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This pile of junk is back on again, the original winner must have sensibly returned the item to the seller.
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I've noticed a lot of 'Used but not tested' in the descriptions these days which I think is a euphemism for the seller is a mechanical incompetent or a lazy dumbf**k. This caught my eye recently which is probably rare but in my opinion a rare piece of junk, I thought maybe I could change the mickey ...

Hi thanks, yes I print the decals myself, I use an alps printer that will print white,silver,gold and all the normal colours.
John

I've manged to acquire a Swanswood kit of the E wagon and made it this weekend, I had the Wrightscale bogies already and produced my own decals using three different fonts in Coreldraw to create an accurate text. It's a very good kit but has a couple of odd features i.e the whole lower and end secti...

What interests me is the availability of the L and B in 009 and now WD locos like the Badwin 4-6-0 and 2-6-2 ready to run! Its just about 4 decades too late for me having moved on to 16mm years ago. Having said that the 009 prices are pretty hefty but probably reflects the microscopic Narrow Gauge m...

New Build Archangel Vale of Rheidol 2-6-2 Loco with Newly built but 40 year old Archangel Kit of Vale of Rheidol 'short' Coach. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4294/35760142830_f7df57c6c9_k.jpg Archangel Models Vale of Rheidol Train by uniquenarrowgauge , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535...

Archangel Coal Fired Jack https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4721/27884093479_a6fbd4c0a4_k.jpg Archangel Coal Fired Jack by uniquenarrowgauge , on Flickr https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4673/39632155382_4c86ca8027_k.jpg Archangel Coal fired Jack by uniquenarrowgauge , on Flickr https://farm5.staticflickr...

I'm doing some repairs to my Archangel coal fired 'Jack' to get it to run more sweetly and inadvertently damaged a set of wheels getting them off the axle, So I ordered a set of near replacements from Walsall Model Industries and have just received them and what a nice job they are too! These Wheels...

Shame it was such a dull loco I would have chosen something more interesting.

OK I'm answering my own question here but It may be useful for future reference:_

http://www.markwoodwheels.co.uk/wheels/formtools.htm

The tool 'Gauge 1 Standard' is the right one.

John

OK thanks guys, I hadn't thought of that I think. I'll get some wagon wheel rims of the correct diameter and cnc machine some centres and shrink the tyres on.
John

Hi has anyone come across a pre-made Lathe form tool for turning wheel profiles? I presume ours would need to be coarse scale gauge 'O' I've looked online and in my catalogues but nothing comes up.
Thanks in advance.
John

For me the real issue is this:- How many railway modellers are in your town/village? How many of those into narrow gauge and then how many of those into railways in the garden, then out of those who are interested in your particular slant of the thing your selling? It just gets smaller and smaller. ...

I only wish if that somebody did a cheap loco that the chassis had the cylinders and wheel arrangement that could be made into a scale loco. Too many of these freelance locos have god awful driving wheels and too long a wheelbase that is no good for a lot of real engines, so that's why I never buy ...

I only wish if that somebody did a cheap loco that the chassis had the cylinders and wheel arrangement that could be made into a scale loco. Too many of these freelance locos have god awful driving wheels and too long a wheelbase that is no good for a lot of real engines, so that's why I never buy t...

I get a bit confused - many people say they can't afford the current crop of locomotives, yet there is very little interest in a simpler, more affordable loco. Is it a case of it has to be a scale loco or not at all? Personally I just like running live steam engines and am less concerned whether it...

Those that moan about prices should have a go and build one! I bet the silence afterwards would be deafening! There aren't many purchases you can make these days that hold their value.They're technically more interesting too with side tanks that hold water and onboard hand and crosshead feed pumps. ...

Just noticed Stewart has a new revamped website with some nice pictures of his new builds, including my Kerr Stuart 'Skylark', the latest Talyllyn locos look nice.

https://www.archangellocoworks.com/loco-builds-gallery

Am I missing something here? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/263309726511 Rik Yes what you're missing is the highly dubious aspect of 'shipping from UK' but location is USA! How they get away with that is beyond me I've always found ebay quite draconian and never miss a trick, perhaps they only pick on ...

This one amused me, I've been watching it and it has been a shade under 2K for months then it suddenly went up £500!? A week later I got a message from ebay saying 'the item your'e watching has been reduced by £500! had a look and it was back down to just under 2K again. Nice try sunshine but nobody...