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New home for Flynn and some ballasting

November 10th, 2008

Finally we have moved into the new house and I have moved enough of the boxes from the garage to start playing trains again. I plan to have a larger permanent layout in addition to the steel terminal, so my first job was to build part of the new frame work, which would allow me to rest ‘Flynn Steel’ on it while I work on it over the winter.

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My Layout

Win a Hornby R2548 BR Black 4-6-0 Grange Class

November 10th, 2008

Every month Hornby have a free to enter prize draw where you can win one of their latest products. For November 2008 they are offering you the chance to win one of their new Grange Class locomotives, the R2548 BR Black ‘Frankton’.

R2548 BR Grange Class Frankton

R2548 BR Grange Class 'Frankton'

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Win a Hornby R2752 BR Sub-Sector Class 56

November 10th, 2008

I am a little late posting this one, however the Model Railways website is giving it’s visitors the chance to win a brand new Hornby R2752 BR Sub-Sector Class 56. It is a free prize draw and the only entry requirement is that you write a review of a model that you own.

Hornby BR Class 56

Hornby BR Class 56

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Sex Sells - Even Model Railways!

November 5th, 2008

Sex Sells! - That’s right, we all know it and so do the manufacturers but I didn’t really expect to find sex in model railways.

This morning I received my package from OnTracks, that contained a couple of bits I had ordered (2 weeks ago) a BR Railfreight Class 56 and some acrylic spray paint. In the box there was a Noch catalogue, so having 5 minutes spare I thought I would have a peruse and see what they had to offer.

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