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Hi, Very early stages of construction. It is in the loft and the overall dimensions are 5.4m x 3.4m. The main 4-track running is based on the line from Waterloo down through Raynes Park, to just before Malden, where the line to Teddington and beyond becomes 2-track. The narrow gauge line is based on Arnolds Sands 2ft gauge sandpit that used to run sand trucks into the Leighton Buzzard mainline station. The Arnolds Sands line today is a very popular tourist line. The era is post-war up to around 1980, so the steam is really 'preserved', and the rest is a real mixture, as I am not into very high levels of prototypical authenticity (yet), and but may find I will be once the track starts being laid and locos running! I don't want to deliberately mix/muddle loco and rolling stock eras, but may end up doing so by accident or lack of knowledge. The attached file shows the plan that I have created in AnyRail and is focused towards the Southern Region, which is where as a child I used to go by train from Teddington to Raynes Park as part of my journey to school from the age of 8. After ~11 years old I started to cycle as well. With the exception of the OO9 narrow gauge, which is DC, all the rest is DCC, using a Roco Z21 controller and iPad plus iPhones. With a simple test loop all works very well, but once I start wiring up track and points, and then start looking at signalling, I'm sure that 'simple' will disappear! Best regards, Richard Layout v18.pdf

Hi, I am getting back into model railways after many years away, and have found your videos very helpful indeed. I recently bought some Hornby Pullman coaches, and 2 had already been fitted with 12v LED lighting strips in the roof, so your video on that has inspired me to fit similar lights to the other 6 coaches. The rectifier circuit is basically the same as yours (I will be DCC), but have used a 5K potentiometer in place of the fixed resistor so that I can vary the lighting level - works well. The trick with the kitchen foil is also great, just occasionally breaks on first installing, so continuity testing is essential before refitting the bogie and soldering the connecting wires. Thanks for the inspiration.