Model Forum / General / Railroads / August 2007

Hi people
I live near Andover and would like to knoe if I can purchase sundeala
board in this area
thanks

Does anyone know of a decent site with plans of carriage sidings and
workings? I want to get the sidings and other "stuff" planned out in
outline at least before I start looking at the main runs of track,
since last time I ended up with all kinds of nonsense trying to get

I am going to have a go at making some model trees ( and possibly some
other scenery ) for my sons layout and upon reading various advice
sites have come to the conclusion an airbrush is needed.
I am not after anything fancy,  just a basic kit powered by a

Hello, I'm fifty and my two sons are middle teens, I grew up with
model trains since I was old enough to walk. I had a decent HO layout
when I was about 12 years old. Interests changed and it was packed
away until about ten years ago when I introduced my two boys to model

I have an Atlas RSD-5 Diesel loco in N scale.  Item number 42307.  I
cannot find reference anywhere to a DCC decoder for this unit. I have
found the Digitrax DZ123 for the RSD-1 and RSD-3 but not the 5.
Anyone had any luck with this?  Thanks.

I realize this is a little off-topic, but thought interests would be
similar.
I'm trying to find a wall clock that has pictures of different trains
at each hour and that on each hour whistles and makes the sound of

The 2007 annual Model Railway Exhibition will be taking place on
Saturday 18th August & Sunday 19th August.
Along with the superb collection of models on show there will be a
miniature railway exhibition.

I'm looking for prototype information about the solitary Collett 8-wheel
tender that was built in 1930 as Lot A123. This looks quite straightforward
bash for a Collett tender body and a set-and-a-third of standard GWR
axleboxes/springs, and I have drawings of the thing including the

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Got fed up with trying to stop kit built lnwr cauliflower from derailing on
curve (2nd radius). Perhaps should have used a slimmer motor and driven of
rear wheels cos centre drivers have no lateral movement at all.
Anyway filed centre drivers to be flangeless - is this a crime.

Hello Everyone....
Just back from Italy on vacation and need to get some
stuff on ebay....I just listed 60 pieces of mostly
older Kadee & MTL stuff...A bunch of older Kadee

I have (ahem) a friend (ahem) who was a little careless with a can of WD40
on the motor of a Hornby HST. Under DC, it would run fitfully, but after
removing the body it became obvious that arcing was going on around the
armature. I have tried to clean the comutator and carbon ...

So get your orders in for a Hornby one - wonder if Hornby made less that
they would have done as they would be expecting a few misguided persons to
wait for bachmanns to appear.
Dont blame hornby if you dont get one from the first batch !

A toy shop in Royston's ( Cambridge ) High Street for nearly 50 years
is to close.
It's owner Doug Drake @ 75 looks very well on it I must say.
Apparently the shops model railway will take pride of place in his

I have a question about building an N gauge layout.  I have the width
available of 1' 7"  In that width would I be able to build in N a half
circle of track to make an end of a loop?
Does N gauge suffer the same as my native OO whereby the newer loco's