Graham Radish

Ive been thinking about this for a while, i was thinking about doing a small end to end layout with the OO gauge stock at the bottom and N scale at the top, trying to mimic distance if you know what i mean. Any thoughts on this? Cheers.

An iron that goes that low in temp is a bit pointless really, i agree.

Ok, thanks for the info guys very helpful

Im just putting together a PECO N Gauge platform and ive noticed that the ends of the platforms taper inwards at the end is this correct for modern platforms? or does the end of a typical platform just go straight down to ground level like in the second picture where ive added the black lines? Cheers.

This is the one i had, its horrible, makes your head sweat and is very uncomfortable

I tried a head magnifier, damn it was bloody uncomfortable

What you DO need for modelling: COFFEE, PATIENCE, RESEARCH What you DON'T need for modelling: A NAGGING WIFE

An adjustable temp 48w silverline iron is my recommendation, you can get ultrafine tips for it too, mines been brilliant. Here

Its the spare bedroom yea, its only a small room really but ideal for the layout and my dartboard on the opposite side, ill get some of that decorators plastic sheet and maybe make a canopy out of some 1" x !" timber i have lying around

Double sided tape Cover the frame with double sided tape, then cut out the un needed tape with a scalpel on your cutting mat, peel off the tapes backing then drop the glazing into place. Dont risk glues on glazing, most of them are corrosive, and one simple mistake will ruin everything - a good quality 3M double sided tape will be mega strong, with an even stronger bond than superglue For a professional looking glass, buff the glazing with PEEK metal polish first.

Maybe a small ultrasonic cleaner, these things have a ton of uses like this.

Hello, i have a couple of rolls of embossed wallpaper left over when decorating my bathroom ceiling, i was wondering if anyone here would think it was a bad idea to put it on my 5x3ft baseboard as a sort of textured ground (painted brown and green) this is the stuff, its like a fine textured finish: Anaglypta Kinver Cheers.

Welcome, What you are planning to do is a great idea, i used to live in Stoke-on-Trent and there was a steelworks there, "British Steel - Shelton Works" I used to work there years ago (about 1990) with petrol strimmers cleaning up the tracks etc, there were several shunters going up and down all the time, the track is about a mile long. I used to go camping just outside Shelton regularly in a town called "Sneyd green" which is where i was born, i have great memories of hearing the loud roars of the steel being formed late at night in the machines, you could hear it miles away. Doing a steelworks is a great idea as a first railway, you will have fun with this.

Yea i have, the motor runs perfect, but the sound is dead.

Funny thing is there wasnt any magic smoke, but yea thanks for the link, ill look in to it.