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I know there is a web site with has a searchable index for articles in various model railroad magazines , but i have lost the URlL it , can anyone please give me the address again ? Cheers Ian

Recently got hold of a United Scale Models Brass 2 truck Climax loco , it needs a new motor as the other one died. The original motor was german made 25mm long x 15mm round and fits in a a reduction sleave of some kind called "Minimotor AGNO' , swiss made. I am not sure if the reduction...

Some Photos from the 2004 Model Train show in Perth Western Australia... This picture is from a European Layout called Wintertour by the Marklin Group.HO scale.

I was wondering if anyone has done this , there are a lot of nice models kits from the likes of Rio Grande , Keystone and others that are HOn3 narrow guage that i would like to run on my standard HO layout , is it a matter of installing HO truck sets and wheels ?:confused: Cheers Ian

I have recently finished a white metal Shay kit and wish to airbrush this model using Floquil paints. Since this is the first white metal kit i have painted i was wondering if there are any preparations proir to air brushing apart from washing the metal before painting. Should i use a...

Seen this mentioned a few times around , somehow it cleans the track and wheels as you run your trains :confused: My Questions are... what is it and what does it do ? is it dangerous to the Loco at all ? is it OK for HO scale and N scale ? does it fry DCC decoders ? thanks...

Here are some photos of my recently compeleted Plank and Tie Mill Kit. This is an old Woodland Scenics Kit , introduced maybe over 20 years ago( I think). It is white metal kit and very detailed , the only downside being a lot of flash and some distortions with the castings... eg sides not...

Has anyone done the NWSL upgrade to the Keystone dummy shay ? How hard is it ? If someone has a scan of the NWSL intruction sheet it would be appreciated. Also i am a little confussed about what you get in the NWSL upgrade , i presume its a motor but do you get all the gearing as well...

Recently installed a soundtraxx plug and play sound decoder in my bachman 3 truck shay , however i can't seem to access any cv value past cv8. I am using the Lenz compact unit , i can program all cv's on my Lenz and TCS decoders but not soundtraxx. Anybody eperienced similar. Cheers Ian

Looking at getting some Soundtraxx decoders , anyone know if they run well/at all on DC as well as DDC. My TCS decoder works great of DC , my lenz only works forward. any experience would be greatly appreciated Cheers Ian:D

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Just a few picturs of the annual Western Australian AMRA model rail show.Only a few taken between helping out with the N-track running. Ian

My 2nd pour of Envirotex has not gone off after nearly 2 weeks , in a few areas it is hard as it should be , most other areas quite soft and still tacky. I am not sure what happened i did the same as first pour ( it think) , maybe it was too cold or i didn't have enough hardener or didn't...

The 6 th Narrow Guage convention was held last month in Syndey Australia , thought you guys might like to know that there was some (maybe the last) new photos of the famous Red Stag Lumber Company posted on the narrow guage website.The scale is On3 and some of the best logging i have seen , IMHO...

I am nearly ready to pour the Envirotex to make the log pond on the Nn3 scale layout modeule i am working on with a few other guys. the pond is around 10mm thick . i was thinking 2 pours of 5mm ? also i want to tint the envirotex when pouring to give the pond a slimmy murkey colour ,how...

Ran some trains at the Poison Gully railroad here in Lesmurdie Western Australia.Thought i post a couple of pics , i have added some smoke and headlights to them .Not sure if you guys prefer to see them as is or edited .:D Here they are.... Cheers Ian an IHC old timer rumbles through...

Any body made up this kit , i have finally got one and have a spare Climax/box car chassis to motorize it. Any hints and pictures would be a great help. Cheers Ian

MDC brought out a line of kitbashing series called 3n1 quite a few years back , i am pretty sure they are not available except secondhand . Managed to get some of Ebay , i would like to see some others if anyone would be interested in posting some pictures of them. This one is from the...

Just finished running my new Life life Mallet Locomotive at the local NMRA club , thouh you might enjoy a picture of it , what a beatiful model she is.:D Ian

I bought this shay off ebay before Xmas , it was in fair condition but did not run.I have recently renovated and detailed it . I made a log load for the fuel truck ,but prefered the straight stack as opposed to the Ballon stack with spark arrestor , does this look OK or should i change it...