Richard Archer
I am British and I model in O gauge. I first started as a model collector. Anything:- cars, trucks, buses, bikes, boats, trains, aircraft, spacecraft, but I kept to one scale, 1:43. It is very difficult to keep to one scale if you want a model of anything. I then discovered O gauge was 1:43 scale and then got into railway modelling .... BUT .... I was very disappointed to discover that American O gauge was different, 1:48 scale. I am therefore in the process of making 1:43 scale American railroad stock, but I do collect 1:48 scale American in order to join in with the American O gauge scene here in the UK, but I always keep them separate.
My view on modelling is that if you make a model move, it is obvious to me that that movement should be modelled movement, and it should be incapable of sudden toy movement. Hence I am a great believer that all models should have flywheels, and flywheels bigger than their motors.
Burlington Mikado 4thTest - Rolling Road
Burlington Mikado 3rd Test - Crosshead Yolk Replacement
Boxcar Sliding Doors - Opening and Closing
Model Railway Fails:- Solutions - Rerailing - Compilation 2
Boxcar Doors - Opening & Closing
Loco Does Badly in Test - Burlington Mikado 2nd Test
Loco Does Badly in Test - But Still I Bought it
Shunting a Locomotive - Disengaging Motor from Gear - Part 1
Test Track Day 7 Testing New Locomotive Part 1
Test Track Day 6 - Atlantic Pulls My Coaches
Test Track Day 5 - K4's Motion
Model Railway Fails:- Solutions - Rerailing - Compilation 1
Crane Problem 1
Protocraft Couplers 5
My First Completed Kit (Platform Trolley) + An Unfinished Project - O Scale
Test Track Day 4 - Making Up a Train
Test Track Day 3 - Starting and Stopping with Train
HO vs OO - American vs British - Sizes
Test Track Day 2
Test Track Day 1
Lionel Crane's Boom Car - Lifting Trucks onto Tracks
Attempting in O Scale to Model the process of Building a Flat Car
Lionel Crane Outriggers 1
Lionel Crane Little Incident
Crane Test 1 - K4 Tender Lift 1
Protocraft Couplers 4
Protocraft Couplers 3
Protocraft Couplers 2
Protocraft Couplers 1 - Sideways Travel Modification (Edit)
Crane Boom Car - Uprighting - Planning