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  1. Hi Mike, For gluing try the normal clear UHU (the one that stinks) and dilute it with acetone to flow more freele. You can the apply it with a small brush in the way MEK is applied. This is for the card parts. Cheers Andreas
  2. I wish you all the best Steve. Recover quickly! You need to push the S160 :-P Cheers Andreas
  3. Hi Rob, I saw that you have built the Slaters MR Long cattle wagons. Can you say to me how long is the wheelbase and how long is the body? Cheers Andreas
  4. Hi Chris, thanks for the information....I will need to think about the DL-500. Its a nice looking loco which would suit my theme in the 60s but converting a brass loco...hm...on the other hand the loco is not so expensive....2250 aus dollars are about 1900 swiss francs. If you see how much 0 gauge brass models cost here (at around 4000 swiss francs for a brass 6-axle electric loco) I would say that it is ok. The following link you will find some photos of the greek ones. http://amnizia.org/gallery/gallery/33-seira-301-alco#fwgallerytop Cheers Andreas
  5. Hi Chris, Nice stuff! Were did you get the DL-500? We had some in Greece! Cheers Andreas
  6. The EMU is actually an ETR610 pendolino built by Alstohm. Nice looking trains. Cheers Andreas
  7. 168mm is the length of the blades till the frog/v iron or whatever. The diverging radius is 1028mm. I guess the total length should be around 300mm. Hope this helps. Cheers Andreas 168mm is the length of the blades till the frog/v iron or whatever. The diverging radius is 1028mm. I guess the total length should be around 300mm. Hope this helps. Cheers Andreas
  8. Hi Rod, Connoiseur is doing fine and is not up for sale. Maybe you confuse it with Gladiator kits. http://www.jimmcgeown.com/ Cheers Andreas
  9. Hi Howard, I lived in the village next to Ruedesheim (2km) for 5 years (2005-2010) and I have taken many pictures also from the surrounding hills. I used to go after work for some shots. I'll pop some pictures later :-). Cheers
  10. Hi Howard, Maybe you mean the Hunsrückbahn from Boppard to Emmelshausen? This is not Bavaria but Rhineland-Palatinate. A branchline famous for its steep grades of more than 6% IIRC. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunsr%C3%BCck_Railway Cheers Andreas
  11. Spray gloss varnish in the area of the decals. Then apply the decals with softneners.I use micro sol and micro set from microscale as these work with almost all transfer films without attacking them.Gunze for example mr. Mark softer did attack and destroy some so I changed. After drying spay a matt coat of varnish to eliminate the obvious film.I your piece should be gloss or satin apply after the matt varnish. Decals applying is fiddly and need patience to give good results. Cheers Andreas
  12. Lenz price/quality is excellent.The only small glitsch that I find is that the coaches/wagons are not sprung but this i a matter of belief. Cheers Andreas
  13. Uhgh....I had the same with my MWs draincocks.The second photo of yours seem to be right. I have a photo which Mike Williams send me and I can pass it tomorrow to you through email that might help. The pictures in the instructions are awful. Cheers Andreas
  14. Hi Chris, I also currently build an Agenoria Kit, The MW Class L. I also have some issues with some stuff. What I cannot understand though is the bad quality of photographs at todays digital camera age....it make the costruction sometimes a puzzle. Here you can see the buffer beam....the kit has 3-link couplings but the slot for them is 90 deg wrong.... even though the instructions say you can push it in. I am using screw couplings and I need to find a way now to make a new slot...probably laminate one from brass sheet.... Though the chassis went together well and it is running well although the etched gear box from the kit, as you mentioned, is not the best.... Cheers Andreas
  15. Hi Sparks, I have met somebody in Greece that has modelled the ISAP steel trains but nothing more. No, layouts,nothing... Just to post here the project of a good friend of mine from Greece. John is an excellent modeller with a lot of talent. Enjoy the topic! http://balkanmodels.biz/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=21 Cheers Andreas
