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It has been a while. Unfortunately over whelmed with the day job and other things. But, the narrow gauge baseboards are nearly done in the spare bedroom! Looks a nice model of No 8. Later on she had a wooden tool box thing on the right front of the footplate and has sliding cab "shutters" visible in some pictures. Tom

The ones I cut on Monday have been in the warm living room. They've dried and curled up a bit looking most realistic, even with the little veins standing up. I've seen some at the bottom of a pond with resin water and I suppose they can be fixed with dilute PVA spray with a wetting agent like IPA or fairy liquid, like any other flocky stuff. Haven't tried though. Tom Oh, IPA = propan-2-ol, not India Pale Ale, although .... it certainly does things look better for me :-)

Well I'm exited. T

Hi I just stumbled across this site after talking to a war gamer? They are a bit strange but have some pretty neat scenery tips. Leaf punches for making little leaves out of real ones? Just ordered 3. I have no connection with this vendor. Tom http://www.greenstuffworld.com/en/95-model-leaves

http://www.geoffs-trains.com/Museum/jacktar.html As far as I know was used in UK to help build a line to Chinley before being sold with her sister. Her sister was sold to Kettering Iron and coal company, if she'd been sold to Africa maybe she'd still be around :-(.

Yeah, sorry, it was just an old phone used and a dark and miserable day under tree cover. Plans are afoot to get there with a proper camera and take some at better angles. T

It would certainly be too small a section to be standard gauge rail I think. If it originated locally though and was reused, there were many of the local ironstone tramways began as 2ft lines or 3ft 1860's onwards, later to be relayed 3ft, meter and standard. Desborough 2ft survived to the 1960's The lines were so fleeting and temporary, 2nd 3rd and 4th hand anything is possible. The "rail" is very corroded underneath on it's lower surface and quite smooth on the upper surfaces ... but then so is my old Land Rover. We've only done a little research so far but it's absolutely fascinating, well, to me. Note, it's staked at one end, it was put there on purpose and staked to the ground. T

Agree, Jim put me onto it but it could do with rescuing, don't think we can do it alone. Bridge rail is the first thing that occurred to me, re used. It appears to be a ship canal type wagon, possibly turn of the century, standard gauge, only touched by time T.

Hi Mate Good to see you this evening. I decided to post these as Oscar and I are often walking around that area. It's a climb but it's there. I'll leave it to you to post the latest theory's behind it. Does it need preserving?

Thats a fine looking model Jim! The brass will soon clear up, I use Cillit bang and a toothbrush. Can I encourage you to finish it? I usually use Cast wheels for O and Romfords for 00. But Slaters make additional axles for their O range including scale 3ft and 16.5 which is the option I went for. My efforts currently run OK though a Peco fine scale 3 way OO point so seems a simple trouble free answer to modelling 3ft gauge. Take care Tom

Hi Jim Replied other thread (this thread is Sir Douglas's) and sent you a PM. But I'm sure Sir Douglas would like any images you have on this thread as well. Take Care Tom

Scale toilet paper. "Do not flush while train is in station". Steam era or modern thingy which has now even reached ministerial level.

Hi OP Can I point you at this site: http://www.oldmapsonline.org/#bbox=-0.834641,52.348934,-0.584702,52.448648&q=&datefrom=1000&dateto=2010 Lots of old maps to waste a lot of time on. Especially if you are using them to trace surviving evidence of very fleeting industrial lines! T

Hi. Please give me a heads up on the publication, I'd be really interested. T