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  1. Most kits do include Castings, especially those on the 3mm shop, I think the only ones that have none or are limited in what they do have are the Worsley Works and Bill Bedford ones, but both of those supply etchings in multiple scales and are very much a case of scratch-aid kits. All the Finney and Smith, 3mm Society and most, if not all, of the 3SMR kits include castings.
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    oo gauge layout

    Straight answer is definitely. Heck you can put a O-gauge layout in those dimensions However it entirely depends what you want out of your layout. The 0-gauge one would probably be an industrial type layout or small MPD, the OO-gauge similar but bigger or an end-to-end fiddle to terminus. N-gauge you could get a decent roundy in.
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    Radius

    Truth be known - quite tight.. under 2ft. Kids have run trains at well over realistic speeds for decades on 6x4 baseboards. Whether that LOOKS right, is a different question, but it will run just fine.
  4. Nice work, interesting to see a completely different approach to my model of the same thing. You say 'finished' but don't appear to have modeled the vertical timbers at each end which are a pretty significant feature of these vans. I went as far as joining the timbers through the underframe as per the prototype, however they have now had to be removed to allow couplings.
  5. Looking at the track plan I can see a lot of potential problems and revisions needed. Can I suggest that you drop a post in the layout planning thread so you can take some advice. As it stands the terminus is pretty much unworkable which will ultimately frustrate you if you don't revise it.
  6. For those who missed it the close shave is featured (without commentry) :- and yes that IS his shoe being removed by the train!!!
  7. Yeah - I bet he's a poor driver too. I was staggered, I'd take the course just to avoid the points and fine - clearly he had more money than sense!!
  8. Just watching 'caught red handed' episode 2 on bbc iplayer and much of the end of the program might be of interest to you folks as it covers level crossing lunacy... including probably the luckiest 'level crossing lunatic' ever!!! http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01rbqz3/Caught_Red_Handed_Episode_2/
  9. Can't speak for the one last seen on the canal.. but Oliver Oss is safe and sound
  10. Sounds like a lot of money unless you get a lot in a packet or is it the pocket AND a coupling? Hope the pockets are available seperately because I want to use them to explore NEM converting TT stock (and thus using a mix of magnetic and non-magnetic couplers on TT stock ). Continental TT also uses N-gauge NEM as it's standard pocket so the concept should work, just need lots of pockets!!!
  11. I hope you guys don't mind a bit of 'thread drift' but the Oss has been recently found on my bed!!! Courtesy of my (new) GF who is a bit of a Pony and Oss nut she decided her (unnamed at the time) huge stuffed Oss needed a name.. so inspired by this thread.. said Oss is now officially called 'Oliver Oss'
  12. Lovely concept and interesting layout you've created. I definitely agree that Hornby's 'typical' room is WAY wrong.. 8x8 or thereabouts isn't unusual as that is roughly the size of a typical 'semi's' box room. I am definitely lucky in that I have a 12x15ft room which is essentially available for railway.. but would never be able to justify even an 11x12 in there!!!
  13. Amazingly so far there is no evidence of my recently arrived 'track inspectors' doing any 'inspecting'
  14. Indeed and I think the recent Railway Modeller series covered all the bases.. including 14.2mm/21mm dual gauge!!
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