Tips & Tricks

155 topics in this forum

1. Cutting polystryene

   By Alan564017, November 23, 2016
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   • Broithe
   • November 23, 2016

2. belmont colour blue?

   By craven1508, October 20, 2016
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   • Horsetan
   • November 9, 2016

3. Coach Lighting for under 2 euro a coach

   By Northwest141, August 10, 2016
   • 10 replies
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   • Glenderg
   • October 9, 2016

4. Superglue and Baby Powder

   By snapper, June 7, 2016
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   • snapper
   • June 7, 2016

5. Loco builder box

   By Kirley, March 2, 2016
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   • GSR 800
   • March 30, 2016

6. New Antex Temp Adjustable Soldering Iron.

   By Georgeconna, February 25, 2016
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   • Junctionmad
   • February 25, 2016

7. Weathering with coloured pencils

   By Gene, November 11, 2015
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   • DiveController
   • November 11, 2015

8. Lenz silver decoders - shunting mode

   By Noel, September 26, 2015
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   • irishthump
   • September 26, 2015

9. 40 years on - corridor extensions using plastic and black tissue paper.

   By Noel, June 14, 2015
   • 5 replies
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   • Warbonnet
   • September 1, 2015

10. Hot Wire Foam Cutting By murrayec

    By murrayec, April 28, 2015
    • 14 replies
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    • murrayec
    • June 29, 2015

11. Fibre Optic Almost For Free

    By murrayec, March 13, 2015
    • 5 replies
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    • murrayec
    • June 29, 2015

12. Improving the looks for MM 141/181

    By Flying Scotsman 4472, July 3, 2012
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    • Jimbo325ci
    • June 12, 2015

13. Replacing a peco point spring

    By Kirley, April 26, 2015
    • 3 replies
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    • Kirley
    • April 26, 2015

14. Hollywood Foundry Bull-Ant for CIE E Class

    By Mayner, March 21, 2015
    • 9 replies
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    • DiveController
    • March 23, 2015

15. Hornby Points Modification to Make Them Work

    By murrayec, February 19, 2015
    • 12 replies
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    • burnthebox
    • February 23, 2015

16. Building points using C&L parts

    By Mayner, September 22, 2014
    • 10 replies
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    • Broithe
    • February 5, 2015

17. Coupling Height Gauge.

    By Kirley, January 3, 2015
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    • Blaine
    • January 11, 2015

18. Book Tips

    By murrayec, November 13, 2013
    • 22 replies
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    • murrayec
    • December 28, 2014

19. Irish model respray guide

    By timmycork, December 1, 2014
    • 13 replies
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    • murrayec
    • December 1, 2014

20. iPhone/iPad Wireless CABS - Setting up JMRI + WiThrottle

    By Noel, September 13, 2014
    • 13 replies
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    • Noel
    • October 22, 2014

21. Guillotine for cutting Plasticard

    By Kirley, October 17, 2014
    • 5 replies
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    • Mayner
    • October 18, 2014

22. Welding light circuitboard

    By skinner75, October 10, 2014   

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    • Broithe
    • October 10, 2014

23. The PLATO Model 170 Shears - Track Cutter & Other Things

    By murrayec, September 9, 2014
    • 9 replies
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    • Dave
    • September 11, 2014

24. Realistic water

    By Dave, August 5, 2014
    • 3 replies
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    • David Holman
    • August 20, 2014

25. Blue Insulation Foam as Temporary Backdrop.

    By patrick, June 2, 2014
    • 3 replies
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    • David Holman
    • July 13, 2014

26. Fleischmann cleaning wagon.

    By Broithe, March 17, 2014
    • 22 replies
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    • Broithe
    • March 19, 2014

27. Fitting drainpipes the easy way.

    By Kirley, February 13, 2014
    • 2 replies
    • 18k views
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    • David Holman
    • March 18, 2014

28. New Track Cutter

    By burnthebox, March 15, 2014
    • 5 replies
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    • Broithe
    • March 16, 2014

29. New to IRM? Please read...

    By Garfield, March 5, 2014
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    • Garfield
    • March 5, 2014

30. Where I started

    By Train model, January 22, 2014
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    • heirflick
    • January 23, 2014

31. Cost effective remotor options for the Lima 201 1 2

    By BosKonay, January 4, 2014
    • 37 replies
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    • BosKonay
    • January 13, 2014

32. Rubber tires on Hornby deltic chassis.

    By enniscorthyman, December 28, 2013
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    • Kirley
    • December 29, 2013

33. Hedge rows & accomodation crossings

    By Mayner, July 24, 2013
    • 15 replies
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    • David Holman
    • November 1, 2013

34. Creating your own Backdrop

    By Kirley, October 20, 2013
    • 13 replies
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    • heirflick
    • October 24, 2013

35. Sourcing accurate liveries

    By jhb171achill, October 2, 2013
    • 24 replies
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    • jhb171achill
    • October 15, 2013

36. Ballasting & static grass laying

    By burnthebox, July 26, 2013
    • 8 replies
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    • irishthump
    • September 6, 2013

37. How to make signals for a layout

    By burnthebox, August 11, 2013
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    • burnthebox
    • August 11, 2013

38. Airbrush set with compressor

    By burnthebox, August 6, 2013
    • 11 replies
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    • enniscorthyman
    • August 7, 2013

39. Etched windows

    By Kirley, July 11, 2013
    • 1 reply
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    • Mayner
    • July 12, 2013

40. 26 Piece Tool Set in a Zipped Metal Case €23.00

    By burnthebox, July 2, 2013
    • 5 replies
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    • heirflick
    • July 2, 2013