["City of Lincoln", Part III]

Nice to see the model of Sheffield Victoria.  Is there layout in build, planned or pipe-dreamed?

[Rule 1 and other guidelines]

Not rules but two guidelines:

 

My first trainsets were a Trix bakelite tracked 3 rail electric set and a Hornby 0 gauge clockwork set.  Both employed 0-4-0 locos hauling short tinplate coaches and wagons with little detail. So whilst I read the criticism of the latest RTR model or a kit or scratch built model, I don't lose sight of how far we have come in my lifetime.

 

Similarly, I try generally to follow reasonably realistic practice when building my layout, but it also needs to look attractive to my wife and myself and to be interesting to visiting grandchildren.

 

[A Diversion - Stamford Engine Shed]

I have always thought that Stamford shed had a great deal of character.  I built the 4mm scale Prototype Models kit some 20 years ago.  I retrieved it from a storage box last year and decided to refurbish it with regard to gutters and downpipes, and to scratch build the wooden extension, rarely modelled.  The only snag was that, in my original build, I overlaid the printed roof with slate paper strips, using PVA adhesive.  Whilst in storage, this had turned green, so the extension is roofed with different coloured slates from the original build.

 

I have heard of ballast turning green due to the use of PVA but not previously building papers.  Has anyone else encountered this?

[Royston show - this Saturday]

I look forward to seeing the layout again. 

 

Royston is a good "local" show for those who have not been before - it's held at the village college my sons attended.