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You can get radio-controlled live steam (butane burning) 16mm to the foot narrow gauge models that run on either 32mm or 45mm track. (SM32 and SM45 I think are the proper terms.) Some of the locos can be adjusted to work on either gauge. The locos can be quite dear though, but I wouldn't suppose tha...

My new tooling Hornby Terrier runs well, and is quiet, unlike the old tooling ones. (It also looks better than the old tooling, but that doesn't seem to what you are after in this instance.)

I have seen a favourable review from Jenny Kirk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICUJFlbZs4U

Okay, who is going to be the first to post "...but they might lose the facility to stock Bachmann! Wait a minute..."

The Bachmann 3F tender 0-6-0 that I ordered from Kernow is an attractive model, and runs very well. It made a bit of a racket when I started running it in (wheels pounding on un-ballasted second radius oval glued to a chipboard base), but it got quieter quickly. Once running in was complete, and I t...

If this forum had a way to upvote comments then I would upvote the one that Michaelaface made. I have ordered a Bachmann 3F from Kernow for £63.99. Card kits for buildings are relatively cheap, fun to make, can look really good, and can easily be adapted, altered or bashed to blazes to suit. Once yo...

My Hornby 700 class runs very well, very quietly and smoothly. It is one of my 3 favourites of what I have now. I use DC, usually a Gaugemaster Combi with a HF1 "electronic track cleaner". I use it for goods, when running my layout in ST modes, whether western sector (former LSWR) or middl...

I noticed their SECR Dark Lake Birdcage Stock coaches, or rather their recommended retail price (£84.95 per coach). I am glad that I bought my rake (lined Maunsell green SR) before, when a few tenners less per coach. At the time, I thought that the price I paid (probably between £50 and £55 per coac...

Concerning track, the Peco made stuff from the EM society might well be the best option, but if you are looking for others, Marcway do ready-made copper-clad points for EM as well as OO. They also do SMP flexitrack in EM. I presume that their EM points are of similar lengths to the OO ones. Their OO...

You could also look at the Langley range of white metal kits if you are prepared to kit-build. These are mostly from the 1040s to 1960s. Methinks that I detect a small typo. Must admit that most of the stuff that I have seen on their website is 19th or 20th century. I don't remember anything on it ...

I have been stupid and pre-ordered a train pack from Hattons that won't fit either the time or geographical setting of my layout. In fact, I think that the railway company might have become part of the LNWR. I won't even be able to complain it the locomotive goes like a Rocket!

I like the look of the Rocket train pack, and feel a tiny bit tempted. What I did notice is that they will be doing an app and electronics to allow people to control DC layouts via smartphones or tablets. (Not for me - I have neither smartphone nor tablet). From what they say, the app includes sound...

Thanks for the replies. The job is done. :D I didn't need to amputate any feet or hands, although the fireman's shovel broke (not a problem, as you can't see the lack of the missing bit). I agree that small locos with enclosed cabs don't need crew that have suffered from the wargaming malady of &quo...

I understand that there has been a lot of malarkey going on at YouTube recently. If I ever make any videos for any reason, I think that I would upload them to BitChute instead.

Sometimes changing the scenery a bit can improve how you feel about your layout. I extended the terraced housing at the junction station last time, and it made me feel a lot happier about that end of the layout. This year I intend to redo the branch line terminus (which is a Superquick station). I h...