Hey guys, Can you help me with a querey? I am trying to hunt down a copy of Don Ashton's book on stevenson's valve gear, but to no avail. Can anyone help?...
I would like to buy a short section of Gauge 3 track for a live steam WD(S160) I have purchased. Ultimately I will need a significant amount but for now just...
I've re-started building an Austere Ada after a gap of a couple of years. Driving wheels were machined up to the new dia. recommended by the 2.5"G Soc, ie,...
... I saw a list from the Locomotive Design Company, they list a BR class 03 0-6-0 shunter loco for £16. There is always the LBSC Ugly duckling design, a...
I always thought how funny it would be to make a steam class 03. Imagine turning up at a track and everyone thinking you were about to fetch the battery, only...
Hi All Can anyone tell me the minimum radius i can build to run my N class loco.I am building a portable layout and am now going to start the curves as it will...
Beware, I just won an eBay auction for some plans. I obtained one set that were faded but useable, another was faded beyond belief, and a set of photocopied A3...
Hello All. Does anyone know a supplier of the combined tender leafspring and hornblock castings used for LBSC's Dyak and Martin Evans' Black Five designs....
Hi all, I've just joined this group and thought I'd tell you abit about myself. I'm a student in New Zealand and I currently collect O gauge. I'm trying to...
... there is nothing wrong with this web page (you might want to check your PC?) ... only: http://www.n25ga.org.uk/ otherwise absolute zilch :-) ... build one...
found on http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~chrish/ads-models.htm #40 Posted: December FOR SALE: 2.5" gauge 4-4-0 directors class coal fired steam tender loco. ...
Hi all, Not sure if this is the correct forum but I thought I would post anyway and see if anyone can help. Even a pointer to anther website or group would be...
Hi I have an old engine of 4 4 2 wheel arrangement. It also has piston valves. it looks very old. Someone suggested it may be of Jackson Rigby designs, but...
I don't know about plans, for the record, is this the loco with water tubes extending back to the firebox and with a crossways mounted pump? David ... i ... ...
Thanks for the reply The engine has an incomplete boiler with no tubes. Their is no pump fitted and no eccentric for it either.This is the big problem. It has ...
Hello, My name is Kent, and I live in Massachusetts. I bought a 1/2" LE PAcific on e-Bay a few weeks ago. It has already been started, and I hope to finish...
Hi I have a million (or should I say a googal amount) other projects on at the moment, but really want to have a 2 1/2" loco to play with this summer. I was...
Hi there Alan, Don't know what others think to this suggestion, but there are currently a few 2.5" gauge locos out there for sale on ebay, both at 150 pounds...
Hi Kent, I agree with you on the fact that things seem a bit quiet. I signed up a few weeks ago, and your voice is the first I've heard in all that time. Not...
Hi Rich,thanks for the info I am reluctant to pay dealers high prices and tend to use them to get aproximate prices for items. Dealers only seem to be in it...
Hi there David, They still exist in the back issues of model engineer (I can give you the exact dates, etc if you're interested). I made myself a complete set...
