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Had no trouble with uncoupling or derailing but then I use a minimum radius od Peco 3rd radius. But I opened on pack to find the bogie detached because on the clips had broken off. I am hoping that I can get another one of the publisher but suspect not. If you try your local wholesaler they may hav...

Remove the motor and haul it with a diesel

Seriously impressive modelling, really enjoyed reading through your thread.

Just a little reconstruction , still a lot of sanding etc to do

rogue wrote:In the inside front cover of the magazine, it says that back issues are available for the cover price + 50P P&P so the coaches should still be available for months to come at this dirt cheap price!

subject to availability!!!!!!

Metr0Land wrote:Isn't the weedkiller a converted BG ie 50' ?

They re converted bsk and bck, the van i ll be modelling is IE no 3187 former BR BSK no 34012

While browsing the web last night looking for a BSK to use for a conversion, i got an idea of rebuilding one of the cheapie coaches into a IE weedsprayer. A bit of work involved but it beats paying £43 for a silverfox kit!!!!

Couldn t resist another four , there was 10 left on the shelf when i left and im banning myself from the shop for the rest of the week

201 Class Built in 1994/95 by GM in London, Ontario, Canada. 3200hp top speed 100mph Basically a passenger version of a class 66. JT42HCW are the only locos left actually pulling passenger trains on two routes Dublin to Belfast, Dublin to Cork. Two are owned by NI railways 8208 & 209 but can be ...

Irish Railway locos 121 class 15 built in 1960 by General Motors, La Grange, Illinois. 950hp but later re engined to 1100hp(4 locos). Top speed 77 mph. The old American lady of the Irish scene sadly now retired but the above two have survived, 124 and 134 pictured in Waterford in 2009. Forthcoming m...

Picked up four from the local newsagent & then got another two off the mother in law :shock: .I was talking to the shop owner who was delighted to get rid of 50 copies, he was puzzled why people were buying multple copies till i told them about the value on the coaches "Guess i wont be orde...

Hardwick Grange was in gwr colours

I had hardwick grange back when they first came out, found them to be a pretty good model and haulage was never a problem, mine pulled a 8 coach rake around the club layout without much fuss. Found the detail bits a bit delicate though and the packaging was a nightmare. On the halls, i had kinlet ha...

I gave up on Railway Modeller a long time ago, i ve a sneaky look at it every month in our local Tesco and i haven t seen an article that would make me change my mind. I get model rail every month since it came out, even the days when it came in the Rail mag. Main problem for me is/Well put it this ...