ALi-B

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Crikey, makes all that Hornby/Triang OO gauge stuff I flogged sound like a load of plastic tat (albeit British made tat).

Stuck it in a job lot on a 2 day auction for the weekend and was inundated with 'buy it now' requests despite it being auction only, finally to have the winner wanting it posted when I said collection only

ray54

You've got me looking at bl**dy model trains now!!!!




Some of this stuff no joke........

alcazar

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hedgecutter

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I actually built an outdoor miniature railway for a client, over an area of about 100m x 60m. He ran very expensive German steam locos on it .He also had a annexe full of collectables, mostly Sci-fi, steam, and Tintin. His annexe was the size of my detached bungalow!
I love steam BTW

dpb

4-6-4 Still used in Zim ,
passenger rail all but redundant between major cities though , bulawayo station deserted when we went

joz8968

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Any bogeys?


Pathetic

alcazar

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It's bogies.
A 4-6-4 will have one and a pony truck.
That diesel I posted a pic of has two.

urban

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You just associate model railway people as nerds of the highest order, who go train spotting most weekends.

alcazar

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You mean YOU do?

That's pretty poor form, really, labeling folk for a harmless pastime.

FranK RA

A more popular pastime than people give credit for too I believe.

joz8968

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I know. I deliberately spelt it that way (to emphasise I was referring to the dried mucus-stuffs).

I was being childish.

joz8968

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Isn't Pete Waterman an avid 'model railwayist' and stuff? lol

ALi-B

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Probably, at the very least he's into 1:1 scale models

alcazar

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Yes, Pete has an AMAZING layout in 7mm scale.
Google "Leamington Spa model" https://www.petewatermansleamingtonspa.com/, loads of video too.

Also look for "Over Peover", a 7mm scale model based on the east coast main line, owned by John Ryan https://www.google.co.uk/search?ei=f....0.t2w21XTpN40

pacenote

Yes and Rod Stewart


I'm into American outline and my interest was started by an American modeler, John Allen, who built a railroad empire in his basement.

"The Gorre and Daphetid"


http://www.doug56.net/GD/

alcazar

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My little place is about 15km from a village called Gorre in France, and the river of the same name.