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I have a DJ 14XX. I have no trouble with pickups and have no stay alive. Other locos in my stable are a lot more troublesome but the DJ is a vast improvement on the airfix/dapol/Hornsby 14XX

Radio control is just coming into the 00 scale and it sounds like you would be in an ideal place to look at battery powered radio control. Have a look at protocab. I have been watching developments to see if it is applicable to my layout. No more track cleaning
www.protocab.com

footplate1947 wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 03, 2019 9:23 am

Glass of red at 7am is bit early isnt it.

Now thats an idea
Today was about 30 here. We are 10 minutes from the beach and its an automatic 7- 10 degree drop in temp so we took the dog for a romp in the surf

I use the old fashion emery paper for tarmac and for dusty roads, the dust from the dust collector on my orbital sander, glued with PVA

Hollywood foundries did a bogie upgrade for the Lima railcar that involved new motor, better pickups on all wheels. They are temporarily closed but worth a look when they reopen
http://www.hollywoodfoundry.com/lima%20XPT.htm

Having given every Brit the scares about ever coming to Aus I am sitting on the verandah at 7:00 with a glass of red, clear skies gentle sea breeze, 25 degrees. Beautiful

Snow in Australia? Where? I am breathing a sigh of relief when today was wet and 27. Yesterday was 41 and that is not fun. I read some earlier comments re brilliant winter sunshine in the UK. Your sunshine is soft (when you get it) and quite enjoyable if the temperature is above 10 degrees. Here, th...

I was supposed to be outside making a screen then mowing the lawn but at 39C I sat with a cold beer in front of an aircon

Love this forum. Good well researched answers to railways difficult issues

So do I but i would like to think there is some engineering purpose. Maybe not