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The cost of a motor does not necessarily relate to how it is designed to be used. The Maxon motor is of a coreless design and most manufacturers of this type state they are not designed for axial loads. In most cases the end load in one direction is taken by the retaining circlip rubbing on the face of a sleeve bearing. Brian

A similar topic was started a week ago http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/132590-am-i-meant-to-use-grease-on-parts-of-model-trains-when-servicing-them/ Brian

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Rapid have them in 3 sizes up to 16 amps, should be enough. https://www.rapidonline.com/camdenboss-pluggable-terminal-strips-63850 Brian

Haven't used it myself, but York Modelmaking suggest using Mylar sheet for coach overlays, see page 2 http://www.yorkmodelrail.com/community/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Laser-Cutting-information-sheet.pdf Appears to be readily available in various thicknesses https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mylar-Sheets-10-190-Micron/dp/B00LI31J7Q Brian

The 25 inch/mile map which pre dates the photograph shows the general layout. http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18&lat=51.5062&lon=-0.3763&layers=168&b=1 The platform appears to be there. The structure in the very bottom left corner appears to be part of the footbridge from which the photograph was taken. Brian

Try this article http://www.pomfret.com/user/railroad/tips/lichen/ Although it's American the glycerin is available in most places. Brian

Try this link http://www.lsmodels.com/mailing/pdf/Folder%20Nurnberg%202018%20mail.pdf Doesn't have a spurious " %C2%A0 " at the end. Brian

Looking at the photo showing the armature and brush gear I notice the commutatator has a slight groove from the brushes. The distance between the brushes is not much less than the diameter of the commutator and the brushes are on quite short arms which will not be very springy. All in all I would suggest that the brush pressure is too low which is giving poor contact between the commutator and brushes. This will cause arcing and wear to the parts and heat. I would suggest trying to bend the brush arms a little to increase the brush pressure. Brian

404 page not found. Try https://www.bosch-do-it.com/gb/en/diy/tools/multifunction-tools-199915.jsp Brian

Where Windows updates are concerned I generally find the advice of Woody Leonhard to be useful and well considered. Here's his take on the latest developments https://www.computerworld.com/article/3245788/microsoft-windows/windows-meltdown-and-spectre-keep-calm-and-carry-on.html Brian

AMD's response to the problem https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/speculative-execution Brian

AMD and possibly ARM are involved because the patch MS has produced for Windows does not differentiate which make of processor is being used. The patch will slow up the processor and AMD will add their own patch to disable the relevent part of the MS patch which is not needed. Brian

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Similar to the OP, myself and my daughter have separate EBay accounts, she's on Facebook, I'm not. I use Firefox, she's on Chrome. Both on Windows 7. Earlier today I clicked on a link in the EBay Madness topic. This evening on my daughter's Facebook feed she had a photo/message from EBay saying "Inspired ? Take another look". The item being that which I had viewed. Again yesterday I visited for the first time a site called Firebox to look at an item my daughter had suggested as a present. Within half an hour she had the item come up on her Facebook feed. Now, earlier replies inferred that this can happen with a shared IP address, however my daughter moved from home down to London a few weeks ago, so that connection has been severed. Thoughts anyone. Brian

Here's the Intel page about the problem. https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000025619/software.html There are links to the various suppliers, if you built the PC yourself then you should follow the link to the motherboard supplier. Brian

I was looking at AA battery life a few months ago for a project my daughter was doing, she needed to run some white LEDs off just two AA cells. I found this site which gives the discharge characteristics for variou types and makes of AA cell. http://www.batteryshowdown.com/index.html There are comments about Duracell batteries, the Poundland ones are Duracell, but have a reduced capacity. She ended up having to use the expensive Energizer Lithium cells because of their flatter discharge characteristics. Brian

The plastic bag appears to contain slotted grub screws, from the description M1.4 x 1.2 The other item looks like a 6 pole plug and socket. Should pull apart. Brian

The Flam Railway in winter, almost scary in places Brian

There's also the website that covers them both, which you are redirected to if you try to access the old LM one https://www.wmtrains.co.uk/ Brian

National Express run both 3 and 5 car Talent 2 Class 442 EMU's https://nationalexpress.de/fahrzeuge Available in model form from Piko http://www.piko-shop.de/index.php?vw_type=artikel&vw_id=22268 Brian

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They are for Postal use, built in 2 batches Post m 5081 00-30300 to 319 built in 1981/1983 and Post m 5081 00-33320 to 329 built 1987 onwards Brian