Peter, does this mean that if using a rustmaster solution, that washing isnt s critical? Darryl- ... methods. ... $12 for ... with three ... fine as ... ...
I have been doing some experimenting with fluxes and so far have tried Duzall, Lactic Acid, Phosphoric Acid and Bakers Solderine Paste . The results to date...
Where does one look for phosphoric acid? Is it a hardware line? A chemists line? TIA Nelson (remembers when we used to use hydrochloric acid flux) Kennedy ...
Darryl wrote ... isn't as critical? No, Darryl, but it does mean that how thorough and effective the washing is is less critical. To take it to extremes, I've...
I got mine from a fellow modeller who has access to bulk chemicals, however I would go with Peter's source which is Rainex RustBuster (Correct me Peter if I am...
That's the trouble with digests, Nelson, especially when there is no meaningful subject line (yeah, I know, I forget, too). Taking your questions in reverse...
I've always used this variety. Bought the last lot about 6 months ago
from Shroffs in Hobson St Ak. They said it was readily available but had
been off the...
As far as I know, phosphoric acid is the active ingredient in Jenolite, is that right? What size bottle, concentration and price are we looking at? Peter ... ...
I use jenolite at about 4 to 1. Yes its main ly phosphoric acid. I
bought a litre, cant remember the price but it was cheap. I could never
use that much and...
Changing the subject completely............. Years ago we had a manufactures catalogue where each manufacture could buy pages to advertise all their NZR...
Alec, Does not the Guild already provide links to manufacturer's on line catalogues? I believe mine is to be found there - and at no cost. (It is also to be...
As a follow up Alec, I note the information is here: http://www.railmodel.org.nz/modelit.htm but one has to scroll down to find it. A separate page with a...
Nelson you may have your own site but that is your prerogative. For a varity of reasons not all manufactures have their own websites so how can the guild site...
Sorry Alec - my misunderstanding of what you were saying. When you were talking of manufacturers being able to update their data and so forth I rather assumed...
Hi. I'm relatively new to this list, but it seems the right place for this question. I'd like to know to what extent there are track/rail/layout standards ...
Not too wild at all Nelson. Us old buggars have it sorted mate. John woops nearly forgot : www.railmaster.co.nz [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Other than your final question, Alec, I totally agree. It sounds an excellent idea, I just don't have a clue how to set up a web site. I would love to see one...
Yes, overseas we can often find big dealers that list everything going, but we have no NZ equivalent. One site that had pretty well everything would be a great...
... If you had a will to create a site, Peter, I'm sure you would have no trouble. Your ISP (and presumably its new iteration) has had some very good tools...
on 4/2/05 1:03 AM, nz_railchat@yahoogroups.com at ... Yeah, well, I suppose a few years might qualify as a little while. I used to use Jenolite, but when it...
For those who haven't already heard, Ken Cassells died earlier this week. Ken was a founder member and first secretary/treasurer of the NZMRA. His funeral is...
Hi Richard, There is a modular group based in Christchurch and known as One Track Minds. It is based in Ch-Ch but has members in Invercargill and Kaikoura. The...
Hi Richard, We are currently in the final stages of thrashing out a set of comprehensive module specs for our little group, One Track Minds. We are a modular...
Hi Richard. Almost anything goes, it depends how fussy and detailed you plan to be. Just two comments. Don't make the radius of curves too small - S scale ...
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Re Manufacturers & product lists. This would great It seems hard to find out what is available and where to get it. I appreciate many of the manufacturers are...
Food for thought, Nelson, but the discussion was about a manufacturers website, which I support. As to a site of my own? Firstly I prefer at the moment to give...
Now theres a thought. I've actually been doing a lot of thinking at work (of all places) about resurrecting a manufacturers catalogue and how it would work. I...
Well, I have been building websites on and off for ages now. I have jetstream and dreamweaver (a very good web building program). I pay a small amount to have...