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I think your description is actually after the buffer gauge that is held by the stores?

Ref AJHG

Is that the most P4 locos in one location ever? It must be up there at the very least?

The advantage of a railway company using standard building designs is that you can get to use them more than once. Thus Portchullin's goods shed will be getting to have a new lease of life on Glenmutchkin. I think my goods shed is the oldest model that I still have and over the years it is fair to s...

Paul Holmes' Borth Y Gest was at Scaleforum in 2007. There is You Tube footage of the layout: S_FCiAjSUds All the Best Danny In 40 years of going to Scaleforum, i have only ever missed one and that was 2007 so i haven't seen this - and i a heartily disappointed now i have seen the video! So if a hi...

A bargain, I would suggest for that quantum of layout. It seems not to include the smoke generator that exercised the minds of Leatherhead's Leisure Centre team so much in 2011! Also, the resale vale of what look like four OO locos (they are sitting drunk in the ballast) would be close to the same.....

With the need to load the layout in the back of a van to get it to Scaleforum looming, I have been pressing ahead with the creation of travelling boxes for the boards. Despite being pretty simple, they do take a long time to make but those for the main visible boards are at least all now complete – ...

You could always wear a flower in your hair just in case. Since when did Aylesbury become San Francisco? Since poetry (or are they song lyrics, I have no idea) became part of the hobby too, I suppose. This'll help Tim............... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I0vkKy504U ----------and illustra...

With nine weeks to go (a couple of which will be lost with a summer holiday) to Glenmutchkin's first outing at Scaleforum, the state of its progress is at the forefront my mind!  It is probably rather more at the forefront of Terry's mind!  So help to calm nerves, here is a progress report and updat...

And remember that the green lens is in fact a blue colour (because the white light of an oil lamp is in fact yellow). Not always true. Having been brought up on the WR, which used blue, I was struck by the very different colour I saw when I travelled Birmingham - Derby - Trent Junction - Nottingham...

I've tried in vain to add coloured lenses to the spectacles. Any suggestions? I use the coloured cellophane sold by MSE for this. I secure it with varnish. A lot easier than the other suggestions in my view. And remember that the green lens is in fact a blue colour (because the white light of an oi...

Where do the folding baseboard legs come from? B&Q I think, I bought them a few years ago. I have used this system on the new layout (which will be at Scaleforum in September for anyone that wants to take a look) and am very pleased with them. A couple of nuances are that they are, as supplied ...

billbedford wrote:

Mark Tatlow wrote:I will use one of my sliding axle solutions

Your sliding axle solution? You mean this one? Note the date.

A small development of it, as was written up in the News with a credit to the origins of the idea................

Hi JF, I have done a lot of Bill Bedfords over the years and recently did a pair of LMS 12'6" bogies. The jury is still out for me as to whether it needs to have more sideplay in the centre axle (if it does, I will use one of my sliding axle solutions) and it needs a little care to make sure th...

Such a famous problem; they did a song about it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5hWWe-ts2s

Well nearly!!

It is worth noting that Glenmutchkin will be attending strictly in the category of "under construction." Anyone who expect to see an even vaguely completed layout will be suffering a disappointment but it and its fairly numerous signals will operational with mostly correct stock - although...

Hi Dave, Guitar wire (which is the wire that comes with the Bill Bedford springing units) does have a curve to it normally, as it is coiled in the packet. In addition, the act of clamping it in the fingers to the bearing carrier does tend to worsen this. Thus, it is necessary to bend the wire back s...

The coach connectors look useful too, do you plan to do other types? such as the Pullman type, which the Southern and BR Mk1 stock used? Sorry, missed this earlier Kelly. Probably not on basis that I am unlikely to need them for my own modelling and these products are effectively a spin off of this...

Guy, Regarding your questions. You are correct that the bolster does indeed slide up and down without being able to twist or indeed slide sideways. This is achieved by it having on a spring (formed of guitar wire) passing through it and supported slightly raised on the underside of the body of the b...

Thanks Jol/Kelly; I'll be at Scalefour North on the Saturday and Justin will have a stack of these on his stand. I have inserted a caution about Coopercraft in the instructions but I am not joining in on what I think to be a witch-hunt. I did buy some of the axleboxes/springs from him at Railwells. ...

I am now able to offer a number of the models that I have been developing over the last few months (and years!). I am producing these under the name of Miscellany Models and you can see more details of these either there or on my blog. https://highlandmiscellany.com/ First up is a Highland Railway/L...

Jim, i was told that the logic was that all the signals in the up direction would be at one end of the box and all the signals in the down direction at the other end. The points would be a bit more towards the middle unless they were clearly associated with either the down (so say an up layby etc). ...

I assume you put in a kill button to ensure that it breaks down regularly?

.............getting it all right and all that!

That is a sad loss and way too young too.

Colin was a very agreeable man to chat to and a magician with plastic. As Rod said, the 4 SUB was a very high quality model. I hope it will live on on Minories as a sort of epitaph to Colin.

Satisfying playing trains for the first (or nearly first I appreciate) time isn't it!!

Keep up the good work!

Lochgorm Kits do a rather nice one too http://www.lochgormkits.co.uk/html/hli_10_hr_footbridge.html#HRI10. I have one on Portchullin. Lochgorm are not presently trading, due to the death of the proprietor but I happen to know they will be back so keep a eye open for an annoucement! PS, presume the a...