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Not really railway related, but here's a diorama I created for Mansfield Museum, recreating the long lost Granada cinema

Stunning!

Hey! Yes! This was me I'm sorry I've been away for the last 3 1/2 years - I've been busy building up a model making business. Since this article was published, I've been flat out making models of people's homes. Only searched myself on here because I was looking for something :) @Alister_G hope you're well mate :)

This sounds interesting - my mother in law lives in Wainfleet now...

NO!

Those mill buildings are just jaw-dropping - brilliant work sir!

I really miss Healey Mills. Coming from Huddersfield you had the spoil heaps at Caphouse Colliery and then coming down the hill, the mighty lighting towers at Healey Mills. Amazingly, after being used to seeing them towering over the landscape for so long, it's only recently I'd realised that they're not there any more! Looking forward to seeing this come alive

Go for castle ruins ! I've been away for a while and came into this wondering how your shed was going, but find you've expanded! I absolutely loved reading about your garage conversion - it looks superb.

When you say Huddersfield, do you mean the MASSIVE warehouse opposite the station?

Fantastic work Simon - I'm going to have to backtrack and catch up with this thread.

I bought one a couple of weeks ago to replace the naff, underpowered and pretty useless homemade fly swatter version I had and I must say, I'm getting great results with it

Nothing layout- related, but again thought I'd share some photos of another project I'm working on for someone else: This is the North tunnel portal at the long-gone site of Denholm station on the Queensbury line. Tunnel portal carved from foamex as my usual standard, and hillsides comprise of carved 50mm insulation foam (rocks carved from smaller pieces) and then covered in various scatters and static grasses. The build of the tunnel portal itself took a couple of weeks on and off and the hillside structure took about the same, but the scenics took about 3 hours all told. Just shows what you can achieve when you put a shift in. Only got the South Portal to set into the landscape an then this little beauty can be despatched (although I'll be sad to see it go)

The Cabin has gone? That is scandalous! Replaced with an off the shelf, sterile-looking portacabin too

Like others on here, I've been a bit late to the news of Allan's sad passing. I've not been around on here for a couple of months and found out belatedly, on facebook of all places. It's been wonderful reading back all the lovely memories of Allan and his inspiration to many. He was the closest thing we had to a Rock Star in the world of modelling and I'm sure everyone he conversed with and offered words of conversation felt incredibly blessed. This thread is a treasure trove of modelling knowledge and it's a testament to his skill and his character that he chose to share it all with us. Farewell Mr Downes, you will be sadly missed, but your Legacy will live on, Lee