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Thanks to Mike Edge's spare etches and the clambering over the real DE2 I know know exactly what is required of the brake gear. I've 3 pairs of one brake type but only 1 single complete one of the plain hangers. Mike only had the other type. The original builder of my kit used solid brass strip betw...

Apart from the central window (which I always felt was a tad small and too high) the Hornby body is very good. I carefully enlarged the window downwards and made both a 24 and 25. I added new doors too. It is too small so enlarging it downwards is the way to go. It’s not too high, the problem is th...

Are wheels available. I think this is one stumbling block for me not building mine ( and an icreasing line of projects "in the works".
Will Sharman's ever reappear?

Apart from the central window (which I always felt was a tad small and too high) the Hornby body is very good. I carefully enlarged the window downwards and made both a 24 and 25. I added new doors too.

Good day all. This may seem like a dumb question to most of you. I gather tarmac/ asphalt was an early twentieth century invention. As far as I can tell the roads around Swanage were tarred in the twenties. (?) So the obvious question is - what were the road surfaces in the twenties? What were stat...

I’d never heard of wooden cobbles (or setts) until this thread (not that it was the subject of the thread), then rather spookily come across some yesterday in Cape Town in a fort of Dutch origin (not that I know if they’re there since build). Will post an image when home. Lindsay I'm sure Hull Dock...

From memory the obvious difference is actually on the solebar. 1907 had a semi circular plate. 1923 had 3 bolts.

Once these were done they were cut off oversize and filed back to size. As a guide I used a pair of P4 wheels to act as a guide. The etch was made to fit between the wheels - a sort of back to back gauge in reverse.

Small strips of the nickel silver were soldered and then filed to match the height.

The next job was to thicken up the other side of the etched strip to match the folded over "rail"

The last few days I've been busy adding the strips of nickle silver to the inner "square". Here are the results. Looks a bit messy as I had to add bits to thicken it up.

With alterations would this be suitable for the Lima model? No need for you to alter it.

I use aquarium sand and a mix of poweder paint and talc for scenic work in sidings. Aquarium sand has various grades.

It now says "bidding has ended"

When is the 2020 date?

Sadly I wasn't able to attend Wells but will again one day. Excellent pictures.

From one of Peter Handford's recordings I know best, because it has my local church bells, seems to definitely be a collage of recordings and from a memory of an article about his recordings, they are edited. Some of the trains come too quickly in succession and the ambient sounds, well, too conveni...

Old Oak Common's table hand and electric, went to Swanage railway at Norden.

Yoevil Junction is electric too

Aren't both York and Barrow Hill ( see above) both electric? I'd guess Neville Hill is too.

The Deltic nose did allow fitting of the crew loo and washbasin - don't think that was what 'drove' the design, though ... It was actually a standard EE design based on American practice at the time. During our research into the new 10000 www://lms10000.co.uk we found that the toilet in the nose ha...

But as I've asked before, does anyone make an accurate "Austerity" wheel?