Contributors should consider the following when preparing posts for publication:
This site is intended as a set of resources for O14 modellers. The O14 Yahoo Group is the place for general discussion, help etc.
Look at existing posts to get an understanding of style and wording etc.
Once published all posts are visible to everyone not just subscribers
You [...]
Commentators should consider the following when commenting on published posts:
All comments are visible to everyone not just subscribers.
This site is intended as a set of resources for O14 modellers, so comments should either be corrections or additional material facts to the post. The O14 Yahoo Group is the place for general discussion, help etc.
The administrators [...]
We would like to encourage traders to post details about products of interest to O14 modellers. In return for this free* advertising a link to this site would be much appreciated.
All posts should take into account the Notes for Contributors and the following:
Descriptions of items may include text, images, price and web links.
Full contact details [...]
Here are some pictures of my K1 0-4-0 + 0-4-0 Garratt modelled (fictitiously) as it appeared on the Pentewan Railway (rebuilt 1′ 11½” in 1923) in Cornwall in the late 1950s, prior to rescue and eventual restoration by the WHR.
The model was built from a Backwoods Miniatures kit with various modifications which included DCC with [...]
Title: ExpoNG 2008
Location: Swanley, Kent, UK
Description: Europe’s premier narrow gauge railway modelling show. O14 represented by Sucrerie Durand & Gault by Jack Trèves
Date: 25th October 2008
Start Time: 10:30am
End Time: 5:30pm
The first published O14 standards appeared in ‘Model Railway Constructor’ magazine, September 1951. The article was titled ‘A Narrow Gauge Layout’ and was by Douglas Clayton. He advocated HO standards, less 2.5mm coupled with coarse scale ‘OO’ wheelsets set to 12.5mm back to back. A subsequent article in 1953, provided details of his layout. Very [...]
Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling Review issues 63, 64 & 65 featured a series of articles by John Clutterbuck on building finescale 7mm narrow gauge track. This included a template to aid construction of a Robert Hudson 1 in 6 turnout template in O14 which is included here for group members personal use: O14 [...]
Arthur Budd has set up a website for his O14 layout, The Brickworks. The article first appeared in the 7mm Narrow Gauge Association magazine Narrow Lines but it’s great to now have an online record of it. Arthur is also promising updates to come on his new home layout, Wigmore.
Arthur’s site
RP25 and ScaleSeven Wheel Comparison
This shows a comparison of the NMRA RP25 110 wheel profile commonly used for O14 and the ScaleSeven wheel profile for standard gauge locos, established from published web sources.
Given that most narrow gauge locos had a similar flange profile to standard gauge locos often with a slightly narrower tread, the profiles [...]
Users of Templot may be interested in obtaining two templates for prototype turnouts as follows:
The first turnout is based on the drawing of a Robert Hudson 6′ 1 in 6 turnout as published with the track articles in issues 63-65 in the NG&IRM Review and also available on this site as a PDF.
The second turnout [...]
