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  1. I've got the attention of a goldfish. It's been watching me for days.
  2. Causes me to wonder whether there might be an Intermediate Muddle, and perhaps even a Not Quite So Little Muddle. The bifurcations and possibilities are endless in the Muddliverse. So, it's panniers all the way down, is it?
  3. I've just discovered that my (Australian) council library has e-versions of BRM and Model Rail. I think I'm set for reading material for a while.
  4. I don't usually post much, as I don't expect that the things I do are particularly innovative or my location particularly interesting, but perhaps this time, as I construct the Banff signal box, I might try posting just a little more frequently. I've completed the CAD for the 'box. I've learnt to draw it as I intend to build it. This time, it will be plasticard over a 1mm card carcase, mostly because I already have most of a sheet of Evergreen clapboard remaining from the western end of the station building. Regrettable, due to a complete lack of foresight in the 1850's by the BP&SR, the viewer will be presented with the following less-than-rivetting aspect. Because of this, I'm not convinced that I 'll bother with the usual Peco signal box interior, but time will tell.
  5. There appears to be an article in the March issue of The Railway Magazine.
  6. Minority? Excepting you and me, of course. And sometimes, ...
  7. That looks to be a lovely gas lamp just visible at the bottom of the photo. Do you recall where you got it from?
  8. No, we're here. We came from there.
  9. I think you've named what I couldn't - it just looks too nice. I will investigate distressing and/or weathering the shed. There's lots of info in magazines and on the web, so lots of opportunities to procrastinate 🫢
  10. And 11 weeks later, the Banff goods shed is complete - or as complete as anything ever is. Although it's a much simpler structure than the station building, it's still surprising where the time goes. Here it is, in company with the station building and an incomplete Parkside van. I'm generally happy with the end result, although the colours are too flat/even/saturated/something. I'm not sure what's wrong, nor am I sure what to do about it. The shed also needs guttering , downpipes and bedding-in, which will disguise several millimetres of the bottom of the model. One day, perhaps. Construction, as previously stated, is Slaters 2.16 mm planking over 1.5mm card with ScaleScenes slates and bricks and details cut from plasticard. Here's some detail shots. Despite being barely visible on the layout, I'm most pleased with the stairs. Constructed from plasticard, these were attempted as a practice for the highly visible signal box stairs.
  11. That's where the support bit comes in, after you've pulled their legs from under them.
  12. That's sensational! What's the limitations with TinkerCAD? I don't know anything about 3D printing - just asking for a friend 😉.
  13. One might comment that there's quite a lot that's round the bend at Little Muddle, but that might be open to misinterpretation, so I won't.
  14. Hello Graham: You have my (virtual) support, sympathy and commiseration. In buckets. As a beginner, I can only guess at the turbulent emotions that must come when breaking up a layout - all that time invested, all that work going in the bin. Whilst I've yet to get to that point myself, I have spared a moment to consider what will happen should we move from our current location, something that is bound to happen at one point or other, and for that, largely unforecastable. Of course, it is a pastime and a means to make some (virtual) friends with common(-ish) interests, and to that end, has served and will continue to serve you, me, and all the other readers well. I hope you enjoy the modelling hiatus. I suspect that we're all looking forward to your future endeavours.
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