Bill Radford

Was at Stafford show last year and is booked again this year.

Bachmann prices for spares... Motor - £22 Bogies - £25 each PCB - £20 All the same - it does seem a lot...

At Froghall on the Churnet Valley on 19 February this year prior to hauling the Sunday lunch special.

Any problems just give me a shout.

Three halves.... Is that the same as Fergie time? Sorry... hat, coat....

The twin flywheel motors are pretty standard across all the manufacturers. I have recently re-motored a Dapol 68 with a Bachmann motor and a Bachmann 220 with a Hornby Class 801 motor. The lengths of the cardan shafts can be ajusted by use of brass or aluminium tubing. Only thing of note is that Hornby use dfferent type of ends to their cardan shafts, so they had to be purchased as well. Check out Peter's Spares or Bachmann's own spares site which is much improved - at a guess a Bachmann 47, 57 or 66 motor will be much the same size.

Considering the abyssmal rates of interest being paid by the banks at present....

Very enjoyable day out. Steam and smoke added to the ambiance of the models, although not quite as much as the exhibitions that used to be held at Barrow Hill... :)

LV= took over the company which did my home insurance (Buildings & Contents). Last year £422.96 - new quote £666.78!!!! No apologies when I rang up to cancel, "Oh that's for the same cover". Thank heavens for Meercats!

Other occasions when I saw the Master Cutler (my grandparents lived in Worksop) it was usually pulled by a Class 40. DP2 was also a regular but that loco followed me round - if I had a day at Crewe I was pretty sure I would see DP2!!

D0280 Falcon at Sheffield Victoria on the early afternoon London bound Master Cutler in, I think, 1962. (It may have been the Sheffield Pullman but to spotters was the Master Cutler) The first coach being a 1928 brake. Anybody any idea of the rough make up of the train consist?

I seem to think that it was above £50 which was very steep at the time. Other Pullman coaches were about £20.

Also Lendons of Cardiff... https://www.lendonsmodelshop.co.uk/index.asp?button=button2

Some interesting additions to the support races for BTCC after losing the Ginetta races. https://www.btcc.net/2023/01/13/btcc-2023-support-series-round-up/

Wow, justWOWWW!!! A quick blast around the track in the attic - pull then push. No problems. Replaced tension lock with a Hunt magnetic and runs superbly. (Tested with Oxford Mk3s last year in advance)

Email received - cat raring to go... Not that one... Et tu Brutus.

Locos, Coaches, DMUs https://electrarail.co.uk/

Avoid the Tate Liverpool then. The only thing that I thought should avoid the skip was a piece of ceramics by Grayson Perry.

Peco motor - Peco code 100. I was just pointing out that other forms of connection between the motor and point were possible.

I have hidden some surface motors under scenary and have used thin brass wire (00 hand rail thickness) to connect with the point with no problem.

A long shot but I have had problems with certain Bachman Class 66s derailing on 4th radius turns. GBRf ones were the guilty parties and were cured by backing off the screw holding the bogies by a quarter turn. Never had a problem with EWS/DB ones.

Don't forget the locos! This is something that has bugged me for a long time - close up photos of 1/76 locos in railway mags with a layer of dust on them...

Hate to say it... But looking at the "also viewed" header, they are cheep!!!!!

https://www.themodelcentre.com/rail/oo-gauge/accessories-19 I bought some from here.

Just the tip of the iceberg... Try "Visit Shop"!