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Kenwater was a regular trader at the Stafford Exhibition till he retired many years ago. I also remember visiting his shop at Leominster I kept in touch with him for many years exchanging Christmas cards each year. And he was a regular visitor with friends after retirement to our annual exhibition. Not seen him since well before Covid. I still have my wooden cutting block which was made for Peco Code 100 track Terry

Probably not, why not give the Stafford Exhibition a go if you haven’t already been. £17.00 Free Parking, Free preserved bus travel from Stafford railway station 50 plus layouts and about the same top traders. The Country's largest and established Independent Model Railway Exhibition Eltel

Congratulations to the Macclesfield Club as ever a varied selection of layouts and met up with many friends. A few contenders for future layout bookings to the Stafford Exhibition Terry Stafford Railway Circle

After waiting all this time for the arrival of the Bachmann 009 Diesel I feel the announcement of NG16 may change my direction especially as I have a number of suitable 0.16.5 hand built stub points.

Well done Bachmann, I have resisted the temptation of the wonderful 009 locomotives since the launch. Having modelled in both Gn15 and 0.16.5 many years ago in may be time to look again at the new Bachmann NG16 Seems I will need to find a buyer for my Gn15 stock to fund this new venture. I knew I shouldn’t have gone to Statfold today. Terry

My layout Oil Drum Lane a DRS depot was at the York Exhibition over the Easter weekend which had various stock from 1992 to the arrival of the Class 68 Terry

Looking forward to a catch up over the weekend at York Terry

Good morning Browsing to see what’s new on RMWEB this morning I discovered your posts on refurbishing of diecast road vehicles. Growing up in the 1950 & 60s unlike many fellow railway modellers I was not a train spotter but my interest was more road transport. But I will be looking out for your future posts, which I find most interesting. As a keen railway modeller road vehicles are a important part of the model railway scene on all my layouts. i have a couple of rules in that the vehicles I have on the layout have to be the correct period and non of them nice and shiny straight out of the box. keep up the good work Terry

Hope it all goes well with MM at Basingstoke. A bit far from Stafford Any other exhibitions planned a little nearer me ? Terry

Very interesting point and something I have considered trying. I guess it would make sense to use the same manufacturer chip in both the locomotive and placed in or underneath the layout suitable amplified (In my case a 1st generation Bose speaker which I already have) I guess a Zimo chip may be suitable, as they seem to do both sound and non sound versions of the chip. Its a option for use in say a small industrial loco in either 009 or 00 Got me thinking…….. Terry p s Probably have to fund it by selling my Gn15 stock of goodies Locomotives, stock, kits, chassis even hand built points.

Thanks Roddy & Spamcan61 I feel between you have answered my question and I will purchase the recommended assorted screws. Terry

However, the best course of action is wherever possible to ascertain the screw thread size and just get it from a screw supplier Not really sure how you do that other than the length of a screw. How do you measure a thread size ? Terry

Could you please PM with the link you used. Many Thanks

Only just caught up with this topic….. Just wondering if this project has proceeded and any updates or pictures. i would be interested to know the dimensions of the layout as seen above. Terry

I purchased a BR Black version with sound, I will check to see if mine has brass plates. Was purchased for project which I doubt I will get around to building so I guess I will it at some stage. Terry