Isn't all modelling self indulgent?

I'm glad you included that photo. I wasn't aware 1:160 leaves were available, and I am now.

Intrigued by the Mininatur 1:160 foliage! I look forward to seeing the results!

On close inspection the foliage looks like branches with leaves on. It is designed to wrap around armatures and be used as freestanding foliage in fields. I plan on making a small batch of trees using this method this weekend. I will write an update about it.

Wow for N the unit looks dam good, I did have a model in HO of a class X92200 in Normadie green and white, just because I had been on the real train and saw a model in a shop in Rouen about 20 years ago,,then was offered silly money for it two years ago, better interest than buying gold reserves lol, wish had kept it now!

Thanks for the kind words. The 3900 has its flaws but it will do for my purposes. I started it 2 years ago and I would have done it a lot better had I started it now. Still if I did that with every train I would never get anything done or gain any experience.

The French do love to collect interesting pieces of stock. They pay through the nose for it though...

There used to be a shop in Paris called Clarel dont know if its still there,,there prices were welll,,,,,pity theres nor a Hattons in Europe lol

The only model shops I went into when I visited Paris where Orfer Line 1, Transmondia and a few of the others around the Rue De Douai area. I think French N Gauge is far less developed than UK which is why the price is far higher, saying that though I know HO can be pretty expensive.