I ummed and erred about that, but I want to know that the stuff will run in N before knacking up the warranty by converting- I've got a seperate point underway which will fit on Banff that is being done to proper 2FS standard gauges I am going to put this onto a cassette so that converted stock can run through it onto the cassette.

This is a lot more about getting back used to the small scale of things than operation, believe me I am struggling with the fiddlyness of it more than anything- almost to the extent of going back to 4mm! - but not yet!

I need to get to a point of knowing I can get somewhere with the finished look of this scale before investing masses of time in the 'niggly bits' - probably the wrong approach, that of a mountain biker, a simple singletrack will do me every time!

Russ, I can sympathize with both the mountain biking and the single track layout . There's something very appealing about the utter simplicity of simple stations like this, and Coanwood looks like an excellent example of that.

The 2FS community on here just keeps growing, it seems. No wonder with all the interesting experiments and modelling being shown in that scale.

I can sympathize with both the mountain biking and the single track layout . There's something very appealing about the utter simplicity of simple stations like this, and Coanwood looks like an excellent example of that.

Indeed- this particular station is one that has inspired me both in old pictures and walking/riding the various sections of Alston branch open to visit, its an interesting route in its own right, possibly one of the last rural branches in the North of England and also the passenger service outlasted the freight- it is usual for it to be the other way round in these backwaters!

Thanks for the vote of confidence Tom! - competent or otherwise my main struggle is keeping focussed on the project in hand, far too easy to get attention diverted by other projects or even other hobbies!! B)