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    Great Western of Canada Livery

    Greetings all :) I recently posted about my fictional railway that I am basing my modelling on.. the Great Western Railway of Canada, partly based on Fact with a lot of Fiction involved. :) The thread for the history was :- http://www.the-gauge.com/showthread.php?t=13318 I have now...
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    Undec bodyshells, stupid question.

    Greetings all :) okay.. stupid question for the day... It seems to me that if you buy an Undec bodyshell, it means you will be painting it. Therefore, why does the manufacturer STICK the window glazing in with liquid cement around every edge of the clear plastic welding it to the...
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    A new railroad is born

    Greetings all :) okay, my model railroading dilemma.. As a new ex-pat in Canada, I have no history of the railroads here, or the technical details that growing up and modelling in the UK gave me for my hobby, so what's a person to do.. spend ages doing research, or... invent a fictional...
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    BLI SW7 Problem resolution

    Greetings all:) Welp, I finally got an email today with some interesting details. I pen this post with a little trepidation.. I want you to all understand I am NOT bashing the new switchers, but I am trying to pass on information in good faith from the distributors. Personally I love this...
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    Kadee Electromagent uncouplers

    Greetings all :) OK, I am using kadee couplers on my new mini HO layout, actually #58's throughout so far. I am not keen on using the permanent magnets to uncouple, as certainly in N-gauge, I have had unreliable and unwanted uncoupling so I was looking at the Electromagnet ones but they look...
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    Homasote for new experiment in Toronto?

    Greetings all :thumb: Quick question.. I am going to build a small minimum space HO layout with Sound and DCC and the works.. yes I know N-gauge for 30 years and now I try playing elsewhere :eek:, so call me stupid.. it will be one of the better things I have been called over the years. I...
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    Advice on Quality HO please :)

    Greetings all Having been a model railroader for some 40+ years and always in N-scale (well I started with Treble O electric in the UK) (thats as close as I am going to put it) I have realised that my aims and interests are still not cut and dried. Having spent the last year starting a...
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