A member of the Hereford SME has been asked by his neighbour to offer for sale the loco, as is, following the sad death of her husband. The loco, a model in embryo of the BR Standard Tank by Doug, consists only of the frames, complete to a high standard, and a set of wheel castings. I understand the...

Hi Keith while I entirely agree with Davet's method, I have also obtained good results by the simple expedient of putting a sharp accurate centre in the 2MT Quill of my Tom Senior, placing the shaft under it, and while interposing a good true feeler between the point of the centre and the surface of...

hi, does anyone have experience of de-furring a boiler? I was silly enough while visiting a friend to use the local water, which is very, very hard. I now have a white coating of presumably calcium carbonate all over my tubes, well the boilers' anyway, I'm not sure what his tea does to me! I am awar...