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...Is there a simple solution to this problem. Simplest? Return to OO! It is very simple indeed, N demands considerably more care and developed skill in the matter of stable baseboards, tracklaying and optimisation of the set up of locos and stock to achieve equivalent results to OO in running reli...

First. Is the track smooth? A bad joint will cause N gauge stock to jump and decouple. Second. Are all of the couplings letting go or just some/one? If it's just one is it properly seated in the NEM pocket? Third. For standard N gauge couplings, that look like a ? from above Tacky Wax is fantastic....

First.
Is the track smooth? A bad joint will cause N gauge stock to jump and decouple.
Second.
Are all of the couplings letting go or just some/one?
Third.
For standard N gauge couplings, that look like a ? from above Tacky Wax is fantastic. Well worth buying IMHO.

I'm a little more pessimistic than that, at least partly because of lead times for organising stuff. I think it likely that it would be safe to have the normal autumn exhibition season, but will the bigger ones like Warley want to risk it having to predict so far in advance? My feeling is that by E...

When we moved home in 2016 I acquired a whole room to use for my photography and railway. So not being a competent woodworker (I've made baseboards in he past and they worked/didn't warp, but were not 'pretty'). As this was to be a permanent layout I bought two inside, non-fire proof doors, made to ...

Welcome to N gauge fun! Looks good for watching the trains go by with some shunting possible. I have something similar, but my outer 'loop' isn't a loop but and end to end connected to the central loop. That way I can watch the trains pass by, and whenever I want, do a lot of shunting and turning en...

Welcome to 4ge fun! Looks good for watching the trains go by with some shunting possible. I have something similar, but my outer 'loop' isn't a loop but and end to end connected to the central loop. That way I can watch the trains pass by, and whenever I want, do a lot of shunting and turning engine...

A prototype question. Peco/Wills supply oil drums in black, bright red, and green. Did the UK use different colors to indicate the content of the drums? e.g., red for flammable? Or is Peco just being colorful. Normally, I'd paint mine steel. I've also seen many photos in your hobby magazines where ...

A bit over tidy! Looks good.

Yes there are Pine Martins in Upper Weardale, and the Squirrels are Red.

Germany kept steam going longer than us. The DDR longer than DB. While In Easter Europe in general and Turkey in particular they kept them even longer, quite a few countries world-wide had steam for a while after that.

They're incredibly touchy.
As mentioned telling people about poor manufacturer's service isn't popular, and in general it seems to be run by bunch of little Hitlers.

Whatever you do, don't lend him the car to take Ratty and Badger out for the day!
Poop! Poop!

Having been in N since 1974, I don't find it too fiddly, at 69, with arthritis and unable to read a thing without my glasses, nor to mention my hearing aids, I can and do service my locos and stock. On the area you've got a 4 track round round layout is very doable without it looking full of track.

...This months RM say it's dropped on page 980. Disappointing. At least there's a cracking model of the Stanier 8F on its way from BachFar, which is some compensation. It would be an unusual LMS / LMR / ScR steam period modeller that didn't need this loco far more than the Garratt. I suspect there ...