Ben Alder

Helmsdale's resident Caley 0-6-0 doing a bit of shunting.

Javis, a trade wholesaler, stock it so a model shop would be able to order it if necessary. Here is a pageshot of some of them -the catalogue is accessible to view on their page. Edit - the first one on the page is available on ebay, so entering the product code will take you to it.

Yes, Minitrix 66525. a shot of the packet - I have got mine from Gaugemaster direct; they don't always have them in stock though, and one as supplied on a Peco point. I shortened the ones for points by slipping them on to a sacrificial bit of rail, cut them with a Xuron and filed the end clean. Not as neat as the Peco ones, but not noticed on the layout until they are photographed...

I have used the Peco ones, with a bit of effort, but as my layout is in a loft and the track needs a degree of expansion space, I usually use Minitrix ones that are a bit longer and not so scale like but a lot easier to fit - I'll go up and take a shufti at them and check the reference number tomorrow.

Just reinstated the Dornoch station building photos from the post some time ago - see previous....... Here is one of them....

I've a far wider selection than that though Ernie has amassed a treasure trove of images that are a godsend to modellers interested in more than three quarter front shots of expresses.

PM me if you would like Dornoch photos.

I bought one of the Kernow releases and after intermittent performance removed the leading gear wheel which has improved matter no end.

Thanks, excellent news for a DC luddite like me who has resurrected his H&M 3000 and Walkabout......🙂

Has the mechanism ever been mentioned? I have skimmed through pages of livery discussions but don't seem to have seen any mention of the type of motor. Can someone advise whether it is a conventional one or coreless,please.

We present day detail modellers have so much to thank John Boyes for.......

I use single ended 3mm S&W's on my 00 layout and once the loop and couplings are painted black they are very unobtrusive, to the eye at least.. and have found the advantage of these couplings compared to others , having tried most of them over the years, is their relative simplicity and ease of tweaking to local conditions - usually a bend of either the loop or bar to do a slight adjustment. I also add a last magnetic 3 link chain to the dropper for remote uncoupling. Couple of pics showing them.

It isn't opening ATM on the link further up the page but I'm getting it by Googling the site. Here is another link that opened just now. https://www.popupdesigns.co.uk/product-category/railway-scale-models/

Didn't work for me this morning, so phoned Pop Up this afternoon. Andy said the site was down a few days ago for a while but apparently sorted now. He opened up both home and railway pages while on the phone with me to check all was OK. I have just tried opening it from the link above and in a fresh search, and both work, including the railway section. Using Firefox and DuckDuckgo. HTH.

Yes, and a far better journey experience. There were some on the HR main line in the eighties, and a delight to travel in compared to the SO's.