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A lot of the thin stuff from pound shops is, as you say, neither super nor glue .... I remember when SG first appeared. Early 1970s, I think. It was great. It would stick anything to anything and let off smoke as it dried. When I worked in London we glued a 50p coin to the pavement outside the offi...

ge_rik wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 10:15 pm

TonyW wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 7:04 pm

ge_rik wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 3:41 pm... superglues ...

No such thing.

Neither super, or glue.

ge_rik wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 3:41 pm... superglues ...

No such thing.

GTB wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 1:01 pmNote, if looking for this, Sellotape label it as 'Sellotape Hooks & Loops' here in Oz. I'd assume it would be the same in the UK.

Ah yes, "Sellotape Sticky Hook & Loop Strips" here.

I had the same problem and gave up with sticky pads years ago. I now use Sellotape brand velcro. Works well, and it pulls apart and sticks back together!

Why don't companies make 3 rail more common... A Peco G45 point costs about £65. Adding the third rail would add to that cost, so they would probably be nudging £100 each. Also, instead of having only two options (left and right) there would have to be four: Left-hand third rail on left, left-hand ...

georgesheppard wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 3:38 pm... I think the colour match is looking pretty good!

So do I.

The full-size loco wears BR Loco Green (dark) and Sherwood Green (light).

Not New Zealand but near Bill in the Powder River Basic in Wymoing, USA (between Douglas and Gilette) my wife and I were enjoying (well, I was) a warm (30degsC) and sunny June afternoon photographing the many 15,000 ton coal trains. Heading back to our hotel I mentioned "It looks a bit black ov...

And then there was this:

The doors lift off their hinges and can easily be swapped around. Quite why somebody thought the fuel tank needed a vented door is a mystery to me.

georgesheppard wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 3:12 pmI've now fitted the side panels to the locomotive.

Something odd with those doors. The two with vents at the right hand end should be in positions 5 and 6, not 5 and 7.

The little vent on door 4 is for the exhaust from the cab heater.

The two sides are not mirror images of each other.

I absolutely agree with everything Tingewickmax wrote. Mistakes and errors happen, and the measure of the supplier concerned is not that it happened but how they deal with it. I asked above if you had contacted Yatton to at least give them a chance to correct the problems before being rubbished publ...

What did Yatton Model Engineering say when you told them of these problems?

GTB wrote: ↑Wed Apr 28, 2021 10:07 amThe loco could have been steamed at this point, but I now wait until a model is painted before steaming it, as it it difficult to remove oil residues, especially steam oil, before painting.

That is the same way that I do it.

A lovely piece of work, well done.

philipy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 21, 2021 8:41 amWell, I think many, if not most, on here would suggest that you look seriously at the Deltang range....

Many, many locomotives have been across my workbench in the last 19 years, and I have yet to encounter my first Deltang installation.

A superb job, well done. It is always nice to see a loco that is no longer in shiny-shiny-shiny fresh from the box condition. And you painted the wheels! It baffles me as to why a huge proportion of model loco owners think their locos look great with unpainted shiny plated wheels. Try finding a full...

Norman H wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 8:45 pm That looks great Tony, What is it called?

A fixed blade point, I believe.

Norman H wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 8:45 pm ... so I can look to buy a couple online

Good luck with that.

Alternatively you could go for the no moving parts option...

The best way to create flangeway is to do it like The Real Thing with an extra pair of rails. Run a couple of lengths of string between them in the flangeway, and remove the string when the concrete has hardened.

Trevor Thompson wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 7:29 pmI agree with the comments about superglue - it ALWAYS lets go - sooner or later, probably at the most inconvenient moment.

Best thing to do is bear in mind it is neither super or glue, then you won't go far wrong.

It is now a shadow of the product it was when first launched about 50 years ago.