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    New kress carrier built HO scale {Steel mill related}

    modelling has never been the same since they corrugated baked bean tins??
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    MDC Shay Handbook

    I admit to joining years ago......although I struggled to 'deal' with the US-born idea of 'career progression' which seemed to permeate that august body......smacked a bit of the Boy Scouts and their badges? Never entered a contest, couldn't see the point....striving for 'excellence' isn't my...
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    New kress carrier built HO scale {Steel mill related}

    well dne...what scratch building is really all about? How d'you wheedle those wheels away from the kids without them noticing? Or were they the neighbour's kids?
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    MDC Shay Handbook

    I WAS under the impression the NMRA still shot deserters?
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    Oldies but Goodies. The Old Stuff.

    as I recall, 4 formself..a couple more or so for others,tho' these were 'proper' ones...... I also have a couple of lame duck consols in H0n3 from the same maker....I just loved the superstructure and tender mouldings. I think those chassis need more work though. I found those oldMDC...
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    MDC Shay Handbook

    thank you...... at the moment, the only question I might ask is......why? [do I have loads of logging books, bits of stock,etc.....yet prefer to build a Scottish harbour layout? what went wrong?]
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    MDC Shay Handbook

    newbie and from yUK..so be patient....but I have, stored away somewhere, the MDC shay handbook......didn't realise it had reached rarity status! I used to buy up Roundhouse H0n3 shays from UK importers at NMRA British region meets.....H0n3 didn't really sell all that well here.....anyway, I...
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    Oldies but Goodies. The Old Stuff.

    as a newcomer on this site....I still have 'infant' status.....leastwise, I THINK that's what it says..old eyes a bit blurry now.....I have half a dozen old Varney shorty ore hoppers......plus, I think, their boxes ....then there's a Binkley tank.....picked up 'ere in yUK years ago when I...
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    Erratic operation of a ready to run MRC in Roundhouse Engine

    two-pennor'th here, from someone who doesn't 'do' DCC or sound....backward UK for you........if the club layout is 'sceniced', ie track ballasted and painted, it may be possible the rail head isn't QUITE as 'clean' as one would wish for. Plus, those 'problem' sections may well not be quite as...