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I've never enjoyed the 'star in a car' bit in the show, even in the old (middle?) TG. I don't find the new version much better or worse, although I do wonder why each guest has to introduce the other. really bizarre.

watching episode 3 I found I had forgotten that this was 'new' top gear and just generally enjoyed most of it. it was much much better than the first two.

I thought Matt LeBlanc carried off his role quite well. I'm not the biggest fan of Chris Evans, however I liked his interviewing style possibly better than Clarkson's (having seen only one interview!). I always found Clarkson to be excellent in reviews, an oaf in the challenges, and cringe-worthy in the star-in-a-car interviews. I think the format itself is tired, but I certainly didn't miss the childish humour and adolescent antics of the former three presenters. I'm glad they've gone.

love the jacket on the door

my first thought was, big deal, putting people on the layout isn't much of a project!...but then I thought, hmmm....this isn't a shunting yard, there are going to be hundreds!

looks great. the cliff is so big it makes it look like n gauge!

excellent! now for some coaches!

but what progress!

fabulous composition here. excellent photo and looks real. would be good in 4mm, but 2!?!? great work.

you should sell some of those photos back to Rapido as marketing shots! excellent.

except to anyone who has spent time building their own track! great job. this just gets better and better. loving the progress. it's going to be terrific.

Q: If a police car, a fire engine, and an ambulance arrive at a mini roundabout at the same time, who has right of way? A: None, they all lurch forward at the same time and crash. The fire crew put out the fire, the ambulance crew treat the injured and the policemen arrest everyone. It is a perfect, self-contained accident.

a man walks into a shop, goes up to one of the employees and says, "I'd like some guitar strings, a pick, an instrument cable and a book on how to play guitar" the assistant replies, "you're a drummer, aren't you?" "how can you tell?", replies the man "this is a travel agency..."

excellent progress. love the mix of real vs layout. very inspirational. thanks again.

great to see a depot in such a big space. many of the depots I recall are often either micro layouts or parts of a bigger layout (not that there's anything wrong with that!), but putting it in a big space gives it that expansiveness of the real thing.