When railway modellers refer to a baseboard, they are talking about the large flat board on which their railway...
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When railway modellers refer to a baseboard, they are talking about the large flat board on which their railway...
A boxfile layout is a creative and compact way to build a model railway within the confines of a standard box file,...
Cast iron spoked wagon wheels date back to the 1830s and were the mainstay of wagon wheels for nearly 100 years....
When it comes to scale modelling, the debate between using wood or plastic is a long-standing one. Both materials...
Electrofrog points are model railway turnouts with no isolated sections.Regular turnouts require a small plastic...
In line with MOROP's NEM standards, Graham Farish track is completely compatible with Peco's, however, most modellers don't like to mix different manufacturers track.
It is not just Graham Farish's and Peco's N gauge track that modellers don't like to mix. Generally, it is not desirable in most modeller's eyes to mix any track, in any gauge, from any manufacturer. This has little to do with the compatibility of the track and more to do with the tiny differences in them aesthetically, from different sleeper spacing and moulded detail to variations in the colour of rails and finish to sleepers.
Don't let this put you off though, especially if you are planning to eventually ballast and weather your track because this will pretty much eliminate any slight differences in design between different manufacturer's tracks. If you have got an accumulation of tracks from different manufacturers then why not try giving a sample stretch the scenic treatment and see if you are happy with the end result. It could save you a lot of money in the long run!
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