Model Forum / General / Railroads / September 2007

I have to admit I quite like the private livery wagons & loco's that
Hornby,  Lima etc. made / make.
They add a bit of colour to our sons layout.
Some examples I particularly like are :-

This being South Africa, DCC is not everywhere available (actually hardly
anywhere), so for my son's birthday I ordered a DCC fitted Hornby Flying
Scotsman loco from a supplier in the UK. Cost me a fair whack of money, but
brought the desired amount of joy to young Andy, aged 9.

I'm writhing to you from Denmark to hear if there is anyone that knows
where there are some nice/big model train exhibition/shows that you
will recommend me to look at a my next trip to London
I'll visit London in from the 27 to the 29 of September and I'll like

http://www.hattons.co.uk/images/products/36042.jpg
I'm glad someone at Barwell has a sense of humour :o)
(kim)

Have they announced any plans for other models, rather than more 37s in
different liveries?
Adrian

It's good to see a group about this topic, it's not as well covered as
it should be. People don't realize how expensive professional
photography can be! That's why people who need/want great photos need
to push the issue. I mean, I know why photographers charge as much as

If somody have that software can it be post so we can download it with
usenext

I make this post just as a series of observations which may (or may
not) be usful to some brethren.
A while back I was trying to pick brains to determine the difference
between un & rebuilt pacifics (both types) but without result. i had

I have noticed a 'trend' on Ebay of model shops bidding for loco's &
rolling stock from other model shop's Ebay sites !
Is Christmas coming ?

Having a bit of money to spend from my birthday, I decided to take a
punt at one of those ViTrains 37s'. It arrived this morning, and initial
impressions are very good. It's heavy, and feels well made.
Considering the cost (£45), the detail is very good I think, not that

It transpires that I need a turntable to access the engine shed (It's John
Turner's fault - he should have sold me an additional set of points).
Eventually I hope to run engines up to and including 2-6-2T what size
should I make my turntable, 262T +Greenwich couplings = ???

Some of the rolling stock I got off eBay is the old Tri-ang wheel
profile, and does not of course work well with the Hornby setrack
profile.
I got some replacement metal wheels for rolling stock, and have managed

Does anybody have a price on this t/t yet? It shows in their - Peco -
online catalog under news, but I can't find anywhere that tells me how
much the rotten things is (or things are - I need 2 :-) ) Signal Box
has them in their product list, but no price details. Any assistance

See this picture for a weathered building. See it at
http://www.rrscenery.com
Phil Anderson

A friend once had a model railroad running around his entire yard. It
was bigger than O and highly detailed but I cant remember what scale
it was.. I'd ask him but unfortunatly he's gone to the roundhouse in
the sky.. Does anyone know? I saw something called simular in the