Are there any accessible on line photos of the station or yard area of the Kotanga layout? (Was it Wayne Haste's layout? I'm not sure now.) I recall seeing...
Nelson Certainly not Wayne Haste’s. Peter Hodge and Kerry Willard’s efforts. I will be seeing Kerry next week and could get the info for you if you wish. ...
Hi Russell, I hope you're not seeing Hodgy next week, as I was looking forward to having a beer and a laugh with you at Black Creek! Phil Nelson Certainly not...
Dunno about that Phil, But I sometimes feel the old bugger is watching over me as a model! But then I have a couple of scotches and he turns into Crossy! So,...
Guys I'm just back from Mitre 10 where I saw what may be a bargain, a butane torch for $20. It looks the same as the one I bought for $60 and if it works the...
You might have to look to your workbench for that one Daryl! I would think that plans are available from the Guild, and there must still be a few in existence...
Patience, there is one on the way I believe Message: 1 Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 22:24:21 -0000 From: "Daryl Roe" <daryl_roe@...> Subject: Stock yard Hi...
Daryl, I believe the Stock Yard Kit is being put together by Neville Connew in Auckland. See the advert for the Littlewood Signal Box in the latest Journal. It...
Littlewood stockyard kits in 1/64 th scale are packed and sitting on the bench.The instructions however are a little way off. Neville........ [Non-text...
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Subject: Khandallah: Re Rails in the Hinterland Some of you may have noticed the considerable "weathering"on everything in Euan's picture of Khandallah on...
Folks we have now got our Loksound V3, 4 channel sound decoder information/pricing up on the website. Click the blue "Loco kits & Sound" tab on the homepage. ...
taa muchly - when is Al coming over? Graham Dredge has converted whistles to wav files rgds Ag [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Well folks after a visit by Graham Dredge last night we now have a streamlined J running around with 2 NZR whistles in it - AWESOME !!!! Regards and a big...
Good news, John. Have you considered marketing a CD of the wav sound files of NZR whistles? If the sounds are in the public domain and freely available I'd be...
No too bloody complicated! I'll probably download the sounds onto the decoders here when I get up to speed. Need another lifetime. Regards John [Non-text...
Hi Nelson You would not believe it, but there is a pommie company named Chris Gooch and Sons whose business is "Steam road locomotives chime whistles and ...
Hi all. Pity the best prog on Telly has concluded! Various shots of the remaining portion of the Steam era loco shed at Whangarei, which brings me to my...
Gotta say I was never Marcus Lush's greatest fan, but also hafta say he did a pretty good job of that series and managed to keep it interesting. Had to cringe...
Fraid I switched off after the 2nd episode. Too much inane non rail crap for me. Guess the title was right. Did I miss anything? John [Non-text portions of...
Did I miss anything? John A series that was spell binding at times and always totally positive towards NZ and the railways. Sure it wasn't a 'trainees' delight...
I think Marcus showed a passion for railways in general but at times I thought some of his terminoligy of various railway subjects was rather week. However, I...
Yeah you're right Phil. I retired to the train room after seeing that Gallah with the collection of Swan-Drys, and then some other geezer with cups and ...
... Amen to that. It took a couple of weeks to relax and enjoy the series for what it was and not to concentrate on mistakes and lost opportunities. A good...