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interesting find on YouTube - a Roco model development, with some nice shots of tooling manufacture, moulding, die-casting, spraying, tampo-printing, assembly & packaging. Gives a pretty good idea of why there might be a minimum volume... Enjoy! Simon

Hi all, I am new to Western Thunder, and this G3 forum, so a short introduction is in order. I am Lindsay O'Reilly, 60 yrs old, Australian, a high school Visual Arts teacher by trade (31 years) but now working as the Registrar in my school in the Hunter Valley region of NSW. I am also one of the...

This model has been out for a little while now and I always liked the 2 tone green ones so I put it on the Christmas list and the Boss duly delivered on Christmas day. Personally I think is one of Heljans best models to date, it is a huge improvement over their 25/1. I certainly think that...

I have been reworking a 'Tower Brass' GWR 1361 class 0-6-0ST that I bought as a non-runner from Randolph Chang when he closed down his factory. The Tower Brass model of GWR class 1361 as received Actually, like so many of the models from this stable, particularly the earlier ones, the upper...

some interesting news here http://www.tower-models.com/ for Heljan followers cheers Mike

You may be interested to note that Paul appears to have made access to pictures on his galleries (at least, all those I've tried this morning) password protected. UPDATE - no longer, but see below: The reason may be divined from this post 'over there'...

Since this is a genuinely GW piece of kit it seems sensible to start a thread in the appropriate forum. :) This started as a ‘simple’ re-gauging and detailing project retaining the original chassis. A quick – and far from comprehensive – tally of the work done, however, suggests that I may have...