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Thank you David. No modifications, just the standard peco code 75 y turnout. regards Paul

Hi Ian, email sent this morning apologies for the delay. regards Paul

Hi Ian, Thank you, would definitely be interested in sharing them with the readers of Micro Model Railway’s Dispatch. Will drop you an Email sometime next week. Regards Paul.

Hello All, I have now restored all the photos to this topic. It was good to go back over how City Goods and Rural Goods have evolved over time. And to see the other two layouts on here that I no longer have, Urban goods 1 & 2. Still need to upload a few of the missing videos though. Regards Paul.

A short video of the Rapido trains model rail J70 running on Rural Goods. Regard’s Paul.

The announcement from Rapido trains about the W & U tramway coaches prompted me to give my J70 a bit of a run on Rural Goods. Will definitely be ordering some of them and the GER W&U Train pack.

A few photos of a J70. regard’s Paul

Back to city goods today with the Peckett doing a little shunting. Regards Paul.

Thank you Mikkel, yeah the back scene was the one element that didn’t fair to well in storage it’s delaminating in places, and became a bit discoloured. ( definitely climate change 🤣 ) regards Paul.

A short video I have just uploaded to You Tube of the Bachmann class 24 doing a bit of shunning. Regard’s Paul.

A bit of a change for me a Bachman class 24 doing a bit of shunting on rural goods. Thanks for looking, regard’s Paul.

D5149 slowly making its way through Rural Goods. Regard’s Paul.

A short video of my Hornby Peckett Bear running on Rural Goods. Thanks For Watching, Regards Paul.

A short video I’ve just uploaded to you tube.

Another photo of a Peckett on my micro layout Rural Goods. Regards Paul.

A few more photo’s of rural goods. thanks for looking. Regards Paul.

So time for the Rural Goods update. One major change I added a small fiddle yard to the left hand side. Just a short bit of wood with a single piece of track it now makes the small halt a through station and also means the head shunt for the goods shed can fit a small loco and three wagons. This definitely adds a bit more operational interest. The only over thing i did was go over the static grass. A few photos below thanks for looking. Regards Paul.

A Peckett on Rural Goods.

A few more photos of City Goods. I have also reinstated 4 more videos to this topic, on pages 5, 6 and 7. Or you can click on the link in my signature that will take you directly to my you tube channel. Thanks for looking. Regards Paul.

Thank you John. Its funny you should mention that about You Tube, About a year ago I had a complete detox from social media and closed my account on there. it was also one of the reasons I stopped posting on here for so long. The good news is I have started my You tube channel again. So will slowly upload all my old videos and reinstate them on here, if I can work out where they all go. have uploaded 4 videos so far link below to my channel I currently have no subscribers. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKS8xTqS0nusGNDp8C6x7UA thanks for looking regards Paul.

I thought it was about time for me to do an update on this Topic I have had both City Goods and Rural Goods out of storage and have done a bit of updating to them both. I will start with City Goods. City Goods was about the third micro layout that I built and was designed to fit in a really useful wrapping paper storage box. A very simple layout with one point. So I decided to add some scenic work to the fiddle yard and have a small extension on a separate board. With the fiddle yard attached it gives the layout more operational potential and the main section can still be stored safely in its box. More photo’s below. I’m hoping at some stage all this missing photo’s from early on this topic will reappear, thanks for looking. Regards Paul.

Thank you, they are just Wills cobble sheets the real trick is to fill the gaps between them. In terms of painting i spray them grey then paint them black and while the black paint is still wet wipe it of leaving paint between the cobbles once dry i then add a bit of weathering using powders. Photos below probably illustrate it better than my words. Regards Paul.

Photos of them on Canal side. thanks for looking. Regards Paul.

First bit of weathering done on the new wagons, all done using humbrol weathering powders. I will go back to them in a few days and touch up a few areas that aren’t quite right.