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jim s-w

Today, 19:52 I dunno Rod

 

Seems a perfectly sensible thing to do to me!

Phew, that's a relief Jim! So we're not bonkers after all!

Brilliant stuff Pete, I've only just come across this. You've captured the essence of the 2BIL very well indeed. Most of the Kirk offerings that I've seen all seem to be a little wrong/heavy around the roof area. Could never really decide what was wrong!

What parts have you used from NNK? I was lucky to get the very last kit from Branchlines, so I'll be following this with great interest.

That's a lot of weight in the last photo !

Indeed it is Andrew! Believe it or not it was neccessary to keep the 'lower' rail well down until the PVA took! The inner side had a strong tendency to lift when the track is laid onto the s/elevation. Nonetheless it all worked out well in the end! I think that it's proved that the extra effort of fitting the s/e was well worth it.

The colour is much more red-oxide than the 'fuschia pink' in the pics. My camera is not very good on some colours! It looks a lot less 'red' in the flesh!

Love the TTU! What an inspired and useful idea!

That frame looks pretty good. Is it a J S-W etch? I'm intreagued about the Shawplan 'laser cut glazing'. Tell me more!

Hi what is the BIG swiss FO stuff?

 

tom.

Hi Tom!

It's a mixture of Swiss made FAMA and Austrian made Roco Alpinline in 0m. Metre gauge in a scale of 1:43. This stuff has a long and tortuous history, starting off as FAMA in the early 70s, then it became UTZ and then Golden Trains, and finally it was bought out by Roco in the 90s, but they discontinued it after a few years. It's now available from another Swiss company (still called Alpinline, I think), but at a horrendous price! It became two to three times more expensive. What you see will be some of the stock for a new layout, featuring rack track etc;.