Model Forum / General / Railroads / April 2004

It gives me great pleasure to announce the reopening of my website,
"Micro Layouts for Model Railroads" at its new home:
http://carendt.us
After considerable turmoil, the site has returned. Everything is still

Anybody know anything about the current Riv Pacifics?  Are they better than the
old ones or are they still prone to do nothing more than pull their tender?
Gene
ABV61-1043.001.HCB

Is the technology there yet for a wireless camera that you can
mount on your train and view via the internet? Any manufacturers
sell such a beast yet? I have looked at X10 but it looks like
TV access only.

Does anyone know what happened to BC Models?  The website is still there, but
the phone number is no good, and e-mails are not answered.  Has someone else
picked up the HOn3 line?  Bob

Some time ago, someone in the group mentioned a series of decals or
transfers which were designed to help with renumbering locos. I think
rather than a transparent background they were colour coded to go over
the existing number. Can anyone remember the name of this product?

Has anyone got one (or possibly two) Bachmann VGA vans in Speedlink (silver
with red ends) livery surplus to requirements?
John.

I am wondering whether anyone has the exploded parts diagram for the N-Scale
U25B made by Atlas (Kato - Japan) or the RS-1 by Atlas (Kato-Japan).  Would
be willing to pay duplication and mailing costs if anyone can help me with
these.

I am looking for some suggestions.
I have a large number of back issues of MR going back throiugh the 60's,
70's and 80's with a small number from the 50's and earlier. I would like to
get rid of them because I have finally given up on the idea of building a

OK - I'm about ready to throw this thing against the wall! I've had every
visible screw out, and the darn shell still won't budge! What's the magical
incantation I'm supposed to use to get this sucker apart?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3188189848&category=474
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Come on, really! I know £9 isn't much compared to some of the outrageous
prices on there sometimes, but when the item costs £1.80, and theres over a

Spotted this ad on ebay ... are these vans really that rare?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3187122161&category=497
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A while ago I printed out some thumbnails of photos David Bromage took at
the Canberra exhibition.
They looked to be really good shots.  I planned to go back to the web site,
and have a better look, but they seem to have disappeared.  This was the

Hello everyone, I am building a model of a railway station during the
50s and I have a couple of questions:
First of all and most importantly, say there was a sign suspended from a
canopy roof, such as the one at Leicester central, here:

Is everyone seeing all of the porno subjects that are starting to appear on
this newsgroup? Isn't there anything we can do about this? It's not enough
that we're getting every Tom, Dick & Harry posting a "great business
opportunity", but do we have to put up with porno off-topic ...

Anyone have any luck ordering from this company?  They have some great looking
HO scale products, but they don't respond to emails and they don't seem to have
online ordering capability.
www.sheepscotscale.com