JohnC on March 8th, 2009

I was recently shown a magazine article from Model Railway Constructor Vol. 20 of 1953 by D. Clayton about his Arden Light Railway which was a small oval layout with a station, run round loop and sidings. Superb modelling and of course all hand built. As Roy has pointed out this has already been referred [...]

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David on March 5th, 2009

Here is a first photo of the Karlgarin code 82/7 rail (right) next to the Peco IL-115 -

The rail has been specifically made for 7mm scale and accurately represents prototype 40-45lb/yard rail as used on many 2′ gauge lines. It is made from high Ni Nickel-Silver so looks less yellow than much of the available [...]

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JohnC on December 9th, 2008

Here are some more photos that Gilbert Gribi sent me of his O14 Diorama of Sensarey. The layout is built on four levels and includes a lift and measures just 60 x 45 cm. Material from Wrightlines and Duton. He features several other dioramas on his website: Gilbert Gribi

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Stephen on October 27th, 2008

Nigel Lawton was demonstrating a 7mm:ft scale version of his 20hp bow-framed Simplex kit at ExpoNG 2008. Originally developed for OO9, the etch artwork for the new loco has been (literally) scaled up with some changes the drive system allowed by the larger size.
While the OO9 loco relies on a friction drive for the reduction [...]

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David on October 15th, 2008

KBscale have recently produced some Tee shirts with our logo and at the same time we had a batch with a large O14 -

These are available for £8.50 each (p&p extra) in L and XL size. Only limited numbers are available at this time so it will be first come first served basis – send us [...]

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JohnC on October 10th, 2008

The companion O-14 Yahoo group has now be renamed to O14 so as to be consistent with this website. The new web address for the group is: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/O14/. This is just a rename and all existing messages, files, photos and group members are preserved, i.e. if you were a member of the O-14 group before, [...]

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Stephen on September 17th, 2008

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

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