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Hi I was watching New junction today is polystyrene safe to use I remember growing up and hearing tiles should be removed from ceilings can I have your thoughts please thank you.


I watched that video too and was appalled at his sculpturing and amount of mess it was leaving, those little balls ...

When coming across YT articles regards layouts if the term “railroad” is used I generally assume it is a US layout.

Richard

Hi Ian

I do not know what the Tasmanian climate is but here in soggy Blighty metal sheds are notorious for condensation problems and oven like temperatures in the brief dry period we call summer. Both extremes are not good for a layout.

Probably the best way to mitigate both is literally build a ...

Hi Ian

Those temperatures are high we in UK have experienced one or two days like that in recent summers presumably due to global warming but fortunately never over any extended periods.

I can vouch for insulation keeping things cool. I have a large timber framed garage which I have divided off ...

Information on the location, size and shape of the layout would be useful.

Locations like unconverted lofts and sheds are almost impossible to prevent dust blowing in and about. As for keeping dust sheets off delicate items perhaps some sort of light dismantleable framework that would support the ...

Short answer, no!

Richard

Are all those wires going to the the Wago connector supposed to be wired all together? Tha Wago is a commoning connector and three terminals are not separate terminals like on a terminal strip. What you have done there is connect all those wires going into each of the clamps together, each clamp is ...

There are plenty of people out there offering services such as weathering, this is taking a pristine model out of the box and give a model a more care worn look. These services are mainly for already painted rolling stock rather than scenic. One of these services might be prepared to do what you ...

Look at Scale Scenes website, they sell downloadable kits which you print out on your home printer. The downside is that they are more work compared to the more popular Metcalf and Superquick ranges in that unless your printer can print on card directly you have to print on ordinary paper and glue ...