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Doesn't look as though Hornby are doing a BR blue version which is a shame as they would have been seen alongside the 5-Bel and 4-VEP units in blue right up until 1972. I suspect that blue ones will appear one day, but it might be a long wait! Look at both the BEL and the (unmodified) VEP - the fir...

[quote="centenary" I was going to use a solid wood frame and cross members with the baseboard in ply but obviously from other threads, see that this may come out quite heavy (would 1m x 1.5m boards be that heavy!?). /quote] My test track is about 1.55Mx1.05M, using 6mm ply on 44x18 planed ...

Enamel, with a brush (e.g. No.2), after it is laid. Paint the sides, and wipe the top just in case any paint goes there. Pick your choice of colour! For some things (e.g. 1950s colour photos) the Precision "Rusty Rails" looks good to me, for others a very dark brown, verging on very-very d...

For 00, filing rail joints in flexitrack (with a triangular file) does the job, at least on my lightweight test-track (6mm ply, acting as a drum skin, with conventional ballasting). Apparently some people use cork in the hope it will damp the sound! At least, it works for heavy locos and trains (e.g...

If you are using code 75, Peco do an adaptor to allow you to join code 100 to it - so, you could use Hornby code 100 in the fiddleyard (I suppose) if you already have some of that..

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Perhaps Slaters ? https://slatersplastikard.com/plastikard/embossed.php I think their sheets are somewhere near A4 size. There is a link to a PDF on that page. For cobbles, 0423 (flint / random pebble walling). There is as little relief as on their more-common brick sheets To me, their setts (0417) ...

Looks like an interesting idea. Two comments: first, 4'8" is not a standard length, so you'll probably pay for a full sheet of ply, and it might be difficult to manouevre onto a wardrobe. Second, go for the lightest ply you can find - most places have 4mm or thereabouts. That should be adequate...

No idea, and more to the point, no idea why you would want to paint it ? I suppose you've covered the whole board with cork ? I only put cork where I want the roadbed, and then cover it with the ballast. For the rest of the layout, anything from scenic mats, or something to make a road, or nothing w...

It's not what we say that counts , it's how we - collectively - spend our money. If the Belle goes a bomb compared to the VEP, that's all the signal Hornby need: go for top quality, with the resulting price. If it is the VEP that is the much more profitable one, then go for lower price productions....

Just be grateful you're not using Phoenix enamels - great paints, but they need a *lot* of stirring. Fortunately, Phoenix also sell the Badger mixer (battery-powered, somewhat like a milk frother, but with more of a disc at the end). For railmatch I've managed in the past with a Tamiya metal paddle,...

I had an apparent problem with the directional lights when I first tried mine - turned out the two driving trailers are NOT identical. When fitted in the correct places, the headcode LEDs were both correctly coloured. I say "were" because I can no longer get the lights in the "far&quo...

zarniwhoop wrote: (about 4mg each, in 20 thou styrene "wrapping")

Typo, of course, mg for gm - about 4 grams of lead sheet (4 layers, in the 14mmx9mm central part of the bogie.

Was running it on a 607 oval and the front carriage de-railers on entry to a corner, I;m thinking there isn't enough weight in the front to keep the wheels on the track? The main problem is the socket for the NEM coupler at the end of the unit, it prevents the bogie rotating adequately for tight cu...

The comments are all true, but if you are modelling in 00 and need one (or more!) VEPs, the only alternative is to use an MJT kit - with the number of doors (multiplied by three hinges, one doorknob, one commode handle), that is going to be a most unpleasant task. Personally, I'm playing with the co...

I don't think this is a common approach for people using OO. I've seen some N modular layouts, and one 009 [ an area group, who set their own standards ], but none in OO, perhaps because the trains are typically bigger than any one module.

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