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I got something of the same size last week. Hidden, quite successfully, in all of the packaging was a packet of 10 Dapol N gauge Easi-shunt couplings. In contrast I got a boxed Arnold n gauge DRG class 95 loco in a double wrap of cardboard which was in pristine condition.

I've been in N gauge since 1975 or 6. In my time I've stripped and rebuilt locos and other rolling stock. Made coaches and wagons either direct from kits or bashed from kits. My hands are arthritic and I get stiff from too much bending, but I still repair and service my fleet. I understand why other...

Darlington too.

As a side note why on earth would any manufacturer with common sense go for a split chassis anyway? ... This, and the coreless motor, and the gear coupled wheels and floating rods, and the glued together construction, are all because he is N gauge oriented. That's the mechanism technique he knows, ...

It's an interesting read and I too am somewhat surprised that he thinks this will work. Time will tell. Sadly the N gauge world has plenty of past 'announcements of model' followed several years later by a quiet dropping of the project. I've been caught out by several manufacturers who promise an it...

Yes, after I hit 150 locos I did a rough valuation, which shocked me rigid. So for less than a new loco I covered it with Magnate, who specialise in such things. I have not needed to claim so cannot recommend them, other than they covered amount at reasonable costs, and yes they cover stuff away fro...

As a DC dinosaur, I'm often impressed at shows with the low speeds reliably possible on DCC. However at show after show I see mainline expresses ambling along at a scale crawl. If 60mph = 88ft/sec, which it does, and your OO scale is 1/76, then at 1ft/sec you are travelling at just over 50mph, a not...

It's a hobby that can be 'all things to all men', and women. For me I like watching the trains go by, and enjoy a little shunting. So my main layout has both. I am also building a small shunting layout. Neither would satisfy the rivet counters, and a do admire their dedication to their standards, bu...

I'm in my late 60s, have arthritic hands and find N gauge is easily doable. I've been in N since 1974 [or 5, memory fails me] and can strip and rebuild any N gauge item I've got, and I have a LOT!

OO users frequently tell me N is too fiddly.

Ebay prices continue to amaze. Selling individually on such a site is likely to be time consuming, but ultimately likely to maximise the income. Selling to a large dealer is fast, we did it when my dad died some 33 years ago, and it all goes in one lump. This suited mam. I'd work on the assumption t...

Did wagons ever run with different style wheels at either end?

I can understand Rails and Hattons being a bit peeved. I can understand Hornby thinking 'we do the terrier'. However I suspect that the [model] world situation, where most things are designed here for our market and made in China, made it inevitable that the bigger shops would go into production for...

In N gauge we have Union Mills making a small range of inside cylinder robust, simply detailed tender steam locos that run forever, haul huge loads and are easy to maintain. Prices are around £80. Then we have Dapol and Graham Farish making increasingly beautiful, but also increasingly fragile steam...

I have a terminus station over the radiator in my room. I use a 15 x 84" door as that part of the baseboard, underneath is a sheet of mounting card, another sheet, at an angle with a tapering air gap, then some self adhesive caravan insulation. The radiator is turned down but in winter can get ...

I have a budget for recreational use. So as my fancy takes me I buy what I want, roughly within the limit. If Brexit doubles the price of everything I'd buy half as many things as I do now. If prices halved I may well spend less, as srorage would start to run out.