Does anyone here work with ancient dublo three rail please?
After fourty odd years break I have built a three rail layout and I'm stuck on a few points... actually in one instance literally
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I am not steeped in train or even model train lore, nor did I understand some of the terminology which I've read in the forums. But I do now appreciate that the current state of model rail is vastly different now.
I am about to venture into airbrushing and found the October topic here enlightening too. My thanks to all the contributors.
When I bought my compressor recently I went the other way and decided that a possibility of using other things... such as air nailguns... might be handy. I like versatility in tools, if possible.
I understand that the compressors sold for use, and often with, airbrushes... are similar in design but have no resevoir.
From past experience I didn't fancy having a thing such as I recall from my motor vehicle repair days clanking away in the workshop, nor even something similar on a small trolley rattling away in a corner.
As it turned out a company (Sealey) who do make those kind, also now make smaller and neater packages. Imagine a 2Hp compressor, with a tank, which fits under a bench rather neatly, and whilst it is not exactly quiet in operation... it is nowhere near the decibel count of the average unit in your local tyre depot. And running an airbrush, it is not exactly taxed to keep the resevoir filled, so it does not spend much time running at all. Moreover, the tank is not really a tank at all, but a hollow frame used to protect and mount the compressor.
In fact they sell two models but I chose the larger, and still paid less than the price demanded by many of the dedicated airbrush compressor sellers.
Check it out...
http://www.toolsnstuff.co.uk/product_info....5ca098048baeb15
Their smaller Sealey model is here...
http://www.toolsnstuff.co.uk/product_info....5ca098048baeb15
Sub-Total: £75.32
Standard Delivery (UK Standard Delivery - 2 to 7 working days): £3.35
UK VAT + No VAT Charged: £13.77
Total: £92.44
I can't comment on the airbrushes I got yet as I have not had time to use them... the layout has kept me occupied... trying to get it going... and now trying to solve the various problems arising.
Except, when I think of it... I agree with everything said about the cheap aerosol Revell Airbrush. I did try one of those, and it was enough to put you off airbrushing altogether. And the "delightful" odour of compressed butane was a constant reminder that I was effectively running something very akin to my blowtorch... with the flame turned off.
Please help with the ancient 3 rail if any of you can remember it.
QF
After fourty odd years break I have built a three rail layout and I'm stuck on a few points... actually in one instance literally
I am not steeped in train or even model train lore, nor did I understand some of the terminology which I've read in the forums. But I do now appreciate that the current state of model rail is vastly different now.
I am about to venture into airbrushing and found the October topic here enlightening too. My thanks to all the contributors.
When I bought my compressor recently I went the other way and decided that a possibility of using other things... such as air nailguns... might be handy. I like versatility in tools, if possible.
I understand that the compressors sold for use, and often with, airbrushes... are similar in design but have no resevoir.
From past experience I didn't fancy having a thing such as I recall from my motor vehicle repair days clanking away in the workshop, nor even something similar on a small trolley rattling away in a corner.
As it turned out a company (Sealey) who do make those kind, also now make smaller and neater packages. Imagine a 2Hp compressor, with a tank, which fits under a bench rather neatly, and whilst it is not exactly quiet in operation... it is nowhere near the decibel count of the average unit in your local tyre depot. And running an airbrush, it is not exactly taxed to keep the resevoir filled, so it does not spend much time running at all. Moreover, the tank is not really a tank at all, but a hollow frame used to protect and mount the compressor.
In fact they sell two models but I chose the larger, and still paid less than the price demanded by many of the dedicated airbrush compressor sellers.
Check it out...
http://www.toolsnstuff.co.uk/product_info....5ca098048baeb15
Their smaller Sealey model is here...
http://www.toolsnstuff.co.uk/product_info....5ca098048baeb15
Sub-Total: £75.32
Standard Delivery (UK Standard Delivery - 2 to 7 working days): £3.35
UK VAT + No VAT Charged: £13.77
Total: £92.44
I can't comment on the airbrushes I got yet as I have not had time to use them... the layout has kept me occupied... trying to get it going... and now trying to solve the various problems arising.
Except, when I think of it... I agree with everything said about the cheap aerosol Revell Airbrush. I did try one of those, and it was enough to put you off airbrushing altogether. And the "delightful" odour of compressed butane was a constant reminder that I was effectively running something very akin to my blowtorch... with the flame turned off.
Please help with the ancient 3 rail if any of you can remember it.
QF