Hello,
If you appreciate beautiful work regardless of scale and theme, you will love Paul's figure painting. This gentleman is incredibly good at giving depth and life to figures. His latest work is a mythical demon. Possibly not everyone's subject of choice but well worth a look. You can see the picture on our Facebook page.
Please do share your work us and we will relay it to our other readers!
Still on our Facebook page, there are quite a few pictures of an outstanding layout. This is a modern image layout which is very likely to inspire you.
We frequently receive comments from readers telling us we do not give any prominent place to N gauge. To revert the trend, we have decided to start this week's newsletter with an N gauge item!
There are 2 factors that help your locomotives to run reliably, clean track and clean wheels. The locomotive wheels are fitted with pick ups and the power goes from the track into the wheels and then via the pickups to the locomotive’s motor, or, in the case of DCC setups, the locomotive’s decoder. If there is dirt on the track, the wheels or the pickups, then your locomotive will not run reliably.
For N gauge models, a simple and effective way to clean your locomotives wheels is to use this wheel cleaner. The crocodile clips are used to connect the device to your track or power controller.
The wheel cleaner itself has 2 sponge-like strips (referred to as pads) that are correctly spaced apart to match the width of N Gauge wheels. To perform the cleaning operation, set your controller to run the locomotive at a medium speed.
The locomotive is then placed on the pads of the wheel cleaner. Power is picked up and the wheels rotate against the pads, thus cleaning the wheel treads and flanges of all the driven wheels in one go.
Click on the image for full details.
To carry on the cleaning theme, a more generic item is the glass fibre pen. This can be used in any scale for cleaning, burnishing and polishing. It exists in 2mm and 4mm and refills are available. This tool is especially useful for plastic and white metal kits builders or anyone struggling to clean wagons or locomotive wheels. For detailed uses and full details, simply click on the image below.
We all know the benefits to be had from keeping our model railway locomotives and rolling stock lubricated: smooth running, no squeaks, less wear on the gears and bearings, and potentially more reliable pickup of power from the wheels to the motor or decoder in locomotives. In damp environments, oil can provide some protection against corrosion of metal parts.
But not everybody is aware that some oils can harm some types of paints and plastics used in model railways, and can be too heavy for use with the relatively delicate model railway gears and bearings.
Here is a selection of various lubricant, oils and greases including the workbench pack, all of which are safe to use on plastic, metal and paint. Please note that each product is fully detailed on our website, including recommended use and caution notices. Click on each picture to access the details.
Send us an email or give us a call to check availability or to reserve anything, whatever scale you model in. As usual, if we do not have in stock what you are looking for, we will order it for you and you will get it fast (usually within a week if the manufacturer has it in stock). We place weekly orders with most suppliers.
Remember, you can park for free for one hour on the High Street. So no excuse not to come and visit us!
Upstairs Downstairs is open Tuesday to Saturday 10am till 4.30pm, Sunday from 1pm till 4pm. We are closed only on Monday.
Carole & Max
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3 Pier Street
Sandown, PO36 8JR
Isle of Wight
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