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First of all the solder may be an issue. The modern lead-free solder has a higher melting point and is harder to solder with. See if you can get some leaded 60/40 solder. A second hand Weller TCP iron would be a good choice as they are well made and last many years. They come with a mains power supp...

We have mostly Limes at the side of our road and I commented to my wife a few days ago that the leaves were coming down early this year. We haven't had a lot of rain so that might be a factor.

I am still using tools from my GPO Telephones apprenticeship all nearly 60 years old. I still have those too including the small leather tool wallet. It is 50 years since I started as an apprentice with them. It had changed to PO Telephones when I started. I like the look of that corrugating tool t...

Brian wrote: ↑Fri Jul 19, 2024 10:17 am As an electronic repair person you may be interested in joining MERG, where an extensive range of self-build electronic kits for the railway modeller are available https://www.merg.org.uk/

I did join MERG after your recommendation. Thanks again.

Welcome to the forum.

I've recently came back after a long hiatus too so you are not alone.

That's looking good.

Try here. I hope I haven't broke any forum rules by posting the link but I recently bought, as a customer, an O gauge rolling road off them. I found an 00 gauge one on Aliexpress but not 0 gauge but I still use an older H&M rolling road for 00 that I've had for around 40 years. The other choice ...

Brian wrote: ↑Fri Jul 19, 2024 10:17 am As an electronic repair person you may be interested in joining MERG, where an extensive range of self-build electronic kits for the railway modeller are available https://www.merg.org.uk/

Thanks for the link, that does look ideal for me and a good site to join.

Hello to you all. I've recently got back in to model railways after a long hiatus. I am approaching retirement so it feels about right. I've been repairing electronic items for many years as part of my work so the DCC aspect is right up my street. I used to use a H & M HM5000 controller which is...