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Horsetan

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  1. ...and in the 1960s/70s, Fleischmann got into the act by making some models which turned out to be 1:82 or 1:85....
  2. Ah, that clarifies things.
  3. Wasn't aware that Bachmann had produced Clonmel station. If it's the Carlow Station building (ref. 44-063A), it can be had brand new for about 25 Euro at the moment.
  4. UPDATE: The extra 12T gear pack is just after arriving from Hong Kong, so they'll be tried in the Hymek bogie casing later. On the face of it they look identical to the ones that Heljan themselves use, i.e. 6.9mm diameter over the tips of the teeth, 0.5MOD pitch, and may even be supplied by the same gear maker. Gear thickness is about 5mm.
  5. Trix is alright. They seem to act nowadays as a sort of 2-rail outlet for Märklin.
  6. If you're talking about the current generation of models, there's not a great deal to choose between them. Having said that, Roco seem to have much better spare parts support, and you can buy parts online direct from them.
  7. "...you wouldn't understand...."
  8. I can see this photographic in-joke running into the next century....
  9. In short, new engines with very little of the originals incorporated. Useful for accounting purposes.
  10. The other selling point is that it's available as RTR P4. Price is at least £200, but if you want it badly enough, there's no other option.
  11. The solitary P1 2-6-2T contained quite a few Woolwich parts - cylinders, parts of the motion, and driving wheels.
  12. There must be a serious degree of red ink on some profit and loss accounts.
  13. And here's something similar - scroll about three-quarters of the way down the page after clicking the link.
  14. I'm wondering what the 1916 memorabilia will be.
  15. ...and not the Gresley variety, either.
  16. Possibly the same one as in the Rowledge book?
  17. More likely extension of the double track on the Cork Blackrock & Passage route.
  18. So would the population statistics.
  19. Sporran.
  20. There is but one small reference to it (and a drawing) in Peter Rowledge's oul book on the Maunsell Moguls. I think the author made the point that such an engine would have been somewhat heavier than the Woolwiches, which would have led to some concerns about axle loadings, etc. GSR/CIE were always short of money, and expenditure on something like this would not have been forthcoming anyway, particularly if there was an alternative in the form of diesels.
  21. Well now, I've got hold of some spare Heljan gears and gone as close as I dare.... The undriven centre axle does still revolve, but I'm not sure if I'd be getting away with moving either or both of the idlers above it..... I think it will be possible to use this gear casing, so that means shortening Des's bogie sideframe castings to match.
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