jpnewbold

Although not my scene (modern image man) this is a thing of beauty. Lovely work.

Maybe the itch you are refering to is creating the track and landscape, not doing all the balasting etc that needs to be done to complete a layout?

It seems to me that this was no attempt to blame Gordon but a realisation that it could take many years to complete a layout to a standard that he would now be happy with, having seen what can be done with time, patience, effort and skill (practice, trial and error, scrapping and starting again being common themes of Gordon's posts as he travels the road towards obtaining an end result result he is prepared to accept). I think many of us have re-evaluated what we are prepared to accept as "good enough" having seen some of the work on this web site. Starting again, knowing that it could take many years of effort, is never easy and I for one find my mojo waxes and wanes, particularly in the face of what can feel like a monumental task. But if the pleasure is in the journey rtaher than the end result then I tnk the spark returns eventually. So what if it takes a month to make a turnout that you are happy with, so long as you enjoy (most of) the time spent doing it. Does it make it a waste of time just because you can't find enough hours to finish the rest of the track that will make the turnout useful rather than some bits or rail and PCB sleepers that will never see a train run in anger? Not if you have enjoyed a month of modelling and of learning new skills. But for some the answer will be yes because, at the end of the day, seeing trains run is what we all love to see and if that cannot happen then what's the point? I can see both sides of the coin as I have been there myself....

not enough. Should read Wibble... wibble...

Very very nice. Excellent all round.

I like the effect a lot, great work! P.S 1 in 35 is much steeper than I would have reckoned from the pictures, I guess you get a much better idea of the gradient seeing it for real rather than in 2-D..

Is there a gradient high to low from left to right of phots 6,7 & 9 of post 1 and phot 1 of post 14 or is it an optical illusion? I ask because the effect (if i not my eyes) just looks terrific, very subtle. Just like the real thing.

excellent suggestion