handrails left to do now though, but no photo this time as from normal viewing angles it looks largely the same. I've...

I've never used scalescenes so can't comment much, but libraries used to be good for that sort of thing. I presume probably not right now in the current climate but there is light at the end of the tunnel on that front so depends how impatient you are! Does a friend have a printer who could print th...

What's the optimum distance from top of the lower set of rails to top of the higher, crossing rails? (Or is that not the way toapproach it?) Not quite, you really want distance from top of the lower set of rails to the bottom of the bridge deck of the upper line, as the thickness of the bridge deck...

Just thought I'd give this a bump as plenty more has been added over the last month, including some more of my personal favourites, Stoke Courtenay, Hope-Under-Dinmore, Sidmouth and Kirtley Bridge. No connection other than as a subscriber.