Model Railway Forum

One of the issues is that each modeller has their own idea of the correct top speed. Go to any exhibition and you'll see some layouts which have locos whizzing about at double or more their prototype's top speed, and also models showing mainline operations running at little more than scale walking p...

Obviously don't act on my advice without expert verification, but.... I have a friend who has an implanted defibrillator. He was advised to avoid carrying his mobile phone in his left side jacket or shirt pocket and to avoid proximity to transformers as used to step down national grid voltage to dom...

If you google maps the address it's a private home. No sign of a business in street view.

https://www.dapol.co.uk/Power-Rationing-In-China Good on them for letting people know. I wonder what the excuse was for the previous years? I've given up pre-ordering from them. This after the inordinate wait for the N gauge NHS/Tom MOORE 66 I'm enduring now. Farish had one out months ago and I rea...

Steve M wrote: ↑Thu Jul 30, 2020 8:45 pm

brian1951 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 30, 2020 12:32 pm Dont worry chaps i will Will i ever return is the question ?

I don’t think you will be allowed back.

The petition to keep him out is up to 2437 as I write.

Oh dearie me! Having seen the problem played out in N, pre-Covid, with Hattons no longer stocking Graham Farish, now Hornby are doing the same in OO. The MANUFACTURERS are obviously properly scared by 'Outlets' manufacturing, if by manufacturing you mean commissioning models from the same factory t...

Hi Puddles - make sure the new house has a "model railway room" :lol: There are so many deals on new cars - my son has a new John Cooper Works Mini Cooper S - he just pays "x" a month and after five years he can hand it back and start again. If you didn't know you would assume h...

Oh dearie me! Having seen the problem played out in N, pre-Covid, with Hattons no longer stocking Graham Farish, now Hornby are doing the same in OO. The MANUFACTURERS are obviously properly scared by 'Outlets' manufacturing, if by manufacturing you mean commissioning models from the same factory th...

The issue has got worse in recent years mainly due to the appearance of Voice over IP services. a few companies in the market simply sell lines and numbers to anyone who'll pay. For some reason, Ofcom hasn't regulated who can issue UK numbers very well, and these shady companies are not checking wh...

Forward emails to... report@phishing.gov.uk

They seem to be closing down sites and email accounts that these scum use.