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  1. Hal Nail
    Was the GWR set in use? They had some problems because they aren't slam door - you have to actually turn the handle. People arent used to it so doors got left open and last year they were withdrawn but I don't know if that's been resolved.
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    Dapol 08

    Hal Nail replied to Kickstart's topic in Dapol

    easy but the little retaining lugs are easy to break and never quite as effective after its been taken off.
  3. Hal Nail
    Similarly in the BR chocolate and cream era the Cornish Riviera was mk1s with a 2 coach ex GWR dining set and the Royal Dutchy mk1 with a Collett restaurant car (H57 I think).
  4. Hal Nail
    If a picture is worth 1000 words, presumably the fact we haven't come up with any is equally true!
  5. Hal Nail
    As a case in point, the buffers and underframe look exactly the same as the sides and the ends and they can't all be the same colour!
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    Browsing your site earlier I did think a train on the way to Woodhams might be a plausible excuse, although whether they would use a 47 is another matter!
  7. Hal Nail
    Unfitted van pretty much done. New strapping and rain strips and a livery Dapol haven't done yet. My cat wandered past, said she was hungry and then pointed out the paint has come off some of the new rivets when i removed the weathering wash. To be honest i cant remember if I bothered to prime them - I suspect not. Will touch them up at some point although barely shows to the naked eye. I might fix the roof down - I can't un-see where it isnt quite sitting.
  8. Hal Nail
    Take the win, this is supposed to be fun :)
  9. Hal Nail
    I think 16t (many of which were retro fitted anyway) were phased out in the 70s and obviously dominoes didn't come in till late in that decade.
  10. Hal Nail
    Bits and pieces in these previous threads:
  11. Hal Nail
    Interesting I was going to ask the same thing. I generally start identical tasks together but not unusual for me to get bored and one ends up lagging behind. Sometimes I do refine a technique or spot a slight error and then the mental dilemma is whether to go back and improve the first one!
  12. Hal Nail
    These are 7mm 3d transfers to give you an idea
  13. Hal Nail
    People raising questions about the model on here seem to be getting responses:
  14. Hal Nail
    They havent just announced it - they must be close to the record for the longest ever gestation! I think development stalled when Dapol brought theirs out first.
  15. Hal Nail
    Narrow Planet do both although I think their smokebox numbers are a bit small personally. I use Railtec 3d transfers. Their shedcodes tend to sit on a curved smokebox door better than etched brass.
  16. Hal Nail
    Design a layout that works for you in a small space and then make the boards fit. Not the other way round.
  17. Hal Nail
    The SE&CR liveried one is now £135 at Rails. I could see that with removed lettering, grubby and faded in an industrial setting.
  18. Hal Nail

    Dapol 08

    Hal Nail replied to Kickstart's topic in Dapol

    The lights are discussed on page 28 -although I didnt get far enough through to see if there was a solution for DC.
  19. Hal Nail
    interesting. If I do it again I would varnish the sharpie before the transfer which should stop that perhaps.
  20. Hal Nail
    Having painted a black patch on the wooden body, I put the tare transfer on but it just didnt look right. I decided to move it to the metal end instead but I'm far too tight to waste a transfer and hadn't done a patch. So I got a sharpie out, drew a rough patch and popped the transfer straight on, tidying up later. Will probably do that instead of painting patches in future!
  21. Hal Nail
    One option to consider is that if two tracks are coming into view from the fiddle yard/sector plate, you don't actually need to model the initial cross over. A train can appear on the main line, and the loco run round partially out of sight, then draw the train back out and reappear on the loop line. An old trick which allows you to accommodate longer trains
  22. Hal Nail
    I can understand the desire for change - its a remote prospect admittedly but i have often wondered if i did ever finish anything, would it leave me unfulfilled? :) if you did the change and didn't like it, at least you'd have something to do converting it back!
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    EBay madness

    Hal Nail replied to Marcyg's topic in Ebay Topics

    I find it staggering it was signed off. Although that's a positive as I obviously haven't completely resigned myself to everything automatically being crap yet.
  24. Hal Nail
    I didn't say there was. I suggested having to reverse to get into sidings when they could just as easily have provided direct access, was a bit odd.
  25. Hal Nail
    Its having both crossovers in the same direction that seems unusual I think. Usually as you come off the main line you'd have a facing point leading to everything, not a trailing cross over you cant actually access.
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