Model Railway Forum

All the new fencing is in place.

I had some figures in stock from their Patreon scheme that were suitable. Yes they do a few bespoke crews, some even come precoloured (not painted) produced by a 3D process called sintering - it uses powder rather than resin.

There are quite a few photos online that appear to have been taken in the 60's showing yellow axle boxes.

I temporarily evicted the family of penguins that found the temperature in the shed to their liking to have a fiddle with a troublesome loco. I bought a secondhand Royal Scot earlier in the year but last week it wouldn't run more than a couple of inches before the valvegear started binding. I found ...

An unintended purchase (damn you Hornby with your special offers!😉) Thompson L1 in BR black. It's been sitting on the bench for a few days due to a rather nasty bout of flu which seems to have triggered more than the usual level of aches and pains. I've always liked the big tank engines and this one...

One feature of the Hornby HMDCC system is the ability to load photos of your own locos into the app to aid loco selection and control. Many will just snap a loco on the layout, but I find those images a bit cluttered for use in an index. Instead, I prefer a plain background so I've built a light sta...

A day out the other day for the memsahib's birthday included a quick visit to Hornby after her birthday lunch. The result was the addition of another BR standard, 6MT Clan Macdonald. I found it on the bargain shelf, so I fully expected to find some issues. Not disappointed as it had clearly been dro...

I didn't drain either the Black 5 or FS from a couple of weeks ago. FS steamed well as soon as it connected. Can't say the same for the Black 5.
I'm hoping to get some feedback from our test group or it will be going back to Margate for investigation.

Time for a moan. I'm building a camera wagon for a driver's eye view. Had some issues with the first mini camera ordered as the Chinese manufacturer failed to disclose the requirement to sign up to a monthly subscription to make it work! Still arguing the toss with PayPal for that refund. Sourced an...

Walkingthedog wrote: ↑Sun Mar 02, 2025 4:33 pm A true bargain and a sausage roll, what more could you want.

Two sausage rolls.