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  1. Ian, also worth checking the outer rails as they have an area machined out to accept the point blade,and this weakens them and makes them more likely to distort and jam the tie-bar.... I did see one N layout, which had been moved from a cold damp outbuilding into a very hot centrally heated room,the expansion and shrinkage of the boards managed to destroy 37 sets of Peco points........some of them were bowed up from the boards more than 1/2 an inch ...not good! Regards Trevor........
  2. Roundhouse, re- your problems with points etc..... I have come across this problem in the past several times....as you mention it gets worse as the venue heats up,I would check you have enough expansion gaps...I have known points to very slightly bulge and buckle as the rail expansion puts pressure on them,it does not take much .5mm is enough to cause problems..... the buckling will give problems with the turnout throwing cleanly and derailments... Regards Trevor ...
  3. Very nicely done air of decay ........without overdoing it ...... Regards Trevor....
  4. In the last photo................ Looks like Fred is paddling his way out of s**t creek............... Regards Trevor .....
  5. To get the old wheels out ..you use a drift to punch the old axle through from one side out of the other...the wheels dropping of as the axle is pushed through ..the reverse is required for fitting the new ...ie. the new wheels must be taken off the axles ..the axles fed through and the wheels slid back on and re-gauged ...then as has been said ,the bearings fitted at the end.. Regards Trevor ........
  6. Ray, had a feeling you might already have twigged the dodgy pick-ups ..but worth mentioning anyway ....agree with you totally .. Regards Trevor ..
  7. Ray, first of all may I congratulate you on an excellent looking layout and topic ... Re. Hornby sound 08 ...I have had quite a few of them through the shop and every one suffered from poor pick ups .....there is a great deal of side to side play in the chassis and the pickups have not been factory formed to give enough pressure on the wheels to keep the contact on all, as it moves down the track ...I found that popping the wheelsets out and then some judicious bending outwards of the pickups eventually gave decent running and sound ..hope this is of some help.. Regards Trevor ....
  8. Later on today ..."I shall be mostly.. radioactive"..!

  9. Can you guess what it is yet .................. needless to say .......a "before" shot !! Regards Trevor ...
  10. The joys of preservation ........... Tinkers Park O&K on a bad day ..........sorted eventually .... Regards Trevor ....
  11. End of the line ........... The most unexpected places..... Both Tinkers Park 2010.... Regards Trevor ..
  12. off to work in a minute ...a novel experience of late ....!

  13. Who checks the "credit checkers" ???

    1. beast66606

      beast66606

      the credit checker checkers

  14. A couple from Tinkers Park ..Great Bush Railway 2010......this scene no longer exists ....progress and preservation ...? Regards Trevor ....
  15. Mick, Parcel was posted yesterday hope they are of use to you. Regards Trevor.
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