It appears that the spirit-based Ronseal Satin varnish of yore is no longer available and has been replaced by some rather rapid-drying white stuff which is...
Hi everyone, Happy Crimble all. A quick tip, though many of you maybe using something similar - this may also save some washing up. I am painting a coach and...
Hi All, I have just collected a WCJS brake but there were no lamps fitted could someone please let me know if there are available. The model was built from a...
Hi Adam, I am possibly the only person on this group who has scratchbuilt a 14xx. I seem to remember making a special dolly for my rivetting tool. I cannot...
Hello All, Perhaps for some a bit belated (since it is now Xmas Morning). However, Feliz Navidad to one and all. Thanks to all contributors for yet another...
I have always understood wheel diameter to be measured at mid-tread. As for tyre scrapping diameter; I recall reading that, when a GWR Castle was tested...
Hi all, Season`s greetings! I`m currently scratchbuilding a 14xx and have come up against a problem rivetting the side tanks. I have a Metalsmith punch (which...
... Although this is stating the bleeding obvious, compatibility starts with couplers. The types of couplers in use on multiple units on today's railway are...
We discussing the fit of some wheels inside the splashers of a kit. It seems that the loco details are dead scale with no allowance for "Finescale" wheels....
Hi guys, Snow is falling around my home and parts of Europe will be covered with a white blanket of snow during Christmas. In the Netherlands it has been since...
Dear Chris, No worries. Your definition of multiple unit working is equally correct, which also leads to the apparent paradox that although an HST, for...
To All Group Members, I notice one or two members of the group seem to be on works e-mail addresses, so before you all disappear to the pub at lunchtime, may I...
Help please - does anybody know who took over the ex Fourtrack kit for the LNWR Jubilee 4-4-0? I can remember where some of their kits went, but this one...
Hello 7mm Group It is my usual custom to treat myself to buying the Xmas/ New Year editions of the various model magazines. In the January edition of the MRJ...
Hi All, I intend to start putting some loads into the hoppers I have been building.The load I want to replicate is iron ore. I thought that I could use some...
I've just been applying some new HMRS Methfix transfers. The surface is gloss as prescribed. The BR emblem on the tender went on without any problem. It...
Hi all I guess the answer to this is rather dependent on what railway we are thinking of and, as someone has said, how far it was to the local main shed. Our...
Hi, Most of them went empty of water as they were going for scrap anyway. Woodham's removed the non ferrous fairly smartish. I removed the balance pipe off a...
Hi all, help please Some time ago the name, email and web details were given of an American supplier of dummy nuts & bolts, rivets etc. I copied all the...
Guys just to let you know the B1 which we all had so much fun commenting on earlier this year is now in production due to me February/March priced at £1000...
I am working on models for a number of these vehicles, but am lacking some important information to enable me to complete the projects. One of the vehicles is...
Hi everyone. I bought myself three very nice LNWR coaches at Reading on Saturday. I am very pleased with them except for a "minor" detail on each coach. There...
Hi, I saw several in a train once at Newnham on Severn and each one was carrying a length of ships anchor chain laid in like a letter "S" pattern. rgds Graham...
