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And suddenly as if by magic things start coming together!

So today a lovely box of goodies arrived from Ten Commandments for Tontine Street, here are some of the building sections I ordered sitting in test positions:         The mouldings are going to need some cleaning up and in places have chips in them, the chips I have decided I don't mind to much, as if they are suitably treated will give the finished buildings the air of hard worked and unloved commercial buildings. So now down to the fun of painting........   On another tack I did some

Midland Lad

Midland Lad

Procrastination is the key to ........ success?

Well a quick update, I recently went to the Model Railway show in Manchester with a small shopping list for Ingleside (don't we all when we go to a show?). So having purchased some cork for a track bed, kadee magnets for uncoupling and some buffer stops I thought I was sorted and then as ever I started looking at the rest of the trade stands. I saw some decent mouldings for industrial buildings on the Ten Commandments stand, now this is relevant to Carter's Dock one of the two layouts I am upg

Midland Lad

Midland Lad

Day 1 the decision is taken to build a new layout

Hello All,   Welcome to the first post in this a new blog by a new blog author, who is commencing on his first serious layout...... Scared we all should be.   Before I get underway with this I think it is fair if some background to the forthcoming shenanigans is given as follows. I have been more than active in the hobby for over the last two decades even though I am only in my late thirties, having begun in N gauge, but in the last 4 years moved to 00 gauge as my 'quest' for more detail h

Midland Lad

Midland Lad

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