Model Forum / General / Railroads / October 2005

After going DCC with my layout and converting a couple of Lima engines
to DCC, I find the wheels will short at the frog of the Atlas points
and reset the decoder. Any other DCC engine runs without problem.
Seems Lima use a wide wheel width,

Since Wednesday, 12 October, 2005, Atlas has revised their website such that the
introductory animation is now an option
How nice!
The revised page opens much faster and allows the reader to get right to business.

Do Peco still do paper templates of their pointwork?
If so, how do I get my hands on some?

New layout ... track being laid, everything going fine ... one set of
points ends up directly over a cross-member supporting the benchwork! Seep
point motor can't reach!!!
b*&$)&£s !!!

With the demise of Harrow Model Shop I am in a quandary, I need some
plastistruct, but after googling and checking the online model and railway
shops I can't seem to find one that A: carries the range and B: lists the
range so I can figure out what I need.

I want to set up a OO layout in my loft, I am thinking of basing it loosly
on Kingsbridge (Devon) on a large baseboard at one end of the loft, but with
a through single mainline that I will run around the perimeter of the loft
on a 10" width

Can anyone point me to a UK supplier of wire & tube ( and even levers)
which can be employed on point operation?   It is 30 years since I
last bought any and as it is difficult to find a model shop in France
it is preferable to find an on-line dealer.  I have excellent service

This weekend see the 3rd Annual MIGO+1 ( Modern Image Gauge O & Gauge 1 )
exhibition
at
Saltney Community Centre

I'm in the process of building a small town terminus station in N gauge
with my son and for the station building chosen to scratch build the
thing using plasticard.
I've built the main structure and clad the walls in thin embossed

Travelling up the A74(M) just north of Moffat on Saturday morning at 10.18
I was amazed to see a GNER train hurtling south to Carlisle.  Looked
wonderful in that colour scheme against the hills.  Anyone know what it
was doing there?

I have a Mainline class 56 which has a missing buffer. I have found it
impossible to locate a spare in Australia and I don't want to have to place
a minimum order with one of the UK-based spares specialists just for the
sake of this one item, even assuming that the current Hornby ...

Is there some trick to removing the shell from the chasis?
I removed all of the screws as instructed, buy I cannot get the shell off
the chasis. It see-saws slightly, but it won't lift upward.
Thanks!

The first of our HO kits is is now for sale. Take a look at the
Sheridan Mercantile building @ http://Stonemillmodels.com
There will be many more Ho kits in the near future.
Mike Rebeiro

Just updating something and wanted to show where the
water went in a well tank loco, having looked at pics of the Beattie
type I am still unsure as to exactly where the water tank was, or how
much it held.

http://www.atlastrainman.com/   Don't yell at me if takes too much time to
load. Yell at Atlas.