I don't know. But I've got another break in the wallpaper stripping schedule. In fact I've finished for today. So, I figured it was as good a time to... get back to talking about my layout.

For various reasons, I've not done much at all with it over the last few months. Part of it is being busy with decorating, part of it is being busy writing, part of it is being busy doing cross stitch, and part of it is... not something I really feel like talking about. Suffice it to say that I've got some locos that hadn't run in over four months, and improvements to the wiring have been on hold for even longer. The good news is that, apart from the two 9Fs, everything is running well. (Touch wood) As for the 9Fs... well, one has developed a click in sync with the wheels going round. At one point it locked up in both directions. It isn't now, but it clicks, and I can't quite figure out where it's coming from.

The other one... well, the chip has gone wrong, and it will only go forwards. The problem with the 9F is that it's quite restricted in terms of chips, and the DCX75N is probably the most expensive chip around. Oh, and there's always the worry that the loco has something wrong that might have caused the chip to fail. So I'm probably going to have to send it off to be looked at.

My layout's set in the late 60's. Except for the fact that I don't worry about whether a loco would have been withdrawn. Oh, and all the coaches are still in Blood and Custard... because I think it looks nicer. Why the late 60's? Well, mainly because of the music...

I have a few diesels, class 37, class 24, red Warship, green Warship, Hymek, and a two car class 108 DMU.

But mostly steam locos. 2... unwell 9Fs, a Manor, two Royal Scots, a Jubilee, a Britannia, a Black 5, a Terrier, and a Q1. Coaches are a mixture... well, not really a mixture since they're in separate rakes, of Dapol Gresleys and Colletts, and Farish Staniers. I've got a couple of Ultima kits on order as well...

As for wagons, well, an odd collection of vans, conflats, and others.

Buildings are mainly - actually at the moment, are all - Scalescene. I need to print some more out, but at the moment my printer's out of ink, and it's not fully compatible with my (new-ish) laptop. [More precisely, OS X version 10.6.5] so I don't know whether to replace the printer or not.

Derringham station (Derringham Lime Street) was meant to have an overall roof, but, due to bad planning, will have two smaller roofs. [And due to bad construction, it doesn't have them yet. I made a start but cut the arches out badly, and they twisted. So I need to try again. Cricklestone will probably have an overall roof, if it doesn't clash with the fact that the main buildings are at a higher level, partially on a bridge over the lines. (For which I need to get the hills made.)