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Hi all, I've finally pulled finger and started to build a layout. The first pic I've put up (in the folder Lewis Holden's Stuff) is of a module I knocked up...
--Great keep the pics coming as it is good to see how you are going about building it, much better than just seeing the finished layout . Do you have a plan...
Lewis, Back to reality from the holiday madness, have the water vat in the mail on Monday will add a few other stuff with it to aid you, any help needed let me...
Hi all, Does anyone have photo's of Dargaville station building they can share? i am looking for some to use as a reference for a model I am building. The era...
Tracks in the North? never heard of that one. ... From: Kevin Zanders To: nz_railchat@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 7:46 PM Subject:...
Good to see you using camping mat, Lewis. Any problems, just ask. By the way, could you try to reduce the size of your pictures, somewhere around 100-150kb...
"Tracks In the North" by Hansen and Neill ISBN 0-473-01614-1,1992, is an excellent book for Railways in the north of Auckland, sometimes available from Graeme...
I am looking for plans and/or photographs of the NZR pneumatic coaling crane. I have checked my Guild Journal Index, but have had no joy. Any assistance would...
Thanks Grant. Sorry I couldn't organise anyone to pick it up. I've uploaded the track plan for this module in the files section. The design was drawn with...
... Thanks. Stole the idea from you :-) The mat on the board at the moment still needs to be cut down to size, once I've got the NZR sleepers from Online. ... ...
Hey All. I have been off work for the last few weeks with a fracture to my right fibula. Great to get some modelling done, not so great being on crutches on...
Email me off group if you like ... From: Michael Harrison To: nz_railchat@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 9:28 PM Subject: [nz_railchat] Track...
Many thanks to all who have provided information on source of plans and who have provided photos. It is greatly appreciated. I assembled the OnLine Coaling...
Hi all, I've uploaded two new pics into my folder - the first is a re-jig I did of the track layout, the second is the module thus far. I've laid down the...
How do people stick the track to the foam? Glue or track pins? ... From: Lewis Holden To: nz_railchat@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 8:41 PM...
Hi Craig, I use both and in some place the hot glue gun method to fill those deep areas or one banking curves or where there may be a dip in the track after...
Personally I would not recommend double-sided tape on account of a tendency for the adhesive to dry out over time. Ordinary PVA is fine, both to stick the foam...
... the track then place the weights on that you will get a much more even pressure while the glue sets Kevin ... tendency ... track to ... about 25mm ... ...
Not necessary, Kevin, and unless you get perfectly straight timber (is there any such thing?) you do not get even pressure. The foam is easily resilient enough...
I would certainly concer with Peter about using white PVA glue to stick both trackbed and then track down on top of the foam base. I would not recommend the...
"Stann Dingby" has completed the project to restore the Glenorchy Models website, after a hiatus of two + years - for NZ modellers with a hankering for 9mm...
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