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Hi Marc, RP25 profile wheels as used on most modern 00/H0 models should be fine as is. John

This might be a silly question do the wheels need re-profiling? Marc

I too have made a faltering start on a bit of Dolgoch station. ?From recollection, the Boyd book quotes 2'3" plus the width of the plate layer's thumb - that's 1/2" to me so 2'3 and 1/2" is a hair's

I forgot to say there is lovely article in this months MRJ which I would love to replicate, if only I had the skills. Not sure which gauge was used and the weight of the track. Marc

I have a recollection that the O14 standards were based on EM standards. I also recall that when Gordon Gravett produced his TR diorama he adopted EM standards and reduced the gauge to 16mm.

I'm mulling over potentially building a small layout representing the Tal-y-llyn circ 1900. I have just finished 8 prototype wagons and I've nothing to put them on. The official gauge is 2ft3 however,

I tried the cascamite method, mixed with Woodland pale limestone ballast but found it didn’t fix the ballast firmly enough and bits crumbled off when brushed. So a soaking of diluted PVA from the

I am with John, I use dilute Copydex for glueing the ballast, Woodland Scenics in my case and also undiluted for glueing the track down. The track is held firmly but can be lifted and cleaned off if

Dilute latex (Copydex) does not seem to change colour and dries very matt. I primarily used it as I wanted the base to remain flexible. I used a mix of sieved cat-litter and chinchilla dust to

I would like to offer my vote for the Cascamite. I used it a lot years ago and it is nice to use. As with everything the price is rather higher than it was. Rob

Moons ago I was disappointed with the widely adopted flood the place with PVA method for exactly the colour change reason. A tip I was given was to use a powdered resin wood glue, Cascamite is

Hi Paul, I've been using used coffee grinds (of which there is a plentiful supply in our house) held in place with dilute cheap matt acrylic paint to represent the older ash/sand type of ballast.

Paul, The ballast that changes colour is usually ground nut shells or ground nut kernels. It is dyed grey and whatever the dye is it doesn't like the acid in PVA. C&L used to claim that they used

Following on from the topic of my messing about with 0-14 printed track I’d like to here your suggestions for two sorts of ballast. For this exercise let’s assume: -…………… A) The sample

Thanks for the prompt reply, Paul / Robin. Sorry to hear Howard also has health issues. I was not aware of that.

A few years ago I experimented with concrete sleeper bases to use with Micro Engineering code 83 rail. These represent sleepers used at Victoria Sugar Mill in Ingham Queensland. The main line of the

My printer comes as an industrial package with full support and development and whilst it doesn’t preclude the use of 3 rd party resins I haven’t felt the need to use them. One of the things they

I think Steve is still doing the castings and when I spoke to Howard at the M5-M50 exhibition he sounded a bit frustrated that even his communications with Steve were not entirely reliable. I feel

Howard is your source. He has taken over the range and has been sorting it out into a proper registered business. However, as you may or may not know Howard has some serious health issue and is in

Recently found new enthusiasm to get going in O14 again and wanted to order some Avalon Line / Black Dog Mining parts. I had dealt with Steve previously so placed an order at Pepper7 but later