Hi Everyone I will be in the UK over the next week or two - and found that I will be there while the Gauge O Guild's function at Telford is on. Does one have...
Hi all, I am not familiar with the Leek & Manifold locos, but it seems that one has appeared for sale on Ebay if anyone is interested - Narrow gauge Loco...
Sirs. I am leaving the group forthwith. The infighting has got too much for me. Battle lines and wars are started apparently at every change of topic. So I...
I was just at the Keykits web site and saw this notice ON 1st JANUARY 2009 THE OWNERSHIP OF WRIGHTLINES 7MM SCALE NARROW GAUGE KITS WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO...
Personally I think that hints and tips re things for sale are extremely useful, the model in question looked very nice though I couldn't have afforded it...
Hi all, My local hobby shop has a Bachmann "Thomas" well wagon, I would like to know if by adding the right details would it look OK as a O16.5/On30 well...
Hi All If anyone is going to the Model Engineer Exhibition at Ascot next weekend, 19th, 20th and 21st of September, they are welcome to come and say hello. I...
Having picked up the code 82 rail I made a start on my first point. I wanted to copy those I saw on the FFestiniog and the Peco track was not like it. I...
Hallo from a hot SA, Just to show that we are still modelling Ive posted a couple of photos of my latest model. The van is still in existence running now in...
These superb kits by CHB Models are being re-released, http://www.sierrawestscalemodels.com/oscale/oscale.html bit of a bind having to order from the States,...
One or two manufacturers have been mentioned in Narrow Lines and Narrow News from time to time, but they seem to have limited output (or I've mis-translated...
Note that the text including captions (but not the photos and drawings themselves, for which you need the printed magazine) of each issue of Voie Libre is...
I have just recieved a s/h unmade kit of this loco in the post, a quick glance in the instructions state that Branchlines do a chassis kit for it, however...
How does one get in touch with the moderator. Russell Evans 2030 ... From: 7mmnga@yahoogroups.com To: 7mmnga@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008...
Many thanks to all those who have contributed such useful feedback on the matter of Kaydees and their pros (mostly) and cons (few, it seems!) One of my...
I am new to this website and to narrow gauge modelling, having just come back from a holiday next to the Ffestiniog I was enchanted by the railway. So I...
In a post-exhibition post-mortem, we concluded one of our layout's biggest bugbears was the couplings and general shortcomings of same. We currently use D & G...
David Also be aware that David Provan made etched brass kits of the Decauville coaches - they are no longer in production but he mentioned the other day that...
The following comment is from my colleague Peter Somers who has been using KDs in various guises and may be of interest Steve Thanks for these notes. I started...
The S&K is the only industrial ng in the south-east - arguably the only preserved as opposed to reconstructed railway south of Middleton. It was preserved in...
The following message came up on another Yahoo list, which should be of interest to this list as well. Note that I have already come across one of these...
Hi all, does anyone have any info on Gordon Gravetts 0-16.5 layout Llandydref? Google is useless (but did reveal that it was in the 7mmNGA mag iss 35 Oct/Nov...
Leek and manifold J.B.Earl loco Item number: 270264453597 Someone on the list may be interested in this. I have seen the loco and it needs re-wheeling but...
Hi Tim, Llanydydref was a seminal layout in 0-16.5 and demonstrated how much could be achieved in a small space, (8' x 2' if I remember) When I saw it I am...
Hi This might seem an elementary question but could someone explain to me what is a lost wax casting and how they are formed Thank you Russell Evans [Non-text...
Has anyone any experience with Peco ON 16.5 points and DCC. Do they have to be rewired etc as some pundits suggest, or can they be used without wiring. If...
I used these for years (106 teflon grease and 108 light oil) and now I am reverting to messing with some mechanisms I would like to stock up again. Can anyone...
Greg I think you are correct in assuming that "Santa Maria" is a spelling mistake and offer the following that may be of interest. [1] Ian Jowett: "Santa Marta...
