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Is stranded wire better than solid wire for modelling?
Posted in: Model Railway, Power and control
1st September 2020
Deciding which wire to use when wiring a model railway can sometimes be a little overwhelming, there are so many...
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What is the difference between Peak Classes 44, 45 and 46 locomotives?
Posted in: Model Railway, Rolling stock
12th April 2021
British locomotive classes 44, 45 and 46 were an early design of diesel-electric locomotive intended for mainline...
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Do I need to varnish after applying a decal?
Posted in: Decals / Transfers
26th March 2019
The simple answer is yes, it is advisable to varnish your decal, for a couple of reasons One being that if the model...
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What is a blanking plate?
Posted in: Model Railway, Power and control
30th December 2020
A blanking plate is a little circuit board that can be plugged into a DCC model railway locomotive. Its function is...
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What is a slow action point motor?
Posted in: Model Railway, Power and control
16th September 2020
Slow action point motors are an alternative to the more commonly used solenoid motors. Their name pretty much...
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What coarseness of ballast should I use for an O gauge layout?

For O gauge the best ballast would have to be coarse as this has much larger stone chips than fine or medium grade ballast and would be more in keeping with the scale of your layout.

Keep in mind that O gauge is 1/43 scale in the UK and 1/48 outside the UK. So if you were to measure the size of a ballast stone from the real thing, you would have to reduce the size by 48 to have the scale size.

Posted in: Design and Planning, Tracks, Best practices

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