David Butler's post about the new issue of "Narrow Lines" prompts me to write a note I have been meaning to post. I am a new member, No. 2745, having just...
Jim You're very welcome. Now wow the folks here with your steam dummy, rolling outhouse and so on! For those that haven't already been there, check out ...
Has anyone tried to use a Branchlines outside frame chassis with the Smallbrook body kits? I need an additional locomotive for Quarry Incline and a small side...
I have had an order for the second in the series of Leek & Manifold videos on order since Xmas, but unfortunately the chap that makes them is ill, and there...
Ladies and Gentlemen all The web site of the 7mm Narrow Gauge Association now has additional content in the form of online book ordering. Please browse to ...
Allen, Thank you for this resource. I have tried it and the link works well. I did notice that there was nothing in the way of resources for structure ...
<Being located in the USA there are not many English prototypes to study. Can you reccomend a book or two for structure modeling? I have the Pendon book on...
Dave, Vince, all This book is available from Amazon and they have a cover photo too. Unfortunately, I'm not in a position to add it until at least Monday...
All Having spent the Easter weekend with my father in Cornwall, we have at last found the ideal adhesive for assembling your gnashed Gnomy stock. This wonder...
There are two 'traditional' plastic pipe materials. PVC is used for most sink waste, soil pipes etc, but there is also Durapipe and probably others which are...
... at last found the ideal adhesive for assembling your gnashed Gnomy stock. This wonder adhesive is called ... Polypipe Solvent Cement. ... merchants rather...
Hi All, I have taken the liberty of replacing my mini projects folder in the files section, with a new PDF version. It's now all in one and you don't have to...
I am doing a 30" X 72" portable layout based on extraction and transportation of sand. It will be similar in concept to the Leighton Buzzard operation with...
Vincent, I can't remember which Railway Modeller issues Dave Rowe's articles appeared in but I do know that much of the useful information is in Industrial and...
Vince You need the the Wild Swan softcover : Industrial and mechanised modelling by Dave Rowe. ISBN 0 906867 84 3 - Not sure if it is still in print. Also...
Narrow boats might not bend, but my twin managed to dent and hole a steel seventy footer Stephen Dee, Shepshed, Leicestershire 7mm NGA member 473 ... From:...
Typical! I posted that hint late Sunday afternoon and then drove back from Cornwall overnight, arriving in London around 4am. When I eventually surfaced from...
Vincent It is available from Amazon and, if you follow this link, the Association gets a little credit for the sale as well as you enjoying the usual ...
If you are interested in modelling in ABS, see the extensive article by Gordon Gravett in a recent Model Railway Journal (No. 139?) on using this material in...
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As a new member I decided to convert this loco as per the "quick start 2" article in Getting Started BUT the black anna I've bought has been smothered in oil...
Vincent Model Railways September 1983 has an article with colour illustrations by Dave Rowe about the original version of his Leighton Buzzard sand railway. ...
Hi all I need to model some Fox's Patent pressed steel bogies (as used on the Barsi Railway & on Leek & Manifold freight stock). I gather there was a drawing...
That's windpump, of course - except the reason I didn't find it on their website to begin with is it's listed as a wind-powered waterpump........... Graham ......
For what good it might do you, Fox's patent trucks were made over here in the states and there are model examples in HO and possibly other gauges. I too would...
Thanks for the info Vince. HO is going to be too small for 4ft 6in wheelbase in O-16.5, I'd guess, but it's probably worth my doing a spot of investigation. ...
... My cygnet inside the Wild Swan nest reminds me that this book has been out of print for several months - since some time in mid-2002. It is still a strong...
Graham, Why not try Kevin Trim of Dorset Kits - he does L&M carriages and, I THINK, an L&M bogie van. IF I'm right he MIGHT sell you a set of castings and...
Thanks Adrian - I might give him a try. Thanks to John Baxendale I now have copies of the drawings, so I'll see how I get on from there. Graham ... From:...
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