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Does anyone out there know if the Martin Evans L.M.S Black Five serialised in Model Engineer is known as Olympia as far as plans go? I have come by a fairly...
The national 2.5" Association Loco design book 3 lists the Black 5 as being from 4/5/84 to 3/5/85 (Vol 152/4.)<br>I have'nt seen the write up but it should be...
Sorry to say Yahoo sent me an email, it states that this club does not meet their required minimum activity threshold, so we have 30 days to start using it ...
Hi David and the list. I have not written before because it was my intention to lurk and learn, than ask questions.<br><br>So I will ask this question. Did...
For some reason, it is hard to get to this site, I know it's Yahoo in the U K , but it does even show up on my Yahoo list.<br><br>Are their any outside ...
Open up your lists and find members to post about the home made parts and where to find the ones that are not so easy to find.<br><br>Where do you guys get the...
I saw in a recent copy of Model Engineer that the association is going to make available plans for building a Gresley A4. Now that would be an impressive...
The A4, is actually a modified A3 (club photo). The locomotive design company produce 3 sheets of mods and the Association have the castings necessary to...
David,<br> Regarding the A3 and A4. What is the cost of the plans and castings for this loco and conversion parts? Also, any chance of a list of plans and ...
I don't really have any news but I thought that I would keep the list rolling along with a little news of my 5" g Springbok. The tender is progressing well and...
I have been trying to find (unsuccessfully) details of the 2.5" gauge association, as I would like to join. Does anyone have contact details, preferably of the...
If you email me, I can provide you with a contact details. I found his email the other day, as it is a strange one, it may not work; If that is the case I can ...
The association, often updates the castings list, these are supplied at cost to the members and therefore cheaper than a commericial retailer. As this group is...
I have realised the perfect project is staring me in the face and am going to build the Thompson B1 in 2.5 gauge. As I already have the plans and am well on my...
I am trying to decide on the purchase of a lathe suitable for live steam work in 2.5" gauge and smaller. The usual advice is to buy the biggest machine you can...
I personally use the Hobbymat MD65 lathe.They are very strong and make the Chinese 7x10 look a bit feeble. The Chinese lathe does come with a good spec though....
That looks a like the one our local museum, the one that runs the museum said it is from the family overseas that started building the scale trains around 100 ...
I have found that the chinese lathe is very good and extremely good value for money. Here in Australia they have become very popular recently. Especially with...
Just looking at your wonderful photos David. Having a look at the unknown loco I think that it could be a Gresley V1/V3 tank loco. The plans are available in 5...