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May I ask whether anyone reading this has any Bachmann S12 cabooses they would be prepared to sell. I have four and ideally need another two or even three. If anyone has one/two/three may I request that they send me a PM rather than add to this thread please. Thank you.

It's the critics choice today in The Metro

I was depressed/alarmed yesterday when I spent my whole day off working on the project - and compared it with how much I had achieved! One small job I worked on was wagon loads. Recently I bought three C64K gondola cars from a firm called China Garden. They came with wood loads ..... Now I was somewhat torn.............. I have quite a lot of empty C64k cars without loads already and so wanted to make use of these loads, but TBH they are a bit crude. An awful amount of work went into making them by hand - there are dozens of individually cut pieces of wood in each load all glued together and each piece is real wood and therefore unique. But in real life there are also verticals that hold everything together above the height of the car. So I sacrificed one load and 'picked off' some of the pieces in order to make two better ones. +- The trouble was that some of the logs are really very big - larger diameter than I wanted , so I had to pick off many pieces to get enough thin ones. I have cheated a bit as I only put uprights on one side as I don't think you notice there're not present on the non-viewing side. In fact the non-viewing side shows where I've robbed this one to provide uprights ...

I, and many others here might well agree with you, but we live in the place and the time that we do and unfortunately there's not much we can do about that.

We're on national television! Ok, only briefly! In the introduction to Channel 5's 'GREAT MODEL RAILWAY CHALLENGE' there are a selection of very short video clips of all kinds of model railways in a wide variety gauges/scales - and one of the clips is Addison Road taken at Alexandra Palace earlier this year. Like all the clips it's definitely a case of 'blink and you'll miss us!' but whatever - we're famous!

Have just watched it again - missed the first 3/4 minutes when it was live. Found it on Channel 5's catch-up site - under the heading 'POPULAR PROGRAMMES' which is, in my opinion, very encouraging! In fact enjoyed it even more second time around.

I don't disagree with you, but this is not the 1970's - things have moved on. If you want to attract new YOUNGER modellers you have to speak their language and adopt their norms - the GBO is a format they know and understand and so the programme makers are half-way there before they start.

I can't wait for the celebrity version .... Rod Stewart, Roger Daltry etc ....

I've been upgrading/repairing various stock. This is a Bachmann QJ fitted with the shortest Kadee NEM fitting coupling - sticks out - not acceptable Here it is fitted with a Bachmann cranked-up coupling - overscale - not acceptable Here it is after a bit of work - a standard non-NEM coupling fitted in its place ... neat !

Here's a photo of the station in our period ... the lights along the front need to be added to the model .................

Our next exhibition is Peterborough in December and there are plenty of little jobs to be done. The focus last week was the main station building seen here .... (copyright Tony Wright and BRM magazine) There are details yet to add!

That's quite a claim ! Did the judges know of this ?

I have absolutely no axe to grind here, but this is a major claim being made by Barry. It implies that the whole process is corrupt. It questions the honesty/integrity of the judges. I hope Barry has written proof of these claims. If he has he should publish it here.

May I defend the TV company here Nothing personal against Barrie or anyone 'defending' him - but like it or not ................. Whilst the production company may have selectively edited things, at the end of the day he did say those things. I feel that he had the right to think those thoughts and I probably agree with him - it's just you might not want to actually say them out loud - and to a journalist with a TV camera turned on. And if you do say them out loud you have to take the consequences. On the contrary, if I remember correctly, Barrie was shown warmly congratulating the winners and smiling broadly. Let me finish by making it clear that I was extremely impressed by the very advanced concepts of the Missenden layout and that in normal circumstances I would agree with Barrie. I think that the Missenden layout had what it takes to be the best layout, but only by ignoring the basic rules of the competition. In other words it became the best by, at the very least, bending the rules. I look forward to seeing the Missenden layout completed.

Good morning everyone. This is a bit off-topic so PLEASE don't reply to this request here on this thread as eventually I will delete this particular post - if you can help please send me a PM. Has anyone out there got a S12 caboose they would sell? I have four and I thought that would be enough but I've decided that ideally I need three more - please send me PM if you can help. Thanks

Thanks everyone!

Hello I must admit that I don't regularly shop at Lidl - there isn't one local to me (at the moment!) But I have one of their showcases on my wall - and I'd like more now. My understanding is that all Lidl items are 'limited availability for a couple of weeks' - they come, they go. But also that weeks/months/years later they return - again just for a few weeks I bought mine in 2016. Does anyone know if they are currently available? Might they return? I have looked at their website to no avail Thanks

I had a strange feeling that he modelled 3mm in Essex but I may be wrong , but definitely British.

An afternoon's work produced just one car .....

The depot is NOT finished, but I'm keen to start two new projects. I want more variety on the industrial line. I want to make a train like this .....

Starting today this thread has moved from the 7mm specialist scale section into the 'layout topics' section. This is to hopefully bring our layout to a new broader audience. This is partly because the group's membership is not entirely made up of 7mm modellers. This is a club project and several club members who model OO, N or even HO at home have been attracted to this layout within the club because they like the fit of the project. They like it because it is an accurate representation of a real place. They like it because it requires different skill sets and levels - even though it is a very high quality layout there are always jobs for the less-skilled, where the less experienced member can contribute They like it because there is a wide range of stock that can be run prototypically on the layout. They like it because it's a friendly welcoming group. Hopefully some more 'generic' modellers will find this project as interesting as we do!

Our next exhibition is Peterborough in December and the group are keen to build on the experience they gained at Aly Paly. So improvements have been made that should make operation a little simpler for the operators and more interesting for viewers. As a result the group are now having more regular running sessions to learn more on how to get the best out of these innovations. We don't just run GWR ....... Although this fiddle yard shot might give you that impression! Just to put the record straight ...... Lastly here is Pat .... he's not number-crunching (that's trainspotting in old speak) ............ he's checking on the new point rodding he's been fitting over the last few months ....

The C16 Bumblebee, the C&S 2-6-0 and the Custom Brass C21 have now all gone. That just leaves the upgraded, super detailed, DCC, Soundtraxxed Balboa C21. I don't have room to display this model any more and so I would like to sell it - no point in keeping a loco like that in a box 24/7. So I have reduced the BIN price to make it more attractive - but I'm still open to offers.

Nice work Al - glad you're keeping busy!

Am looking for the detail add-on pack for a Bachmann HO Chinese QJ 2-10-2 - in particular the brake rigging - can YOU help? Thanks Paul