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    Microscale Decals - UK Based supplier?

    in USA & Canadian Railroads

    Posted

    On 30/01/2024 at 14:31, fulton said:

    I have ordered direct from Microscale a few times, seemed to come quiet quickly as mail, cannot remember the postage,

    but it was OK.

    Ditto, their service to UK is very good and not expensive but minimum order is £20 or maybe $20. That is generally only 4 packs of decals so not too bad on the wallet.

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    Microscale Decals - UK Based supplier?

    in USA & Canadian Railroads

    Posted

    On 08/01/2021 at 10:40, John M Upton said:

      Hannants only have aircraft sheets but I wonder if they would get one in if I asked them.

     

    Old thread I know………. I contacted Hannants as they are probably the biggest UK importer of microscale decals. They flat refused (bordering on being plain rude) to order any railway/railroad related decals from microscale. Odd way to run a business but there you go….

    Bill Bedford or Brassmasters axle gauge/jig

    in Kitbuilding & Scratchbuilding

    Posted

    Looking for help locating 00 gauge Bill Bedford or Brassmasters axle setting gauge / jig please. Tried to buy a pair from Brassmasters yesterday only to find that they no longer manufacture or sell them. I do have a listing in the ‘Wanted’ section of the forums, but thought I would post here also incase someone knows of a trader that may still have a set. Thanks in advance.

    Tony

    Breakdown train/crane

    in Modelling Questions, Help and Tips

    Posted

    On 20/01/2019 at 17:36, Coach bogie said:

     

     

    Probably the most difficult derailment recovery job in that time was a 37 that fell into the river Ebbw down a steep ravine at Cwm Colliery and took some time to deal with; this involved putting lifting beams across the ravine and winching the loco, and the 2 bogies separately, out of the hole they were in.  The crane was not used for this; there was no room between the siding and the edge of the drop for the legs.  There were claimed to be dead fishes in the cab when it was finally recovered; there was certainly a good deal of rather smelly sediment!

     

     

    1200 Falcon was working one of the recovery trains for this. There was a published shot in Railway Magazine at the time.

     

    Mike Wiltshire

    I have a number of official photos of this derailment. Falcon was indeed used at the recovery site. It appears (from the photos) that a huge dragline excavator was used to cut a slipway (for want of a better description) into the side of the embankment, which was then ‘paved’ with sleepers. Two class 47s (with huge wire ropes attached to their coupling hooks) then dragged the 37 up the incline whilst still on its side, to a point where the crane(s) could lift the loco back onto its wheels. The whole process took a month or so to complete. The 37 was repaired and returned to traffic. I even have the final costings of the operation attached to the photos which I will dig out if anyone is interested. Incidentally, as far as the photos show, the 37 didn’t reach the water, as the leading cab dug into the soft embankment. 
     

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    BR Blue Spot fish vans - a question of numbers

    in UK Prototype Questions

    Posted

    On 24/12/2015 at 12:08, stovepipe said:

    Another SW photo here, first in 1/801, second is 1/800. They crop up at Bristol quite often in this period. Did Frys dispatch their goods by rail I wonder?

    3223155003_0d3abd9c53_b.jpgWhile I was waiting by Stephen Dowle, on Flickr


    Resurrecting an old thread…… can anyone tell me what colour the vans in general freight use were? I have seen a few b&w pictures of them without Express parcels branding, and without tops code, just their running number. I cant tell if they were rail blue, ice blue, filthy white, or freight brown/bauxite. Also, can anyone point me in the direction of National Carriers branded (or labeled) vans? I know there was a pool of them, but internet searches have turned up nothing.

    Thanks, 

    Tony

    Which Models would you wish from Dapol?

    in Dapol

    Posted

    On 18/10/2022 at 19:12, County of Yorkshire said:

    Three “quick wins”:

     

    - Shrink the O gauge GWR autocoach to OO

    - Shrink the O gauge GWR B set coaches to OO

    - Scale up the N gauge GWR Collett BG to OO. 
     

    I wouldn’t say no to a Collett variant of the mogul too (with window cab). 
     

    I’d buy a few of each! 
     

    Cheers. 

    I would be up for a OO gauge collett k42 bg. Would save me having to butcher one with Comet sides…. I would have thought that would be a quick win as the work is already done for N gauge variant.

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    Basingstoke huge layout in Spain

    in Railways of Spain

    Posted

    19 minutes ago, MyRule1 said:

    As is often the case with questions on RMWeb a quick internet search will bring something up

     

    https://us.Hornby.com/community/forum/basingstoke-1958-67-87ft-x-25ft?p=14%2F&ccm_paging_p=20&ccm_order_by=&ccm_order_by_direction=

     

    This is two years old though. I have not followed up any other possible search results.


    I had already found that. I think he posted some similar on the Dapol forum around the same time. I do remember him deleting his posts on rmweb some time back under a bit of a cloud (I didn’t know what, or why). Politics aside, as we are holidaying not too far from the area, I would have liked to have seen the layout. I’ve heard nothing back from the museum and a Google image search of the facility doesn’t bring up any suggestion of a model railway there either. 
    Thanks for your replies and input chaps. If we get to visit the place, and the layout is there, I will report back.

    Tony

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    Basingstoke huge layout in Spain

    in Railways of Spain

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    Does anyone know if the huge Basingstoke layout is still at Mora La Nova museum in Tarragona? It was built by an ex pat. He used to have a build blog on here but for some reason he took the posts down.  The chaps rmweb name was The Duke 71000. We are off on holiday in the area and would like to visit if the layout is still there. Cant seem to contact anyone on site for confirmation. Thanks in advance.

    Tony

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