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  1. Broithe
    Might be one less now...
  2. Broithe
    Dawlish suffers again.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-30040238 .
  3. Broithe
    I've got me name down...
  4. Broithe
    The website - http://modelshopbelfast.com/index.php/boucher-retail-park - says this- "modelshopbelfast.com is an online store specialising in the latest collectable Plastic kits, Model Railways, Radio Control and Diecast. Enjoy the peace of mind of Secure Online Ordering through our Sage Pay payment system. With a frequently changing stock list you will always find something of interest on our pages. As well as our website we also operate a popular ebay store. Click here to visit or ebay store" No mention of having a physical presence any more...
  5. Broithe
    It's not really that small, it's just far away.
  6. Broithe
    I've just been round to where I made some ramps from a single sheet of hardboard - so, they are exactly eight feet long - and the rise is actually three and a quarter inches - more than I remembered. They were made to lift the track to go over a Hornby suspension bridge. We had no real problems with things going up there - certainly not with Murphy traction.
  7. Broithe
    Of course, a 181 would have slightly more tractive effort available.......
  8. Broithe
    Murphy Mania appears to be a recognised condition, with its own magazine and an annual convention for "sufferers". http://www.frits.cistron.nl/murphy/mania.html
  9. Broithe
    Fantastic!
  10. Broithe
    Hawkins Street is open from 1 to 5 pm on Sundays now.
  11. Broithe
    I worked in a switchgear factory that made some circuit breakers for Zimbabwe Railways - we had two chaps come to the factory to learn about them - the two biggest people that I've ever seen - Max Dhliwayo and Alex Makomva - each the size of a telephone box and without an ounce of fat on them - it would have been interesting to see somebody try to get them to sit in the 'blek' section... I've tried for many years to track them down, but I just can't find them.
  12. Broithe
    A spring washer under the thumb-screws helps - as the balls in the joints aren't very spherical. This helps to take up the slack a bit, if you move a joint to a 'loose bit'. The croc-clips are easily replaced by something better, if you find some. For a few quid, they're OK when you need them.
  13. Broithe
    Is that Bailey's in the squeeze bottle?
  14. Broithe
    It can help, up to a point - but extra weight is weight that you also have to drag up the slope - the beauty of the magnetic system is that you get extra download without the extra mass in the train as well..
  15. Broithe
    Basically, it increases the downforce from the loco to the track, without increasing its weight. Wheel-slip is the main mode of failure on a slope, rather than lack of power and this will raise the point at which slip occurs - allowing a steeper slope and/or longer trains... Back in the old days of steel track, there was the Magnaforce system, which had a similar, though much less significant, effect.
  16. Broithe
    A straight gradient can be a small touch steeper than a curved one - it's a matter of making the best use of the space you have in terms of the relationships of straight to curved sections. I got away with lifting two and a half inches on an eight-foot long straight gradient with a double-bend entry to it. Trains would noticeably pick up a bit as the last wagons/carriages came off the (flat) bend and onto the slope.
  17. Broithe
    Bit of chat recently - here - http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/2843-gradients?highlight=gradient ...
  18. Broithe
    I like the Pringles storage racking idea.
  19. Broithe
    Of course, flet roofs are what they have on some buildings in South Africa.
  20. Broithe
    I felt that one coming....
  21. Broithe
    That's it exactly - just don't 'connect' the track to the baseboard in a 'hard' manner.
  22. Broithe
    The cork sheet that I've seen is actually made from reconstituted cork - cork granules in a binder matrix - and is a good bit 'stiffer' than plain cork sheet would be.
  23. Broithe
    A search for 'Murphy models' often brings up pictures of the US model Carolyn Murphy - well, that's my excuse.
  24. Broithe
    Mmm, you can always let the tyres down a bit - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-29963418 .....
  25. Broithe
    The bag exchange system was still in use in GB until 1971. I saw it done a few times in the mid-'6os - very violent - do not post antique crystal decanters by this method....
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