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sadly i've had to shelve this idea due to lack of available space, but a more concise version is underway and is making slow progress.

i've had V70 T5 volvos for the last 10 years and there is a difference with 99 octane fuel over 97. 99 gives a smoother more powerfull drive and returns more mpg, and the engine sounds stronger and strangely less gutteral.

It's still a 50/50 choice for me on a single line or this double line

i've created a new version of the double road entry for Intermodal, which seems to work reasonably well on paper. Can anyone see any unforseen problems with this. The second pic is a closer view of the entry.

Normally when you pop the tablet in you work it down the throat but some are pretty wise to this and still manage to chuck it back. That's the reason for the fish, works on every cat i've had to do this way.

crush it and mix it in with some cooked fish or chicken, then feed to the cat. Works every time.

A little story about the old presented by the young (well i was then). Many moons ago i built a radio controlled "OO" lima western, with it's own battery onboard and 27mhz radio control. It was a magical thing to watch running, incredibly smooth and would start from a minute crawl to a supersonic overspeed if required. There were no problems with trackwork at all as there were no pickups to worry about and no dirty track to care about. So off i went with my creation to show it off to my local model club, with all the youthful excitement i could muster. All went well, my western performed beautifully tackling the complicated pointwork of the station approach with ease and the batteries lasting for ever. Sadly the club in their wisdom decided that the cost of changing over to a new system would weigh too heavily on the members pockets as the stock was spread across quite a few owners. With hindsight their concerns were flawed as they eventually all moved over to DCC, but the western still survived to be a shining example of the future that never was.

and as a bonus you can fix your car for free.

Don't let the cat out of the bag, everyone will want it.

you could lay sheets of plasticard (or equivalent) for the yard base and glue the chairs directly to it with acetone.

I've added a few bits of stock on the plan to highlight the station curve, the container yard and the workshop siding.

maybe a better word would have been "stability". The base is quite solid and with a 9mm ply top, it will make a "stable" base layer for the 6mm ply to form the running surfaces. The running areas are split to two different levels, the container yard being a couple of scale feet higher than the station area.

and with it's track layout printed out, it's so much easier with a 42" printer using templot.

A temporary top surface of 6mm ply which will be the running surface for each level, it will have a 9mm ply base to give it strength.

After a hectic week sitting on my rear end adjusting the innards of the baseboard in Templot, the baseboard has finally been completed. Occupying the one side of my office, it currently hides what's left of the stack of computers bought from a school late last year. The jumbled layout of braces at the thin end is designed to house the dock and loco traverser, and the staggered run of braces at the thick end conveniently avoids the point mechanisms. The next choice is the surface material, 9mm ply seems to be the best option, with thinner 6mm ply on top to give different levels of track surface for the yard and station areas. I've planned to have the station area slightly lower than the container yard, using a full sheet of thin ply raised and cut through the middle to allow the station area to flow down. This way i should be able to get away without any awkward joints to blend in.