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by the lewisman
Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:44 pm
Forum: OO 4mm/ft, EM & S4/P4
Topic: Found damaged kit
Replies: 2
Views: 3601

Found damaged kit

Good evening all, Here is a question for EM modelers I have found a box of stuff in the back of a cupboard and in the box is a white metal LMS tank loco with what looks like a Triang/ early Hornby chassis with a 0x4 motor and a brass overlay scale side frame conversion possibly supplied by the EM ga...
by the lewisman
Mon Sep 16, 2019 5:25 pm
Forum: Modelling Techniques - Show & Tell
Topic: Old and Very old rolling stock
Replies: 5
Views: 4220

Re: Old and Very old rolling stock

Good Afternoon all,
The Stock I queried is about the time Airfix and Mainline were launched. The bulk of what is in the box is freight stock and my current layout is using Peco code 100 track

Regards
Alan The Lewisman
by the lewisman
Sun Sep 15, 2019 8:23 pm
Forum: Modelling Techniques - Show & Tell
Topic: Old and Very old rolling stock
Replies: 5
Views: 4220

Old and Very old rolling stock

Good evening all, Not sure where to put this topic so please bear with me. My son has just returned a box of elderly rolling stock and life being to short to spend the rest of it cleaning wheels etc. I was wondering if anyone has a tip to clean wheels other than replacing with new ones. Body work cl...
by the lewisman
Sun Jan 06, 2019 5:50 pm
Forum: The Mess Room
Topic: What Got You Into Railway Modelling?
Replies: 28
Views: 16524

Re: What Got You Into Railway Modelling?

I got into modelling railways because my 4 year old son caught measles while on holiday in 1975. My wife went shopping in Bournemouth. She returned with a clockwork Triang train set which she bought in a sale which we set up on the promenade and off we went first one way then the other. I still have...