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Mick, when you do upper surfaces like that do you point the airbrush directly over the top of the loco as soot would generally fall or do you work to any pattern?

Yes quite right, I have read that in various books, it would be impractical to model figures sitting and standing, Once the roofs are on you won't be able to see as well inside the coaches so it will not matter so much. But I think they are starting to look the part.    Thanks  Tom

In my experience, rush hour was standing room only west of Wood St. Station.   Andy

A splendid representation of this iconic bridge, so emblematic of the Padstow line. I think I cycled over it in 1997, but my last train ride across it was 1965, sadly.    Might the cylindrical elements be called caissons? A chap who used to be on RMweb, Torr Giffard, was building a comparable 4mm structure from metal and I think that was the term he used. He left abruptly following the loss of his wife, but his thread may still be extant. Ah, yes. s

Gordon: There was a maze of wires under the Buckingham baseboards; what some were there for, nobody knew! This photo of a small part of the 'maze', taking during the unhappy task of dissembling the railway, may amuse you. I reckon Tony Gee deserves a medal for getting it all running again.    I haven't spoken to Tony for ages. Does anyone know whether he eventually restored the AC to working order?