  16. More stuff coming up tonight! Firstly...RTR models. In 2004 I think the now gone Alpha Trains from Germany produced the most modern diesel locomotive of the Greek Railways the ADtranz Series A471-496. 26 Locomotive were put into service starting from 1997. Later, around 2000 if I remember 10 more were ordered but never received the old lettering but the new one, which is class 220 001-036. 2700 hp, 160 kph max. speed they are the mainstay of the diesel passenger fleet and do runs of about 1000km per day. They share many common characteristics with the BR101 of the DB like the same bogies. The 3 models produced with the old numbering are from Alpha Trains and the 2 with the new numbering and logo are from LS Models that took over the moulds of the loco. The model is a superb performer, the best I have seen up to now for a RTR model. I once took it to a friend that is doing american stuff and used to do german and he said to me "I have never seen such a good running loco". The details is also superb with a LOT of extra parts everywhere.... It is one of the few RTR stuff that we had the pleasure to get.... Now some stuff that I made. In the 90s Greece got 20 V200.1 (BR221) used from Germany. They were about 10 years in Service and with the introduction of the A471-496 they were withdrawn from service. They were sold back to Germany in 2002 and about half of them returned to service with private companies. The model is a Roco, which I painted for a friend from Vienna. The photo is cruel. Decals were made by a friend in Greece. I also have 2 of them. And the last project for today. 1937 SEK (the former Company in Greece until 1971) bought from Germany express passerger coaches similar to the Baugrupe 28 of the DRG. I modified a Roco model in the area of the frames because the greek coaches had the frame covered by the superstructure. I did this with evergreen profiles. The model was painted with Gunze Acrylics (my favourite choice of colors) and the lettering was designed by me in Corel Draw and printed in Germany by Andreas Nothaft. The SEK plates are brass from Balkanmodel in Sussex and are SUPERB in 0.05 thou brass and so crisp you cannot image! Expensive but the best plates I have ever seen! http://balkanmodels.biz/images/seklo9.JPG This is the prototype coach. I have 5 more to go (1/2 nd class, 3rd class and the coach of the prime minister/saloon). Hope you like it. Cheers Andreas
  17. Hi John, I just took a look and I got the #500 Bettendorf Trucks with 33" smooth back wheels. They are not 100% accurate in its arching but comes very close and it is sprung. http://www.kadee.com/htmbord/page500-550.htm Here you can find how you can attach the Kadee trucks to the model. Pat Durant from Alaska has done so. http://alaskarails.org/creations/PD-562/guide/4/index.html Cheers Andreas
  18. Hi Again, my first picture here....MX627 Locomotive built by MLW in Canada in 1974 an modernised around 2004. 2700HP. These are the main freight locomotives of the Greek railways together with the MX636 with 3550HP. The model is Nickel Silver and white metal from my Friend Chisto Georgadidis from Balkanmodels in Sussex. It has 2 flywheels and a mashima can motor. It runs like a dream and I am very immpressed from its Performance. The Kit was built by Balkanmodels and was painted, lettered, weathered and got its electronics from my dear friend Yannis Chazapis in Athens. Yannis has created the correct sound files for the loco and it is equiped with an ESU Lok Sound 4.0 with a oval speaker that is really loud like the real thing!!! The electronics include ditch light, headlights that can be lit i almost all possible combinations. Here the loco is performing at our FREMO meeting in Uzwil, Switzerland in May 2014. Cheers Andreas
  19. Well here is the second Greek fan who also happens to be Greek! Thanks John for starting the topic. I will pop pictures in of my rolling stock the the days that follow. One comment that will help you make the S160 correct. You need also to exchange the Tender Bogies. The Greek ones has others similar to the Bettendorf offered by Kadee. I will take a look at home about the part number from Kadee and inform you. If you take a look at the pictures of Greek S-160 you will see it. Cheers Andreas
  20. Hi to all, just scroll down to the end of the page. There are some drawings available through metalsmith. http://www.metalsmith.co.uk/Gauge0_kits_and_RTR.htm I don't have a clue about these drawings since its not my prototype but I just saw it... Cheers Andreas
  21. Just what I needed for my projects. Order for the book placed. Cheers from Zurich Andreas
  22. Hi Tony and Jim, sidetracking the topic again. You said that you aligned the hornblocks of the tender without a jig. Since I don't also have a jig and the instructions are really "fuzzy" at that point can you please explain how you did it? Cheers Andreas
  23. Hi Jeff, that was what I was thinking of, these changes at the wheelbase. I wrote an e-mail to premier and I am waiting for an answer. Sorry Tony for sidetracking your topic... Cheers Andreas
  24. Hi Tony, thank you so much for your WD 2-8-0 build. I will use it as a reference for my 2-10-0, which I bought recently from Roxey. I will build it as a Greek Version. I am thinking of getting the Premier Motion (coupling rods etc.). What do you think? Cheers Andreas
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