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Yes, B or C, the others are too close to a bend or junction.

Yes visited Hattonsonline the other day after a couple of N gauge locos. I'm sure Rails will be grateful for my order. Totally useless search/layout and (un)ease of use. Hattons have not only shot their N gauge business in the foot with their spat with Bachmann but they've then removed the entire ot...

So the brass plug pins are coated with a precious metal, utterly pointless unless you buy a socket with similarly coated receptacles. Or do they sell those too? P.S. Plating on both will do nothing except improve the space available for money in your wallet! :lol: I had this last time I bought a TV...

Just had an email from RAILS basically saying that after 35 years of trading with Hornby they are now unable to fulfill any pre-orders and get any of the out of stock models as well. Is this the same scenrio as the Hattons/Bachmann affair? I suspect you're right. The 'manufacturers' have been caugh...

My name is Byegad and I'm a locoholic! My fleet of locos will be nearly 300 when my pre-ordered stuff arrives (There's 5 locos, either part paid for or ordered and in production and 3 should be with my by Xmas.) As I can put over 20 on my layout at any one time, and I change era, company and sometim...

Nice, I like the way you've handled the complex track layout. :D Thanks. It was really difficult because I don't have a brain. That's what SWMBO tells me everyday. :mrgreen: Don't believe her (keep that to yourself). To have taken my Xmas tree base circle plus loop and simplified it so elegantly ta...

Nice, I like the way you've handled the complex track layout.

If there's one upside to all this, it's that junk mail and fraudulent phone calls have dropped to almost zero.:D Thanks End2end Sadly the phone calls have started up again. I've had 3 'your service provider couldn't draw your direct debit and we'll cut you off unless you press one to pay' s and an ...

You should try wargaming!

I once painted a 6mm (the height of the figure) Napoleonic French army. One 'friend' kindly pointed out that the buttons on a particular regiment's tunics,'should be in pairs' and I'd painted them singly! It finished me with the Napoleonic period.

So my era 4 'Somewhere in Yorkshire' layout can be run with the correct stock.But at the moment is home to my GWR stock, supplemented by a cohort of KPEV locomotive stock.

Dapol have both a Capt' Tom Moore and an NHS Shed on offer, each with a £40 donation. At £110 a reasonably good price for an N gauge shed and £40 to the NHS is a great donation.

Unable to order both I went for the Good Captain!

I don't know, you spend actual real money buying something and 50 yrs later it packs up! Still not as bad as my early inertia simulation controller, bought in 1977, it packed up in 2007 after only 30 yrs heavy use. Disgusted of County Durham!

I can't post a photo, decency, obstructed viewing angles, etc. etc. However in the woods, by the campsite, near Commondale on my layout Sunnisyde, are a gentleman and lady, I presume his wife or lady of equal distinction. They appear to have 'gone for a walk in the woods'* while forgetting their ves...

I've been using a Gaugemaster DS, twin track simulator for well over 20 yrs. Absolutely fantastic bit of kit. Plus lifetime guarantee from GM.

I have thin metal sheeting, pliable and adhesive backed. I bought it on ebay for little money .