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I am hoping to fit a Hornby Eurostar train (including divisable coaches) with interior lighting an passengers but am having trouble getting the coaches apart. I have tried the old trick of sliding thin card down either side of the body and chassis, but they refuse to come apart. I have tried the Hornby forum but didn't get a reply. Has anyone else ever done it before? I cannot see anything holding the two parts together.
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We were lucky to have "The Friends Of Crystal Palace Subway", who are involved in the restoration of this iconic grade II listed structure , under Crystal Palace Parade in South London, visit our clubroom on the 10th of August 2021. They were here to inspect our model of the Crystal Palace High Level station, which closed in 1954 and was demolished in 1961. They were particularly keen to see our representation of the subway. I think the model, still very much "work in progress", made an impression.
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Point Motors for Garden Layouts.
Any suggestions for suitable point motors for garden layouts please? I generally use PECO point motors for exhibition layouts, but don't think they would be suitable for outdoor use mounted underneath baseboards. I am concerned about water getting in, causing short circuits and corrosion. I don't have any problem with surface mounted motors as this is not going to be my usual fine scale modelling (it's really an excuse to give my locos a good run!). I'm using analogue not DCC.
Many thanks,
Gary
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Thanks for the advice both of you. I will try the Garden Railways Forum. Unfortunately, I cannot avoid having some of the pointwork out in the open and quite a distance away from the operating area. I had been wondering about the PECO P-11 surface mounting point motors. The baseboards a quite thick, 3 layers of 18mm marine ply laminated with boat builders adhesive, so any under baseboard types would need long operating rods. The Conrad point motors looked promising as they are more or less sealed pre-wired units, but are very hard to get hold of these days.