I'm pleased to say that the Glasgow show was better than last year's, which was hopefully just a blip in the year-on-year improvement. Well done to all concerned. As usual it was great to meet up with old friends, and put some faces to new ones. Deviations on the way up included photting at Winwick Junction and Carlisle, and on the way back, Tower Models followed by fish & chips on the front at Blackpool!

Back in the sound lab the 73 diesel / electric transitions have been sorted out after some persistent misbehaviour by the programming (ie it wasn't doing what I told it to do. 'Gauny no dae that' was very apt at the time). Now it's just a case of gilding the lily with a second set of horns etc just to finish off. As with the 20 the video is going to be a little while yet as I really want a banger blue loco to feature, and extensive searches at Glasgow failed to turn one up despite the vast array of second hand stuff on offer.

Thoughts are beginning to turn to which sound project will be the next to benefit from the upgrade to v4. Current favourites are the Voyager (though this will involve swapping out the four 100 ohm speakers for 8 ohm ones) or the Eurostar (into which I could fit the huge 28x40 speakers from Alan Butcher).