unklian

Another vote here for W&H models. But also Kings Cross Models in York Way, the Victors shop on Pentonville Road, all three Harrow Model shops, Percy's in Uxbridge, the toy shop in Ruislip, the bike/model shops in Ruislip Manor and Eastcote, Railmail in Watford and Allmodels Engineering in Ruislip Manor. I am sure there are more I have forgotten. But all within a bike or tube ride from home in Ruislip ....... sigh  !!

Get well soon Jerry

 Try our very own DJH kits . They do an Est 230K which is a slightly larger 4-6-0 cat. E166 with 6 wheel tender or cat. E136 with a large bogie tender and smoke deflectors .

http://www.djhmodelloco.co.uk/prodpage.asp?productid=3677

Just make sure you are sitting down when you read the price !!!

Shouldn't this thread be in the French railways section ??

Almost anything pre war in 1/22 scale ?

Try Brandbright or Garden Rail............Brandbright sell brass rail, cast whitemetal chairs, and sleepers.

 Which Garden Rail ? the magazine ??  Brandbright only sell Peco narrow gauge track these days . 

Your best bets are Peco ( code 250 rail ), Cliff Barker ( code 250 bullhead rail ) or Tenmille ( Various sections ). All of the latter sell chairs or rail fixings as separate mouldings, so with your own sleepers you can make any gauge you like.

Don't forget the ground anchor/spade at the back

All good points.

The biggest problem I can see for the loners is when they get to an age where they need practical help. They are then faced with asking for something they are not used to asking for, are unwilling to ask for and don't really want. Also any kind of home or accommodation that is shared with others is like a jail sentence . I sincerely hope I die before I get to that stage .

Gonna be at Manchester next weekend

Love the pictures very atmospheric , more please if you have them . I have a small collection of Georgia related rolling stock tucked away for one day .....

I think, having slept on it, that the problem was that i measured out water into the mould before casting in order to determine the amount of resin I needed. Didn't fully dry the mould  off and I suspect its the excess moisture that has caused this to happen.

You got it in one. Polyurethane resin does not like water. It is also very important to keep tins of unused resin tightly closed when not in use as the resin is hydroscopic. Which means it will draw in moisture from the air. The bubbles are caused by the heat of the resin reaction turning the water to steam .

Information alert. The rail in the new Peco bullhead track is 0.075 of an inch high, ie code 75, and it is 0.031 inches wide, ie 31 thou .Measured with an original Brown and Sharp screw micrometer ( not a dodgy pair of digital verniers ) made in the USA so you don't get more Imperial than that !

Also the geometry of the points is a very close match to an EMGS plan I have for an A5 type point. Obviously making allowances for the different gauge ie 18mm .

Hope that helps  Ian

Of course I forgot about indoors, this is one of my biggest treasures . Genuine SNCF steam loco headlamp from Rennes MPD.

I managed to find the correct glass chimney to go inside, modified a tubular wick and now as you can see it works just as it should, on paraffin .

The shortest piece of preserved railway in the UK ?

I would have thought No Nails was ideal , since it has been formulated to stick just those kinds of materials together .

The railcars were originally built by Allan in the Netherlands with AEC engines, and they looked very like their Dutch relatives.

They were heavily refurbished in the 90's and renosed, not an improvement IMO.

Being nosey, I would like to know where the " Ouest 1900 passenger sets"  come in all this  ??

Yes, I bought some from my local model shop yesterday.

 Thank you Nick, I will be hot footing it down to my local emporium on Monday, and see if they have some .

and PS apologies to Chris P Bacon I finally found when it went on sale back in February and page 89 of this thread !

If you look back through the posts there are some that have purchased and used the bullhead track.

 

There are no turnouts available yet.

 Really ? I have looked back through most of the posts and it all seems to be speculation about what the track will be like. Only the post #2631 says anything about anyone using it and that is a magazine article . Sorry if I have missed something but where exactly are these posts please ?

PS I have searched else where and found the BH track for sale, but not on Pecos own website !!

 So has anyone actually managed to buy any yet.......??

Wagon and Carriage works...... you mean to say there will be a LNWR carriage in Gauge 3?

There is always the option of the William's Models kit, with options for at least three different six wheelers.

Very very nice Gavin.

Thank you very much for that Andy

Any news on this topic ? Has anyone seen a list of the Automotrice produced so far ?  I have just got quite by chance the Midi Fourgon Automoteur from eBay, and I am wondering what else I might have missed recently.

Sounds like one of those avante garde theatres with the audience sat all round the stage and being invited to participate.

 Sounds like one of Brian Harrap's layouts to me, including the audience participation bit too .