Model Forum / General / Railroads / July 2010

I'm full of admiration for the folks who build those huge structures
shown on the Linka World website, they either have immense reserves of
time and patience or a truly prodigious collection of moulds!
I'm building a retaining wall with arches, in the classic style, and

Sitting the other day on the train on the way home from work I was
contemplating the fact that I have now been modelling for close on 37 years.
This got me thinking about how very much the modelling world has changed
over the years and how it was like when I was a teenager just ...

BBC News
Tuesday 29 June 2010
" Visitors to Kent are set to be taken on a journey through modern
history at the home of one of the world's most prestigious transport

I picked up a Proto2000 GP20 at a show the other day, and have been working
on getting it running again. After cleaning the drive train (including the
gears going to the axles), the locomotive runs smoothly.
However, upon reassembly the flywheel on the long nose end rubs against ...

A note was posted on another forum about the passing of Bernard Paul
within the past week. He was the owner of IHC (International Hobby
Corp.) and was also involved in AHM many years ago to some degree. I
remember the long running ads for IHC in MR. Never bought anything from

to be able to assemble kit valve gear with rivets ? especially when supplied
rivets seem a bit short.
Even tried comet ones, they are a bit longer but dont seem to mushroom like
DJH ones.

Sorry chaps - OO signals, something I have almost no experience of.
I have some Hornby signals from my own childhood, but some have the
actuating wires missing and the paint jobs are a bit passed their best.
I need to make up several signals, a bracket home and 5 single post homes

I saw this on another web site: http://www.uroclub.com/details.html
Now, I think it is wierd, but someone must be buying them.
It opens up the market for all sorts of variants.  Perhaps train-
spotters liable to get caught short might have a dummy camera with a

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nu-Cast-LMS-EX-MR-Johnson-0-4-0-T-/120582464027?cmd=ViewIt
em&pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item1c1346621b
says it looks complete but cab needs re-attatching.
Recon its unfair in this case to say looks complete as theres the little
matter of no chassis, ...

Where should I go?
I know there's a dearth of good model shops. Motor Books is on the
list.
Is there a David & Charles bookshop? Their website is uspposed to