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Hallo, A very similar project is being completed, also in H0, and is visible on the LR Presse forum, under "Loco-Revue". The name of the thread is "Pas de boucle sur la Ceinture" (a play on words as "boucle" means "buckle" but also "a looped layout", and "ceinture" is "belt", of course). It is set in the 1980s. And yet another is at initial planning stage under the thread "Projet dans l'esprit PC" Not forgetting Taniera's very promising Ceinture-inspired layout being built in far-away Tahiti! ("Réseau ambiance Ceinture en H0") 141 C 78

Hallo Rob, I dicovered your splendid layouts only very recently (a few days ago, in fact) and within weeks of joining RM Web. They are most impressive! Having been (and remaining) and H0 scale modeller, I have decided however to put a tentative toe into 0 scale. The main reason is that I got the opportunity last year to buy a fine 0-6-0 steam locomotive and 5 four-wheeler goods wagons, all nicely weathered, and feel this 0 scale train deserves some sort of a showcase, and a small space where shunting movements could take place. I also have a few lengths of second-hand Peco bullhead track and a couple of turnouts. Add to this a former H0 fiddleyard plywood caisson, and there seems to be potential for a modest micro-layout! In this respect, I found your layout "The Shed" particularly inspirational, as both engines and wagons can be displayed on it. So I think I'll give something like that a shot, possibly adding one industrial siding in the background (space permitting). No more than one turnout on the layout proper, though, with a single-track sector plate acting as a fiddle yard. All this French, by the way - the engine is a PLM shunter and all the wagons are SNCF. Because of this, and although I love your grimy red brick atmospheres (and have this style on my H0 scale industrial micro-layout), I am inclined to give this loco a sunny southerly setting - the industrial siding could well serve a wine co-op! Time will tell... Congratulations once again. 141 C 78