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James, Thank you. Yes Traeth Mawr was at the time in Merionethshire. I think Police uniforms did not change much until after WW2, although this one has slight differences to the ones I have seen. When, Sergeant Roberts appears, probably not until I do the next layout and the market scene, he will be resplendent, probably, in a 'Peelers; uniform complete with top hat and tails, next to the mayor. Reason? The Mayor put on his chains and he dressed up as there was going to be the recruting parade of the Volunteers, and because I had an Andrew Stadden figure that fitted the bill and i thought, 'Why not'?

Duly noted. Still looking for Cambrian ones, and small cattle wagons for 1895. I think when I get that far they will have to be scratch built.

Just too late for Christmas. 🙂 I believe/hope something from your shop is wending its way to me for Christmas. (We had Christmas a weekend ago, yesterday, tomorrow and Thursday. This is the fun of having three sons with families and seeing them at different times.) This will either have to wait for next Christmas, or much more likely I will order it as soon as it is on your web site. (Well, soon after it appearing.)

Happy Christmas Tony, and have a good healthy New Year.

Have a good Christmas and hope all goes well in the New Year.

Merry Christmas to you Shaun, and all the best for the New Year. I assume you actually have snow, we have record high temperatures, about 15 degrees.

Mike, Sgt Roberts might be the only policeman in Traeth Mawr, but if he blows his whistle, then two [porters from the station come running, two more from the Twll Du, and a couple of fisherman. I think they could probably handle Blanche.😬

Nick, Merry Christmas to you as well, and I hope everything goes well for you in the New Year. Give me a shout if you need anything.

Hi, Glad you are enamelled with it, I was told though to always use a satin finish. I can just about make one train of 4 wheelers, but eventually I should only run four or six wheelers, with the occasional bogie, but they will be GWR, so I am not sure there is much I can do about that.

Dear Mr Mikkel, I passed on your comments to the contractor, he seemed genuinely pleased that you found it inspiring. As for my father, well, I understand that it is the contractor's wife that likes having him locked in the display cabinet, along with the down shelter and a Twll Du train. Says they look 'nice'. I think he does not argue about it as it keeps dad from moaning to him about the lack of a station, or a house, or, well, just about everything really. He tells me that he is not far off from starting our house. About time to as I am fed up of sleeping in the goods shed. The platform is not going as well as he hoped so it might just get done when he feels like it, and he will not wait to finish it before starting something else. He tells me that it is likely over Christmas that he will he tackling the 3rd Class Saloon, as it is small and he needs to wait for his Christmas presents before he can start our house as he gave all his mounting board away to his grandson to build a bowling alley, whatever that it. Is it like skittles? I know he has the drawings for a GWR coach, but has not sent them to the workshop yet to get cut, and is getting a GWR saloon ready as well. Well, GWR. I despair sometimes, but he says, well foreign passengers bring in money. Anyway, I have to go, clocks to wind, tickets to sell, lamps to polish, he has locked away a lot of the staff as well. Yours, Master O. Price. P.S. Happy Christmas

Mike, No, this is a different Sir Jon. He comes from Groombridge. If Blanche did try and paint the town red, well at least some painting would get done, but more likely, Sgt Roberts would intervene first, then your Sir Jon would have to bail her out of the lock up.

Hello. Owen Price here. It has to be me, I am in charge while my dad is still locked in a display cabinet, and the 'Contractor' goes 'walk abouts'. As you can see the Dolgelley train has arrived bringing Sir John to see the 'Young Englishman' for Christmas. He cannot get hold of a horsebox so he has not brought his carriage this time. (Any resemblance to his carriage on the truck behind is purely co-incidence, honest.) He will have to use the 'Toy Train' (that is what we call the narrow gauge railway, and come to think of it so do they in their advertising), to get to Ty Mawr. Better than trying to get up the valley in a carriage, I think anyway. (I think his name is Sir John, he is some toff from England, whatever he is called.) You will have to excuse the mess, the 'Contractor' leaves things around to make it look as though he is working. I am not convinced though, we still have a leaking roof, it is coming in round the chimneys. They are beginning to gather at Shiloh, the Tin Tabernacle, for the Carol Service. I think they are waiting for them to finish praying. They will wait a long time, there is always someone in there praying, they might as well just go in. Well, nearly at the end of another year where not much has happened. The Contractor wishes me to thank everybody who reads his news sheets he prints, and the help and responses, he says he is very grateful and it encourages him. Me, I wish you would all tell him to buck his ideas up and get a move on. So from me, and him, Happy Christmas and have a good New Year.

It was with great sadness that I learned of Adrian's death. He said at the beginning of his thread that he had returned to modelling on his retirement. You would not think so, as he had exceptional skill, going down to the Pound Shop and buying something and turning it into a model. I was continually amazed. He started in rural Kent and then after a two layouts did a scene near Waterloo, a grim city scape completely unlike anything he had done previously and pulled it off amazingly. I asked him once what his occupation had been, and he replied that it was a Sign Writer, one where you painted directly onto the sign with your wrist supported. (I cannot remember the name of what the support is called.) He was obviously a man of talent. He was always helpful and his comments always came with his gentle sense of humour. I will miss his presence on my thread and the other threads that I follow. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family.

Happy Christmas to you both, too.

Mikkel, Yes, an eventful year. Grandchildren, hopefully all of the fun and none of the troubles you had with your own children as they grew up. The Biro will be great as they come round to visit. I have two in secondary school, and all my children are over 30, and my eldest is just turning 40! Condolences on the death of your dad, such an important relationship. Excellent video, but, oh, how tidy your workbench is. Mine is a mess within 30 seconds of beginning work. Have a happy Christmas and a good New Year. (Sorry, I do not know the Danish and if I used Google translate it would probably say something rude.)

This is very sad news, my thoughts and prayers go out to his family.

Yes, Happy Christmas,

That seems to me to cover all the bases. I am not sure how you could shorten it, it did not seem overly long to me.

Station nameboards, or similar.

Of course if you entered the right multiverse you would get to travel to Farthing, and meet all the people you thought that you had made up.

That road at Southall is very interesting. (And today)

I would think that the crossovers would be just that between the lines. It would seem sensible to keep the momentum, what you do not want to do is get bogged down with something, then lose interest and give the whole thing up.

Mikkel, I would never say you were pretentious. Boxes: They will need some type of packing to stop it rattling around. (I think we have something similar which we keep wrapping paper in. (Somehow we still buy more each Christmas and birthday.) Interiors: You know I love interiors, which is why I do not fix my roofs on as it is the only way they can be seen, unless you fit internal lights. I am not keen on lights.

Mikkel, That looks brilliant. It is over twice as long as my station which I thought was quiet big. Fortunately my one is fairly plain. If you decide to make it separate parts, then you will need to work out how to fit them together and make sure that they do not move. I am working on that with my platforms as I have made it with cardboard it needs to be removed if the layout is packed down. (Shh! I am working on it not being.) It will need something so that the parts fit together and then do not move. If not you will need a very long box. 🙂 Vocabulary. Building vocabulary is a whole separate study, which most English speakers will not know, but never fear, Lady Google is never far away. It is 'string courses', but not sure about 'pinnacles' as these are on the top of buttresses.

Do people unstick and move track after it is laid? Yes often. This is the advantage of using PVA, as if you soften it with water, move the track and then pin it in the new position. If you have not lifted it, just moved it when it dries it will stick again. It is always worth not ballasting until you are completely happy with the track position and how it all runs, (says he who has not ballasted his layout yet).