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Aargh! I have to wait until next year for the Supertrain livery! Never mind,great news all the same......

Folks, Haven't been doing much as railway related modelling lately but I have been busy with some of my wargaming miniatures. Same cr*p, different scale as my wife likes to point out! Here's a batch of WW2 American and German tanks in 1/100 or 15mm scale. A platoon of 4 Shermans, M4A3's to be exact. A German Panther and Tiger...

If you're ordering from the UK then use Parcel Motel, it will save you a fortune! I tried the Railmatch acrylics myself and did'nt really like them. I generally don't like acrylics much at all for airbruhing as they dry too quickly which makes cleanup a pain. For weathering I use Humbrol Enamels. They are cheap enough and readily available from hobby and toy shops and can be thinned with normal white spirits. For weathering I really only use Matt Black no. 33 and Matt Leather no. 62, the Matt Leather straight out of the tin is very close to a rusty rail colour and mixing it with the black with give you pretty much any shade of trackside muck you could want!

Many happy returns, Boss!

I'm not sure you would have enough room for the Soundbug inside the 141 as space is tight under the shell. Putting an adaptor on the decoder will take up even more space and you more than likely won't have room for the Stay Alive capacitor (if fitted) in either case. Do you have any pics of the decoder with the 8-21 PIN adaptor fitted to it?

Absolutely cracking job! Can't wait to see the finished product....

They look fantastic! Can't wait to see the real thing.....

Bit early for a resurrection, Dive. Easter Sunday is next week!

Surely that should be Claremorris'? But I do feel your pain. You should try reading through some of the emails that I have to endure from the learned people I work with.....

No, Gaugemaster are rebadged MRC not NCE controllers.

I've ordered from both Digitrains and Wickness Models and found them both to be excellent.

He only asked for advice on the paint.

Cold weather really isn't good for aerosol paint! The cold actually affects the pressure inside the can resulting in the paint clumping when you're spraying it. Try storing your spray cans indoors for a few days, it makes a big difference. If there's any chance you could spray paint indoors then that would be the best option, otherwise you need to wait for warmer weather. This is reason that many modellers (including myself) prefer to spray the primer into another container then apply it to the model with an airbrush. *Sorry Weshty, you beat me to it!

Jayzus.... There's going to be a van driver with one hell of a bad back tomorrow!

You need to remove the square plastic clips from the top of the bogie assemblies. Just carefully lever one side out with a small flat screwdriver being careful not to break it. You can then lift the drive rods away from the worm gear and the bogie should just drop out. Bear in mind you will need to remove the pickup wires from the circuit board if you want to remove the bogies completely.

You beat me to it! Yes, that HST used a motoer form a cd drive. I gave it a good run after installation and never noticed the motor overheating to any degree.....

Managed to pick up a copy at the Stillorgan fair yesterday... Have to say it's fantastic, with a wealth of colour photos.

Careful now....

Sad news indeed. I'm at the age where I can't remember a time when he wasn't on the telly/radio....

That's some turnover!

Man that looks great! Can't wait to see the Fellbeast.....

I wonder are they lining up to sell online only.....

That's another issue with NEM pockets; there is no consistency when it comes to the height of the pocket. Even the 141's/071's and 201's can be a shade low.

Yes, the longer shanked Kadees I mention have a much wider swing. As coupling on curves, Kadees are really not designed for that, and they tell you themselves! Of course just putting Kadees at each end of a permanent rake is a perfect solution for some layouts.

Parcel Motel is your only man here....