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I've read about a few issues in regard to the foam, and I have had items of my own damaged by bubble rap in the past unfortunately. something I am looking into is buying a bulk pack of acid free tissue paper used in museum item conservation to line any foam trays that the stock goes into. this should then alleviate any contamination issues. it should also make it less likely or any detail to catch in the foam. the items could go into storage for a while until i can hopefully have a place with enough space to rebuild the layout again. David

I am looking for a supplier of foam inserts suitable for 00 gauge stock. I'm hoping to find somewhere that is reasonably priced, and buyable in bulk. I have inherited a large collection that has been amassed over the last 50 years, and as such many of the older items no longer have boxes as they have spent their life on a large layout, but this is going to have to be dismantled unfortunately. Stock Numbers: locos 100+ coaches 100+ wagons 200-300 Do people have any recommendations, including places I could bulk buy suitable foam. Thank you David

I'm looking at replacing my current Metcalfe signal box with something with a bit more detail. I'm trying to source kits in n gauge that would be suitable for the eastern region, and i am struggling to find anything suitable. Does anyone know of anything? I'm happy to kit bash to make something of an appropriate size. Thanks David

Thankyou everyone for the suggestions and the link to the images. i think i will look into the 21T wagons, but as suggested by Caledonian ill stick to grey with liberal rust, get my weathering skills going again. Just one final question, would the NCB have used Brake Vans, and if so what style would they have used?

I have a 1960's NE NCB shunter on order from the n gauge society, and am looking into some suitable wagons to run with it. Would the Dapol 21T hopper wagons repainted into the red oxide be suitable? Thanks David

Hi All I recently brought a second hand chassis off eBay as a non runner to use for a kit build project. unfortunate the wheels and rods have been split repeatedly by the previous owner and the rods damaged to such a point that i cant get the chassis to run properly (front wheels have a tendency not to go in same direction as driven set.) i am finding it very difficult to obtain spares for this model, would anyone be able to help. Thank you David

Glad you got it sorted, they do some weird and wonderful things sometimes. David

Hi Adrian you may have to clear it on the programming track, as above my chips would not react on the running lines for some reason, and then only by performing a hard reset. David

Hi Steven Thanks for the suggestion of the BEMF turn off, i will give this a go and see how it affects it. the loco i tried it on was an old style farish china Jinty, so a similar age of model. David

Hi All I have an old style Farish Split Chassis Deltic that i have just converted to DCC. the motor barely runs forward and wont run in reverse at all, just had a new motor as old one has been playing up. motor runs when disconnected from chassis and on analogue. Chip connected to another loco whilst still picking up from the Deltic chassis sat on a rolling road, works fine. both bogies appear to roll freely. The chip is a Zimo 616 decoder. has anyone experienced this before, and if so how did you fix it. David

Thankyou I have used this before but couldn't find it this time, ill have another go using this tutorial. David

Hi All Does anyone have any experience with tuning a Dapol N gauge terrier fitted with a DCX76 Chip, im really struggling with this one to find a set of numbers on CV's 9,51, & 52 that will allow it to run nice and smoothly. i occasionally get close & then it goes completely the other way again. I currently have: CV9 155 CV52 40 CV51 80 This gives ok running but not great, these are the only ones i have changed. Thanks David

Thankyou for the information, ill take a look to see if there's anything on there that could help with scaling one down David

Just thought id re bump this to have another attempt at sourcing information. Thanks David

Hi Im looking at modelling a cenotaph coal tower based on the one at Peterborough New England Shed, or similar ones. im struggling to find details with dimensions and sizes that i can use to reproduce one in N gauge, and i dont believe there are any kits or models available (other than the Farish which isn't really correct, as well as being horrifically expensive). If anyone has any information, or knows where i can find some it would be a great help. Thanks David

I have tried resetting the cv 19 value to zero on the programming track rather than the main running line, and this appears to have worked. Thankyou

The decoders in both locos are CT Elektronik' dcx76. the consist as far as im aware is advanced consist, it is the standard in built consist program set on the Gaugemaster prodigy controllers. David

I have a Gaugemaster Prodigy Express unit and have been having a quick experiment with consists. I have used them a couple of times before with no problem, but now have 2 locos stuck in a consist which refuses to clear. I have tried setting CV19 to 0 which i have read elsewhere should clear the consist, but does not work either. has anyone had this before and found a solution to the problem as i am getting highly frustrated with it. Thanks David

Hi Thankyou for responding, i have considered these but they seem relatively hard to come by recently second hand at a reasonable price, unfortunately i haven't had much time in the last week or so to investigate further due to being very busy at work. Regards David

that is the one, it was brought more because i liked the idea of having something unusual than anything else, and i guess the overscale problem was due to it being designed for the lima chassis, and even then this is too big, as you can see in the picture it sits a long way above the rails. David

Hi Thankyou for your responses, the dimensions of the interior of the body are 35mm in length, 15mm in width, and 25mm in height, those small japanese chassis look like they could be a good idea to look into, i have also been looking at the possibility of whether some of katos four wheel chassis they sell will fit with some modification by the way of cutting down the plastic frames they have. In regards to the model of the tram, i have been unsure which it is supposed to represent as it seems to show traces of both versions in the design of the side skirts, and i have misplaced the original kit box that would tell me unfortunately. i am going to have a more in depth look at all the options and the cost and ease of fitting of each. if anyone knows of anything else that may be suitable i would be more than happy to know. Regards David

Hi thank-you for your response, i will look up the chassis you have suggested, the 6 wheel chassis is due to it being the only thing at the time that i could find to power the tram that would fit, and unfortunately if i take the centre axle out all the drive gears will fall out too, limas bogies were just as poorly designed in N as in 00 unfortunately. Regards David

A picture of the offending article if it helps at all Reagards David

Hi I built what i think is a GEM or Fleetline N gauge white metal Y6 tram kit a few years ago and have been running it in an ancient Lima diesel loco power bogie. I have never been happy with how this chassis has run and was wandering if anyone has any experience with motorising this kit and can recommend a suitable replacement chassis. Regards David