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I believe this was the original purpose of the Campbelltown & Macrihanish Light Railway?

I think there are several Tarbe(r)ts - including another one further down Kintyre. It just means a gap/low point through a range of hills. Useful for rail routes, of course.

Thanks for your comments! The fishing boat isn't the card kit - I used the Scalescenes printout as a template to make it from plasticard. There's a post on it on the blog https://trainsandtrad.wordpress.com/2020/06/16/something-distinctly-fishy/ and I've just written up an article which I hope will appear in RM in due course. I have one of the Artitec ones pending building - it looks good, nice castings, but lousy instructions - and it's a lot smaller than the Scalescenes one. I don't post on MRweb simply because I've followed too many people for whom it became a lead weight around their neck, to the point that it ruined their modelling. The bigger the crowd, the greater the risk, it seems to me. There is an FB group that I moderate with Paul Sherwood - Model Railway ReaIism and my blog links to that - some great workers on there, about 1500 people in all. Private group, but if you send me your details... Slight shame you've changed your mind on Moray, but it's a free(-ish) world!

Hi, I wonder whether you might be interested in my current project. We seem to share influences. Not a lot of GNSR modellers out here... https://trainsandtrad.wordpress.com/category/gnsr-in-4mm-scale/

Any use? I assume the class 22 sounded very different, though....

It can't be so long ago, as the colour light signal gantry is standing (well, at least one of them is...) and the track layout is pretty much as now. Unfortunately it almost perfectly duplicates one I took myself, though this is clearer. Editor of CM said that Peco would love me forever if I can persuade anyone to model that yard!!!

Peter, Wikipedia doesn't actually have many really good pictures of a resolution needed to publish. Thanks for the suggestion, though. I would certainly be interested in any you were able to take, there is no immediate hurry for them, though CM does already have the article. Some general views of the station, one of the outside of the station building and if possible one of the river bridge would be really helpful. Obviously there would be a payment in it....

Many thanks for those suggestions - will explore them all, Apologies for the delayed reply - things suddenly got very busy round here....

Good afternoon all... I haven't posted here for a good while - have been 'away' from railways for the best part of a year while dealing with various health issues.... Glad to say there is a bit of modelling being done again at last.... I'm preparing an article for Continental Modeller on Capdenac Gare. Unfortunately, when I visited a couple of years ago, my camera was playing up, and I ended up with only a few usable pictures. Just wondering if anyone has any of either present or past at the station and environs, of a suitable resolution for publication. Or whether any of the France-dwelling members on here are close enough that they could go and take a few. There would be appropriate recognition and recompense from either me or Peco Publications! I can be reached at ian[at]sandistock.plus.com if you would rather go off-group. Many thanks Ian

May I offer some thoughts and observations? Beautiful work Andy. https://trainsandtrad.wordpress.com/2017/02/23/home-made-photographic-back-scenes/ Ian S.

Hi, I've been enjoying your work for a little while now... ;-) Just wondered whether you have tried Redutex? I've recently started using it and it strikes me it would be very good for that stonework. regards Ian

I'm building a model using 2mm assn code 40/copperclads and running French N scale stock. Standards similar to Cav's. Can be done if you're careful about flange depth. See my blog (link in footer) Regards Ian

Excellent work - that is 'feeling' very right already.... Ian

No, I drew a blank on that too, so I made my own. Just used some brass strip. Wrapped some masking tape round it, used some Peco track, marked the tops of the rails with marker pen, pushed the brass down onto it and then carefully cut slits with a mini drill disc where the marks were. It seems to have been good enough! Very few problems so far. I made three point jig in a similar way by cutting across the arms of a V folded piece too. Check rails are possible though I found that the thickness of a piece of brass strip was just as reliable. Hope that helps. Ian

Hmm. Each entirely to their own of course. Most of the points made above probably have traction. It is true that finer scale track is less sturdy and probably less durable in the long run. It is definitely true that it requires more work. But I can't agree with parity of appearance. Each will have their own priorities and tolerances, but if there were no difference in the appearance, I don't think I would have persevered. Sad though I may be, I still sometimes just sit there looking at my layout (so far) and just soak up how much better code 40 rail with decent sleeper spacing and track geometry looks :-) I thing that is more apparent that minute variations in gauge - and it's worth remembering that you can use code 40 rail, with care, without ne eding to go the whole hog into 2mm FS.