Andrew1974

I’ve not used them in 009 but in 00 they work well for me with loops on both ends of the wagons. I have omitted the loop from the loco in the past due to not being appropriate staff under the buffer beam for the counter balance and they have worked OK as well. I suspect they will work fine with a single loop of with two, depending on the exactness of the set up.

I bought part 9 from our local Tesco, so it does also appear elsewhere…although I accept it is probably very hit and miss

A bit late for my normal timeframe…but still very tempted

My experience is that whatever the cost of building projects 2 years ago, add 50% for a reasonable estimate of costs now.

As mentioned above the current curved set rack turnouts ST-245 and ST-244 have 2 second radius curves. Before releasing those points they used to do a version with 2 first radius curves (I think they were ST-242 and ST243), I have one of each in my spare track box and plan to use them at some point on a dock side layout. You sometime find these on eBay etc if you are looking for a tighter curve - same problems with the large dead frog though and the current version

As a long suffering Hull City fan I’d love to get 90 minutes of entertainment for my £20…but I do agree with your underlying point.

That’s the plan. Maybe a class 121/122 unit, an 08 dropping off/picking up a parcels van or something like that.

Ray, Thanks for your comment. You can actually fit 3 VEA vans (just) on the shorter siding, that only needs to take 2 wagons, so I’m hoping it will cope quite well with slightly longer vehicles although will be some that won’t work…but that’s OK with me.

Hi 101, That was my first thought, but if the look at the far varanda on the photo linked to on the OP then it looks ( to me at least) that in this instance the planks were removed. I might ‘cheat’ and pretend they weren’t…suspect it will make life easier!

Hi All, I’ve built a few wagon kits over the last 30 years but I’ve finally decided to build a small O gauge layout. I’ve built the baseboard which is the somewhat diminutive size of 5’6” x 2’. The plan is to have a 2-2-3 inglenook on a lower level with a single line on a higher level (which will be at the top of the picture) representing one platform at the edge of a larger station. Low level track laid, but not yet wired. I’ve also added an extra, off scene siding for storing a couple of extra wagons. In the picture below only the right hand end will be scenic with the sector plate off scene.

Thanks for the comments. My model no longer has them. I’ve also removed the small handrails next to the ducket and the roof rain strips so in can replace them with straight ones. I then need to change the planked ends with sheeted ends…but that is a bit more tricky!

Not sure, you can see in on some prototype photos and not others?

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Hi All, I’m planning on converting my Dapol brake van to a ZTO as shown in this picture on Paul Bartlett’s website (https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brbrakevan504/h1acd4589). The basic features seem OK, (it appears to have the right axle boxes for example) but the veranda ends on the prototype are sheeting rather than planked as on the model. Has anyone changed the model to a sheeted end and if so what method or approach can you recommend? Failing any better suggestions I think I will need to carefully drill/ cut out the planking as simply sheeting over will not look right on the highly visible internal side. Many thanks. Andrew

Hi All, I appreciate the BR ‘standard’ brake van was pretty much anything but, but I have a specific detail query I am hoping someone can help me with. I have an O gauge Dapol brake van and I am hoping to convert to a ZTO as shown on Paul Bartlett’s website (https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brbrakevan504/h1acd4589), the Dapol model has a small box to the left of the number which is not on the picture of that particular prototype. Does any one know what it is/ was for, or is it just a figment of Dapol’s imagination. Thanks