Model Forum / General / Railroads / April 2004

Could anyone point me in the direction of specific transfer sheets for the
depot 'mascot' logos which were quite common in the 80's? I'm specifically
after the Eastfields 'scottie dog' for a cl.27, but would also be interested
to find the highland stag, and the Stratford 'cockney ...

Did anyone go to the ScaleFour North exhib in Wakefield today (Sat)? Is
Mostyn there as planned? I wouldn't mind seeing it before it disappears
again until June.
TIA...

A month or two ago I found (and have now lost) a site where the chap (who's
name I can't remember!) produced 4mm scale name plates for all sorts of
engines.
He had a big stock of "Big 4", he offered a bespoke service "If I haven't

I'm in the process of designing a new layout, and I'm
interested in modeling a sea port, roughly in the 70-80s time frame.
I haven't decided which commodities it will ship, but I've
narrowed it down to containers, coal and grain/bulk items.

I've uploaded some photos I took on Saturday at the Canberra model
railway exhibition. I'm still getting the hang of the new digital
camera so some of them aren't the best.
http://dbromage.railpage.org.au/canberra2004

Folks,
   What size is recommended for feeder wires soldered right to the track?
I'm running HO Code 100. Also - what wattage of soldering iron is used and
what kind of solder is recommended?

After almost 60 years in tinplate, HO, HOn3 and 2-rail O and On30, a friend
made an offer I couldn't refuse, and I am now also into LGB. I eventually
want to put a loop into a flower bed.  My initial question is about cleaning
the rails.  My old HO experience was that one needed to ...

I'm trying to get Miniatronics Point to Point Automatic Reversing Unit to
work. The analog engine does run back and forth, but only if I keep manually
changing directions. (It's supposed to automatically cause the engine to
reverse directions when it goes over a light sensor ...

I have finally retired and now can get down to really laying track.  I
have been out of the active hobby for years, although I still took the
mags, so it will probably take a while to see what has changed.
I have about a ton of O scale stuff that I boxed up 20 years ago when I

I have a bunch of old HO stuff, mostly made from kits, from a collecting habit
I finally broke!! Is there any market for this stuff??
Thank you
Fxxy

One good place for O scale info is the O scale Yahoo group "Otrains".  Also
there are two dedicated O scale mags.  One is "48/ft. O Scale News" and the
other one is "O Scale Trains".  Loads of good info and lots of ads on where to
buy O scale stuff.  O scale is making a comeback ...

Has anyone tried to remove the factory lettering from Proto Heritage Steam
Locomotives, particularly the 0-6-0?  If so, how did it turn out?  Can you
get by without repainting?
Thanks in advance for your help,

I have noticed some N scale cars with SP markings painted a silver
color.
Is this true and prototypical or no? I just don't ever remember seeing
any SP cars including cabooses in that color. Needless to say I  have

What's the group's opinion on Metcalfe models card platform kits?  Thinking
of using some, mostly straight but one section will need to curve.  Anyone
got any experience of building these?  How easy is it, how good/realistic do
they look.

No not a model of an N class, Powerline are going into N scale RTR. I
saw the pre-production models of the first series X at the Canberra
exhibition this morning. There was one unpainted and one painted FA
green but without decals.