Model Forum / General / Railroads / August 2007

I am being given a 12ft x 8ft garden shed to house my 00 railway and
some of my books. The shed has a 3in x 1½in frame and is ready lined
with Sisalkraft waterproof membrane.
I am now trying to work out the best way of insulating the shed - the

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Just got a Walthers S.P. C-30-1 wood caboose and plan to re-letter it for
the Sud Pacifico De Mexico, S.P.'s Mexican road that used a bunch of
cast-off and/or borrowed S.P. and T.&N.O. equipment. Problem is that it
comes pre-finished and lettered for the S.P.

The show "Burn Notice" on USA Network revolves around an agent of
one of those security agencies that has been "burned", or stripped of
his job, had his clearances revoked, his assets frozen, and been dumped
in Miami to more or less fend for himself. He makes money using his

Have just got a Hornby A4, 'Mallard' (R2339) for my birthday, and it seems
to have a couple of tight spots in each revolution of the wheels. Can anyone
advise if these will disappear with running in, or should I send the model
back for replacement?

I'm looking for suggestions for commercial sources for HO scale rubber auto
tires.
They would mainly be used as "filler" to add clutter to appropriate scenes.
I am looking for something more realistic than simply slicing sections from

I've dabbled in this hobby for a long time but it looks like now I can get
seriously into it, meaning build a layout. So I have a few questions.
I have several Athearn freight cars, box and 34' coal hoppers. I like the kits
but am not happy with the shine on the delrin and the ...

Can anyone suggest a DCC decoder with sound that will fit a MDC Roundhouse
"Climax" locomotive (HO Scale)?
Thanks in advance,
Bushy

What experience have others got of the discounts made available to
Hornby Collectors Club members from the Hornby Service Dealers ?
Is the discount simply on service costs and / or purchases of new (?)
Hornby items ?

With the break up of BR we are now used to seeing private liveried
loco's and rolling stock on our railways.  Not so many years ago a
number of companies had their own locomotives used mostly in private
shunting yards or factories.  These were of various designs and

On my Welsh narrow gauge model I din't need to concern myself about turning
locomotives at the end of the line as these small tank engines would run
round the passenger coaches (cars) and run bunker first.
For my passenger services on my US narrow gauge layout I've acquired a

Complete with carriage.
Alas, wrong number of rivets for me.
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Quite a few of the articles in US model railway magazines refer to "latex
paint". I assume this is what here in the UK is emulsion. Can anyone confirm
please? I got slightly confused when a US website stated that latex paints
don't contain latex and a UK one said their green (eco ...

One type of shop that always appears to keep going is the 'charity
shop'.   What with MIND,  SCOPE,  PDSA,  RSPCA,  OXFAM,  British Heart
Foundation ( we have two in our town ... one for small items the other
for electrical goods and furniture ),  Age Concern,  Cancer