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Creosoting sleepers One firm, Calders and Grandidge in Boston, Lincs, appears still to be pressure treating timber with creosote, although their web site http://www.caldersandgrandidge.com/products/poles now only mentions telegraph poles. There is a photograph of their treated poles stacked to dry a...

Simon, There is a photo of this on NRM site, http://www.nrm.org.uk/ourcollection/photogallery?group=Horwich reference: 1997-7059_HOR_F_2622, there's more info at http://electric-edwardians.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/lancashire-yorkshire-railway-electric.html There's a lot of stuff about the L&Y onli...

Lanarkshire Models & Supplies do:
Pneumatic Buffer BP05 Pneumatic buffer 2'0"1/2’’ 18’’head, later Oleo
Later design Oleo buffer, modern fitted wagons, parcels stock and some DMU/EMUs
which seems to be a good match,
regards,
martin

Phil, The original Point Motor – Micro-Servo Mount, Kit 675, seems to have been repaced by Kit 681 and the conversion to horizontal operation is Kit 682. This last seems intended to replace theTortoise adaptor seen above. I'm not quite sure how these could be used under the baseboard though. regards...

I'm building a Parkside Dundas BR 21 Ton Hopper and the buffers supplied with the kit leave something to be desired so can anyone recommend a source of replacement buffers. John Although you don't say which versio of the wagon you are building, or what modifications you are incorporating, I don't t...

Hi there, I think that the crossing timbers have been changed because the common crossing has crept to the right of its intended position. This may be a result of the way in which the template was prepared, looking at the other images it is not clear that this crossing nose is defined by the templat...

Excellent show!
Top marks to the exhibitors, demonstrators and stewards.
martin

Thanks guys Is there some sort of event soon where I can buy these I wonder? ;) Jim I think there is an exhibition this weekend, where Dart are exhibiting. It's quite a way away, if you were just going for these levers. ;) Here's a bit of a picture to show one in use a little while ago. regards, ma...

modelling modern FB rail and concrete sleepers Well, it all depends what you mean by "modern"! There is a very thorough expose on flat-bottomed track by Colin Ceraig at http://www.mmrs.org.uk/technical/track.html although it currently stops at new track of 2004. Network Rail is using UIC6...

The 1923 drawing (1002) of a standard 13 ton wagon reproduced in "Railway Wagon and Tank Construction and Repair; Francis Ogden, I. Pitman, 1948 show capping and capping clips, but only the draw bar face plate at the opening end which is as per the above photograph. This is a very helpful book,...

Got it in one!
Go to http://www.thehurtarms.info/ which even has the google view.
martin

Unusually a matched set of 3 wagons on the quay - PO coke wagons, but whose?
martin

Did you mean something like this, Terry?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B36PhUhPmuI
martin

If you were to opt for a slightly later period, there was always the Karrier ro-rail lorry.
Go to http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r137.html for more info.
martin

i find the slot a bit narrow

Is that because it's made for OO?

martin

John, The only place I've seen the 21 pin socket is as a spare for a Hornby Duchess. "New Modellers" Online Shop sells: Hornby Spares - 21 Pin PCB Socket for Hornby Sound Locos, Product Code: X6101 8 pin sockets, bare or on flying leads, seem relatively easy to obtain via that well known a...

In reality, for what we are doing, the sensible precautions would be to use a face mask if you are spraying paint (or use an extraction system or open the window), use a face mask if you are cutting lots of MDF with a power tool, (or use an extraction system) and use eye protection if you are using...

Thanks, Keith, for this link.
It's full of little gems, though the illustrations are annoyingly unsharp. Looks like a trip to York is on the cards!
Do you have a link to the "trackwork" Yahoo group? Google couldn't find anything sensible today
martin

Now how do I get my hands on the Elevation Plans noted in the Drawing Register? If you go back to the Planning site and search for 122 Fazeley Street, you will find a whole load of applications. Some of these have linked at the bottom of the page, at least one, 2012/05065/PA, has two elevations att...

paultownsend wrote:

Phil O wrote:Hi Terry

I think there is a national shortage of round tuit's, I haven't found any months.
Phil

Its all Derek Russan's fault. He lost the key to that stock cupboard in June last year!

And I thought they were all hidden in the back of the Maturing cupboard.
martin

Congratulations to all concerned with the show - the organizers, the exhibitors and the stewards. Most importantly, some really good modelling was on show, just the inspiration we need. An excellent show; more space for layouts and, perhaps more importantly, for demonstrators. Despite the extra spac...

For more information on Aldeburgh, there is quite a lot available on the internet, particularly in Wikipedia and http://www.disused-stations.org.uk. I also just happened to have been browsing a recently acqired copy of 'Designing a Layout' by Barry Norman which has a suggested scheme for a model of ...

Dust explosions
An arcane subject, this.
Google for 'dust explosions' and start worrying.
All those working in a wide range of industries are at a significant risk - wood dust is the one nearest to us as modellers, but not the only one!
martin

Hi there, I hope this helps. A bit of ploughing through my favourite search engine found reference to a Mr Gedge who was a patent agent. I continued through a few references to model components that did not offer any explanation and then found this little gem at http://chestofbooks.com/crafts/mechan...

Tim, "the supporting hinge concrete bits were added sometime after the 1920's" - could the beam at the entrance have also been wood, and replaced at the same time? "there appears to be no support for an awning or canopy out of the side wall over the main doors" - I agree there is...