Model Forum / General / Railroads / May 2008

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7376855.stm
   "Toymaker Hornby has bought die-cast model
   car maker Corgi for £7.5m as part of its strategy
   of expanding in the hobby and collectibles market."

Went out to trainwatch via motorcycle this afternoon and saw something that
might be fun to model for Union Pacific fans. A U.P. container freight was
headed up Beaumont hill, and the lead unit had a flagstaff vertically
attached to the engineer's side of the cab from which was ...

From the latest edition of Hornby Trade Talk:-
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The anticipated release of the T9 locomotive has been rescheduled with
effect that the launch will now be in September. The original June date for

I'm looking to obtain some n scale lumber - specifically 12 x 12's -
for baulks for flat car-loaded vehicles.  (And I'm too lazy to spend
the next month or two sanding.)
Does anyone have a link where such scale lumber may be purchased?

Are any other usenet readers having late deliveries (3 days)?
Regards

Does anyone know of a car paint spray code number/make which would
approximate BR loco blue from the early 1970s? (I have ordered some from
Phoenix  for a a pair of reasonably good  models but I have a few old Limas
which I want to tart up without the expense and wait for ...

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Any takers?

I've just tried to remove the cast metal base of an early Hornby Schools
tender so that I could replace the traction tyres.  Despite following the
instructions on the service sheet, I couldn't pop the chassis block out
and landed up destroying the connecting pin and breaking some ...

Upon hearing from Malcolm Donaldson that NWSL was closing down this month, I
emailed Fred and asked him about it. According to Fred, NWSL is indeed for
sale -and has been for about a year- but he mentioned no plans to close down
this month or indeed in the near future.

Bought a pair of Atlas SD-35s a few years ago, mainly to use them as helpers
on my S.P. ore train because it happened that they ran at the same speeds as
my Overland locos that are usually the primary power. Except for wearing the
plating off some of the drivers in record time, I ...

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Bought an old built Nu-Cast B1 recently, very nicely made but a bit mouldy
in places. Had never been run so had a go at cleaning up chassis - white
metal, solid as the proverbial brick outhouse.
It has what look like old Romford wheels with rods held in place by solder.

There's an interesting article on the front page of the Washington
Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/20/AR2008042002407.html