Model Forum / General / Railroads / March 2010

Having been forced to take a 10 day break in the sun of Almeria and
leave the latest consignment of DCC chips on the bench today was the
day to fit some of them.
Having one of those class 47s which ignore stuff like speed steps and

Can anyone tell me if there is any difference in the coarseness of the
Bachmann or Hornby wagon wheels?  I have new Hornby ones and I think they
are a bit too finescale for some of my points.  Despite checking the
b2b's of the Hornby wheels, I often seem to find them derailing on ...

Well, maybe not a reference, but a good view of a 1:1 city from the
perspective we often see our model towns.
http://vimeo.com/9679622
Many scenes in this short movie really look "model-like".

I have an interest in trying to make O gauge rail cars.
take a look at this ebay link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Lionel-418-Standard-Gauge-Tinplate-Pullman-Car_W0QQitemZ2904
06495135QQcmdZViewItemQQptZModel_RR_Trains?hash=item439d93739f#ht_2747wt_1138
What kind of equipment would be ...

Can't remember who was looking for this, but it turned up in an unrelated
search on e-bay (along with shoes, chocolate bars, and porno magazines).
This is the e-bay (us) id: 360228725671
Has European couplers and buffers. Looks like a nice model.

For an outdoor OO railway, how does one make the tunnel mouth
look realistc, ie, not the toy-like appearance of off-the-shelf plastic
or the bodged appearance of cast concrete?
Can one obtain real stone cut into small rectangles to produce one's

Done the trip to London for half term outing and went back for another visit
to science museum. Found Columbine this time. OK its not LNWR but it is
Crewe built. Also saw Rocket. Wonderful to see the difference between fairly
primitive Rocket and Columbine as a later 1800's loco.

Our Hero has a problem with a Peco cur4ved point, which I believe is 2nd
hand.
Several items passing through on the inner curve tend to derail, not every
time, but there is a distict jolt.

See:
http://ostatic.com/blog/the-model-train-software-brouhaha-ends-open-source-wins
Important far out of proportion to the value of the software in
question. The principles should IMO also apply to other works (eg music,