steveb860

Well, with the amount of problems you have had, it would seem your control system and Dapol loco's are not liking each other. Personally I would have stopped using Dapol loco's with my system after 2 or 3 failures, and had my controller & power supply checked out, if it had happened to me. Nobody else is reporting a similar amount of failures. My 3 Dapol loco's are fine using a Bachmann Dynamis.

I used to carve off the nose handrails and add ones fashioned from 0.45 ns wire. Made a huge improvement, easier to paint too.

Great tips Guys, but with two to do, I think I would rather preserve my sanity !

I picked up a Howes sound decoder for my disc headcode 22 today, It is fitted and currently idling in the background. What an absolute cracker. Also very impressed with the way this, and the Western have been designed to take a base enhanced speaker, which will improve the sound experience no end ( which i have on order too, but out of stock). The other manufacturers, especially Heljan, could learn a thing or two from these loco's when it comes to sound provision. Thanks Dapol Dave, keep them coming.

There are many threads & answers to this question, but I always use satin varnish.

I know it was mentioned way back, but what have people used to remove the black from the glazing ??

More progress, chimney stack made, final brick courses added. Today I started airbrushing base Precision brick red colour,and dark stone on doors, but no photo's taken yet.

Well I hope I am doing your kit justice, Brian. Really enjoyed the build so far.

Thanks everybody for your appreciation. Bit more progress made.Chimney and awning made. Just roof tiles and guttering / drain pipes left. House to myself next week, so out with my airbrush to get it and other painting jobs finished. When you coming around Matt ?? More photo's tomorrow

Bit more progress, with office, roof trusses, windows and lintels fitted, and various detailing brick courses added. Doors made up with fine laser cut hinges.

Yep, this particular listing often appears in this thread. He has not a chance in hell in realising that price, but as long as there are free listing weekends, he will keep trying.

Yes, they are pricey,and you can get a loco for the price, but you get what you pay for here, and for someone like me who isn't great at structure modelling, they are fantastic and a worthwhile investment, and will do justice to my late fathers' boards.

Luckily for me being in Cheltenham, Broadway is just a short drive away, and the shed still exists, all be it in a caravan park. So yesterday I popped over to take some pictures.I only managed to photo it from 3 sides so another trip out is required. And of course a stop on the way back at Toddington, where I took lots of detail shots of this little beauty

Haven't seen much on here about Timbertracks laser cut kits, so thought I would document my build. I purchased this kit at Bristol show at a bargain price. Building laser cut wooden kits is a new one for me, so I have delved somewhat into the unknown. First thing to do is check the contents. My kit unfortunately had two sets of sides with the windows. A quick phone call and a chat with Brian saw the missing side pieces in the post two days later. The kit features exquisit parts, windows, doors made up of several parts, lintels and many fine strips of brickwork. Hard to believe its all from wood. Construction under way. I assembled one side and end, then added interior floor, with some reinforcement from timber quadrant added underneath. Glue used is an aliphatic wood glue for speedier drying. The interior walls were sprayed with Tamiya white then added the other side and end. A little interior detail added in the shape of packing cases and a few barrels, as that is what I had knocking about. I suppose there should be a desk and other office furniture in there somewhere. Other items can be added as & when i get them. Thinking about doing the roof so it lifts off, so I can add some flickering tea light lighting.

Still out there to buy. Cheltenham model centre has them on their website

wow, cashing in on the Western popularity, or price error? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Modern-Locomotives-Illustrated-No-200-The-Westerns-/151038269710?pt=UK_Magazines&hash=item232a95190e

Pair of brake rigging ordered. Also treated myself to a pair of headcode glazing units, so I can have a play and have different headcodes to swap over. Just need Precision labels to do the loco numbers for them

Thank you Superwhizzo man, you saved the day And welcome to the forum

Darn it, a length of brake rigging missing. I know it was posted on here but can't find it, so how do we go about obtaining spares again ?

Just got in from CMC clutching my new Dapol box. Happy bunny now

For anyone awating Blue ones from Cheltenham model centre, they are expecting them Thursday. They received more green ones today!!!!!

fingers crossed CMC get stock tomorrow, they must be getting annoyed at me constantly popping in to see if they are in