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Help? One of the spring offers on my Western keeps popping out onto the track. Am unable to refit as it does not stay in place. Has anyone had this problem? How can I refit fit this please? Thank you

Both Dapol & Accurascale are planning the launch of 00 gauge GWR Manor Class locomotives later this year. Why two different companies producing the same loco at the same time, I don't understand! While a new tooled version is way overdue I cannot decide which product company to go for. Both look superb with their mock ups & sampling but does anyone have any thoughts about which of the two will be best to go for? Dapol a superb modelling record or Accurascale with their first attempt at a Steam Locomotive. Both to be launched at the same price too! Its a lot of money to lay out on these models particularly if you require DCC Sound added. I might have to wait until they are both launched & a comparison is written in one of the Model Railway Magazines. Any thoughts would be very much appreciated. Thank you very much

Thank you very much Phil for your advice

Thank you very much for these practical suggestions. I feel more confident to give this a try now I know what Im doing.

I am new to Railway modelling. What Scenic Scatter would you recommend for foliage with rubberised horsehair? I am making hedges on my OO layout with the horsehair. A BRM video on the subject uses Woodland Scenics course & fine scatter of different shades of green. Which ones? There are so many scatter materials available plus flock also? I just want to be able to sprinkle the scatter material over the Horsehair/PVA glue to create the right effect. Thank you very much for any suggestions.

Hi Phil, What Scenic Scatter was used in your BRM Video (August 2017) about making hedges? You mention a course & a fine which you used with Rubberised Horsehair. Please could you let me know which ones you used. The result was great & I wish to replicate this. Thank you very much

Thank you very much for you help

This may be a simple question but could someone let me know where these parts belong? I am constructing a Peco Lineside Bridge, I know where the winged retaining walls are fitted but what about the Parapet wall & coping stones shown at the top of the photo? Do these fit on the back of the bridge i.e. roadside? Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you very much

I have started to ballast my model railway layout. I chose to use Woodland Scenics 00 Medium Mixed Grey Ballast. I understand some modellers use a mix of 00 & N size ballast. This is my first attempt at ballasting & I have read lots of information on how to do this including looking at videos But theres nothing like actually doing this. I have firstly ensured that the ballast is tampt down properly before gluing. I found using Ballast Magic (mixed as instructed) did not glue all the ballast properly. So I have reverted to the tried & tested method of 50:50 PVA & water with a few drops of washing up liquid added to reduce surface tension. That works a treat. I think its better that Ballast Magic! However, there are areas where the ballast isn't very uniform on drying. There are areas between some sleepers where the ballast hasn't settled sufficiently & this requires topping up. My question is can I add a second very thin layer of ballast onto a already completed section of track? If so would you recommend me using Fine Ballast or N gauge ballast to fill these areas? What is your advice please? Thank you very much for help.

Thank you very much for your advice

90% of my layout has been sprayed with Acrylic paint. Would I have to remove this before applying primer?

Thats what I read. Acrylics were recommended instead of enamel paint. However on about 30% of my new layout the paint appears to crack on sleepers only! Am I able to spray over the acrylic with enamel?

My new 10' x 8' layout is housed in a purpose built Garden Log Cabin. The track is complete & the trains are running perfectly (DCC) I have started to weather my track. (Peco 100) using Humbrol Dark Earth Acrylic paint. On drying, I noticed that on a large number of sleepers the paint had cracked & flaked off on touch. I have repeated the weathering but this still occurs? Unable to move forward with ballasting until this issue is resolved. Can anyone advise me why & what I can do to solve this. Thank you