Hi Guys Just put two new pics in my Kev's West Coast file of building the foundations for the Roa bins . Cleaned up my work bench two weeks ago and have only...
While in Australia I got hooked on Hom which is metre gauge and is also the same gauge exactly as TT, as I have run my Bemo Swiss equipment on it without...
Hi Graeme, ... Most Peco stockists I've contacted here don't want to know about the HOm products, as the market here is currently pretty small. However, The...
Quite simply its the same for all unestablished scales & prototypes, Until somebody comes along with the interest, time, money & a little bit of skill...
HO12 (read HOn3.5, HOn3˝, HOm, NZ87, HOn42, etc…….. whichever you feel happy with) Hi guys, while not trying to stir up a controversy there is more and ...
Thats nice work there Kevin. Are they made from strip or routed out of mdf? Also you will have to enlighten a dumb Aussie; what are roa bins? regards Bob...
-Thanks guiys As i had a large supply of Peco fine scale i have used them but re spaced the sleeper under the point blades . I don't use point motors but run a...
This evening I got the wee Baldwin to the stage where I could put it on the track & see what happened when I fed it power. And it actually worked! Very quiet...
Hi Lindsay, Have not been to the site for a week so have just picked up on your condition. Sorry to read but I join with the others in wishing you a speedy...
Great slideshow Grant. You do make time to sleep & eat? It is also nice to see a tidy pic, even if not completely finished. You are "living the dream". ...
Hi Athol, Eat yes, sleep hmm try.... An hour or so each day/night is my aim but not always acheived. Latest venture is finishing off my road crossing...
Hi Grant, I am very impressed with your scenery. It is as good as I have seen. That should be a fun railway to operate when you are finished. Have you, or are...
Hi Bob, Thanks - the layout is already a joy to run/operate. I have sound already in my De loco, a sound decoder for my Da (yet to be built) which will head my...
Glad to hear you are enjoying the layout already Grant. I couldn't agree more on having the sound down low. I was of two minds after installing sound as it...
I recently attended a rail expo with my display, the layout beside me was sound and smoke - it wasn't nice, the smoke was quite pugnet and after awhile became...
- Hi Bob what part of New South are you from ? Kevin -- In nz_railchat@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Comerford" <bobcom52@...> ... that ... could ... the ... ...
Glen Innes (Up near the Qld Border),Kevin. Grant, while I too find a lot of smoke fluids quite irritating, the one he uses has no effect on me. In fact at our...
--Bob if you ever come down to see us Mexicans give me a call and see if wwe can't get together for a chat . I agree with you on the smoke fluids just some...
I was across in Brisbane last week and picked up a VB, VC and a Walkinshaw VL for A$19 ea. The VC I picked up was the SL/E and I must say having had a closer...
-looking forward to that Bob. I can show you around Puffing billy work shops and a few of the local layout . I live about 1 hr north west of Bendigo but go...
... wrote: My layout like it's room - smoke free except when I burn my fingers with the soldering iron. LOL! And then I bet the sound is turned on too, at max...
Have just added a couple of pics of the off set crossing unit onto my layout. Very pleased with the setup and works perfectly. Living the dream. Grant...
-Mark going by the information sheet i have it was pre 1913: 11 ft and after 1913: 12 ft Hope this helps Kevin -- In nz_railchat@yahoogroups.com, "Mark...
I made a single brass acetylene headlamp for the 2-8-0, and it looked O.K., but took ages to get the shape where I was happy with it, so I decided to have a go...
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