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- Mon Mar 04, 2024 12:03 pm
- Forum: General Model Railway Discussion / News
- Topic: Anyone currently buying?
- Replies: 156
- Views: 5922
Re: Anyone currently buying?
BCF 01.jpg BCF 02.jpg Ever since starting the garden railway my son and myself have always liked the LGB Mallet loco sets with 2 carriages. Unfortunately they were far too expensive for us. I did however manage to get a second hand loco as seen in the picture. I suppose that I had given up on the...
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 4:58 pm
- Forum: General Model Railway Discussion / News
- Topic: Hattons closing down
- Replies: 61
- Views: 3011
Re: Hattons closing down
Since they moved to Widnes, I haven't really shopped with them. It's a place that I have heard was not really welcoming to personal shoppers or browsers. I don't have transport and it well out of town and hard to get to so I never visited it, there is Widnes Model actually in Widnes town. I remember...
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 1:55 pm
- Forum: Large Gauge Model Railway - including 1, O, and S
- Topic: Unique G scale track cleaner.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 318
Unique G scale track cleaner.
track cleaner.jpg Well I am sure you won’t find another like it, but it does work. I know that it's pathetic and I wasn’t going to post it, but it should give some a laugh or you might even feel sorry for me. Anyway anyone who wants a cheap effective track cleaner can build it, and much better tha...
- Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:26 am
- Forum: Welcome / Terms And Conditions / Guest Book
- Topic: Thankyou for Allowing Me Aboard This Train
- Replies: 16
- Views: 804
Re: Thankyou for Allowing Me Aboard This Train
Hi and welcome Martin.
- Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:30 am
- Forum: General Model Railway Discussion / News
- Topic: Pin, screw or glue? Track fixing preference & order.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 924
Re: Pin, screw or glue? Track fixing preference & order.
I used to use pins for my indoor layouts but now I use PVA and for my G scale garden railway I use screws.
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 6:18 am
- Forum: General Model Railway Discussion / News
- Topic: More eBay nonsense...........
- Replies: 134
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- Sat Oct 14, 2023 8:47 pm
- Forum: Model Railway Photography
- Topic: And The Next Photo Will Have
- Replies: 1425
- Views: 395067
Re: And The Next Photo Will Have
I found this on my layout, Didn't know that it had been dumped and abandoned.
Next, let's stay with the same idea.
- Fri Sep 29, 2023 2:15 pm
- Forum: General Model Railway Discussion / News
- Topic: Anyone currently buying?
- Replies: 156
- Views: 5922
Re: Anyone currently buying?
I am currently buying fairground related items and kits. I have stripped my amusement park section down to its baseboard with the exception of the outer railway track for my OO9 rolling stock. I must admit I may be buying motorised fairground kits but my son is building them for me, there is no way ...
- Fri Sep 29, 2023 6:41 am
- Forum: General Model Railway Discussion / News
- Topic: hello everyone, I newbie railway
- Replies: 5
- Views: 222
Re: hello everyone, I newbie railway
Welcome and enjoy the the forum.
Don't forget the only 'daft' question is the one not asked.
Don't forget the only 'daft' question is the one not asked.
- Thu Aug 31, 2023 9:41 am
- Forum: Welcome / Terms And Conditions / Guest Book
- Topic: Hi, first time here
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1039
Re: Hi, first time here
Welcome to the gang, and remember we all started off as beginners and we all had a first time on the forum. Enjoy.
- Mon Aug 21, 2023 6:39 am
- Forum: Items Wanted
- Topic: Electric Motor No 5115
- Replies: 2
- Views: 179
Re: Electric Motor No 5115
Thanks for your advice Bigmet, very much appreciated.
- Thu Aug 17, 2023 10:50 am
- Forum: Items Wanted
- Topic: Electric Motor No 5115
- Replies: 2
- Views: 179
Electric Motor No 5115
I have a 'Carnival HO Sky Wheel kit (5112)' and I am trying to find the motor needed to power it. I would very much appreciate any help that anyone can give me to find one or better still if a member has one surplus to needs The motor is described as Sky Wheel motorising Unit Number 5115. Many Thanks
- Sat Aug 12, 2023 11:59 am
- Forum: General Model Railway Discussion / News
- Topic: Little & Large
- Replies: 6
- Views: 318
Re: Little & Large
This is my contribution although of very different scales.
A, G scale LGB ESG class Mallet 0-3-3-0 (0-6-6-0)and Marklin Z scale DR class BR89 0-6-0T
A, G scale LGB ESG class Mallet 0-3-3-0 (0-6-6-0)and Marklin Z scale DR class BR89 0-6-0T
- Mon Jul 17, 2023 8:42 pm
- Forum: Scenery
- Topic: Brickwork conundrum
- Replies: 6
- Views: 568
Re: Brickwork conundrum
This is a link to the very first 'Skew' bridge built by George Stephenson over the Liverpool to Manchester railway line in Rainhill in 1824. Not sure if it will be of help or not. http://www.rainhill-civic-society.org.uk/html/11skew.html Some more photographs here on my website: http://www.fgo.org.u...
- Fri Jun 16, 2023 6:55 am
- Forum: Scenery
- Topic: Attempting a scenic cut through hills, advice welcomed.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1173
Re: Attempting a scenic cut through hills, advice welcomed.
Ahhh: Jaz,, so that's why no one turns up when invited.