Model Forum / General / Railroads / February 2006

I am looking for suggestions to make some sort of retaining walls. I need to
cover an area of about 10ft long by about 6" high. I would prefer that it
was stone rather than brick.
I have looked for some kind of kit/mould, but sll I can find is plastic

Can anyone recommend a good source for custom dry transfers (not
decals)?


or is there something missing from item number  6038450957 www.ebay.co.uk
shane

Just got a BLI 2-8-2 w/QSI sound for Xmas. About six weeks ago, I got a P2K
0-8-0 w/QSI sound. The manuals of each state that pressing F9 twice (and
then again and then again) will enter the three three stages of Shut Down,
yet on both locos nothing seems to happen. I'm using a ...

Hey Folks,
Quick questions about DCC: pre DCC purchase planning.
If you are running an engine and desire to hand it off to another
operator as it enters their area, how do you drop it from one hand set

Does anyone know where i can get a model of 25322 Tamworth Castle in OO
scale in its 'ice cream van' livery.

Anyone know of a good sight for 19th century photographs of villages and
small towns?   I want to print in black and white or sepia to produce
simple back scenes to stations on a garden 16mm narrow gauge layout.  
They wont last long hence the need to be able to replace regularly ...

On an earlier thread, Mr. Turner mentions that one of his customers has
tried the above conversion and is very pleased with the results.
Anybody else tried this and care to give an explanation of how, to us
uninitiated folk? What modifications are involved and is it within the ...

Needing to lift my line about 6" in a very short length, I am considering
using a spiral to do this. Has anybody used one? What is the minimum radius
I should be looking at ? Main use will be 0-6-2T loco's with a maximum of 20
goods wagons.

It appears that in the UP lawsuit against that poor calendar seller that;
"depositions were taken in Vancouver BC; UP offered to settle; Huxtable
declined."
   I'm guessing UP finally figured out they were in trouble with this one

Are you curious to know who is the man who led millions to boycott
Danish products for his sake?
You can know by reading here ..
http://www.islamway.com/mohammad

I'm very new to the hobby and have a question regarding the scale.
We're working with HO and wonder if our large collection of Hot Wheels
cars are similar scale to HO trains.  What is the actual scale of HO?
And does anyone know what the scale is then of standard Hot Wheels

Incase anyone doesnt know already Bachmann are going to be the uk agent for
mehano.
the mehano range includes TGV, german ICE and HO Gauge 66`s. + other things
too.

 Pls. E mail me -- I have a  quesion about the Liquitex airbrush medium .
  Thanks.
--  Jim McLaughlin
Reply address is deliberately munged.

I am looking for a copy of the October 2005 "Model Rail" magazine. If
anybody either has a spare copy or a copy they no longer require I would be
willing to purchase it from you. If you wish to contact me directly, please
remove the ??? from the supplied email address.