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The main issue with the sidings is quite a common mistake, really. What you've got is a bunch of s-bends to get to each siding, which may look good to watch, but has two main problems: 1) Stock is more likely to derail or uncouple (or NOT uncouple when you're trying to) 2) Shorter sidings. If you lo...

It occasionally comes up at shows, a trader at Alsager model railway show today had a huge box full of box vans! That's Topp Trains :lol: Also, Osborne's Models ( link ) appear to have a section of it. EDIT: And Rails of Sheffield ( link ) have some new boxcars in at £15, and generally have a few A...

Give Topp Trains of Stafford ( link - phone number's on there) a call. They've had a lot of HO American stock in for years. Frizinghall Models near Bradford ( link ) always used to have a good selection in, and at very good prices too. I am, however, going back about five years though, and having a ...

:lol: Somewhere in the USA they have a preserved railway operating with an oval of track. It makes sense if you think of it. They sure do; I've been. Pine Creek Railroad, Allaire NJ. Went there a couple of times in the 1990s. Caboose rides behind a little diesel switcher (they even fired up their s...

Mountain wrote:It's a loading loop.

Only until it's full. Then it's a looping load.

Mountain wrote:I met members of the MERG at the last model railway exhibition that I attended.

They do quite a few, I believe. Very helpful. They'll be at the Soar Valley (Loughborough) exhibition this weekend, so I'm hoping to collar them for a while for all the multitude of questions I have.

Ah yes, I've had a good read of the presentation. I went to a MERG "open day" beginners course last month with a couple of members so went through a big chunk of it then. Today's job was putting together a USB interface module: IMG_20180827_155058a.jpg All painless, it doesn't catch on fir...

Morning all, Not a lot to report over the past few weeks, haven't had much time to get into the garage. A few changes are being made, though: 1) A couple of additions to the track plan, namely another siding in the front yard, and the addition of a crossover to allow the first siding to operate as a...

What's the best color for a very simple baseboard: green, grey, Brown or another color ? Thanks. Simplest: Green. One smallish tin should do it. Slightly less simple but still simple: Grey for a 5cm strip underneath where the track will go. Brown for a 1-2cm strip on either side of that. Green ever...

Sounds good, thanks for the heads up. It's in my diary now!

Thanks very much! I'd done a couple of attempts at layouts before, which I have learned a lot from, but I've incorporated a lot of new ideas (for me) into this one, including the electrofrog points, a proper control and mimic panel, better board alignment, etc, so yes, it's still quite a learning cu...

Although I've had a busy few days, with work and the Club's open day, I've had a couple of hours here and there to get a few bits done. This time involving track. So first off, beginning with the main point of the station, the 3-way-er in the middle. All wires soldered in place: IMG_20180706_145230....

Evening all, Late notice, I know, but anyone in the area and at a loose end this Sunday, we're opening our clubroom for the day. Details here We'll have a number of our exhibition layouts up and running, as well as two of our Works in Progress, covering N, 00, 0-16.5, and 0 gauge, along with a few d...

They have LEDs, but no studs, as they're to be paired with other points (the blue edging shows which points are connected). It's a carryover from when I was planning to use momentary switches instead of studs, and so space was at a premium. Now that's not as much of a concern, I suppose it's not eve...

Although tardy with the updates! :lol: , you have come on a long way, will watch with interest. :) Thanks very much, that means a lot. I will be incorporating an idea of yours as well ( this ) for background sounds, with any luck. ---- So I managed to get most of the weekend in the garage, mostly h...