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https://www.olfacutters.co.uk/Olfa-PC-s-cutter I use one of these i also cut sheet metal with it its a heavy duty laminate cutter but when I blunt the blade ive sharpened on the grindstone great for cutting plastic sheet too

You have got quite a bit done and with those footings if you need to[ as you get older] you could raise the track up . YEP love a visit in the future nothing like a good steam up phil

If you havnt yet joined the 16mm society id advise you to do so and obviously when things open up visit as many steam ups as you can. Plenty of ideas etc and obviously advice without making costly mistakes [time and money] . The one thing i would say is if you do have steam ups and invite visiting locos etc you will need siding space .They need parking space while waiting to have another run or a cuppa and a couple of passing loops this will ensure you can have 2 or more running at anyone time A steam up bay off to one side will help so that preping a loco will not interfere with running . points are expensive and i run on 45mm track but the peco track i have has been outside 20 years with minor problems, so no complaints. I found when i built mine as soon as i got a circuit that was it for a while i was too busy running trains Ive still got a lot to do but you are never finished out there + I rebuilt mine so i could get my garratt round the curves and raised it to save bending down

couldnt your turn table go into the empty space lose 1 of the ashpits not the road . to park locos on cos not all of them stayed in the shed? phil

Hi gordon ive followed your thread and admired your pointwork for a long time .If i might add you could always put the turn table in the shed and it becomes a round house Burton Shed had 2 turntables one in each shed and in their hey day had over 100 locos based there It even had a wheel drop pit . The LNER garrat made an appearance at one stage overheating journals and it went over the wheel drop pit It was on its way to the lickey bank as a banking engine . Although its a midland shed we had an LNER shed 1mile down the line till about 1964 [ Beer traffic and there was lots of it] . Any way i digress with a round house where the turntable is everything would flow down to the shed and you wouldnt need so much point work TYdesley shed had a double round house too and im sure somewhere on line there is a trackplan of 1908 vintage + they also had repair sheds too phil

Hopefully they will sort out your health issues mate ,So are we building somat to run on 7 1/4 guage?

bob is that a 5 inch piece of track i spy?

Agree bit disapointed this year of stafford show but will be attending next year regardless .Be at doncaster show next sunday dont miss that one either .

well we garden railers tend to hibernate in winter servicing our stock or building something more to run in the new season . building the railway outside tends to take a while too . Impressed that you are going dual guage wont be cheap phil

Hi mike As Craigs partner in crime it was great to meet you hopefully see you at heywood phil

what about a class 37? were they around sp? phil

Really sad mate you have had to let this go Hopefully will see you about maybe on a steam up or an exhibition in the future Phil

just found you so a place mark too

And on his death it was broken up and sold off ,which was a real shame .phil;

Do you have any live steam locos ? and how long to clean your track for dcc operation?

Hi greg http://www.brianjonesmodels.co.uk/page7.html He will provide you with the basics and some advice .Not cheap but good quality reliable electronics. This Bachmann shay is radio controlled with the mac 5 8years ago and still runs well Phil

Could be a burner issue and or gas jet problem especially if it seems to be lighting in the smoke box .Barley pit works do a replacement burner which is a vast improvement on the original. Phil

Hiya Bob just love your dog mate phil

My sympathy mate take it easy don't go too mad and hurt yourself! phil

Been on a visit to Scorton bank today .Liked these wagons might copy these few running pics but don't do justice to the line Had a good day out , and while running our trains in the garden got to see the real thing running the other side of the road on the west coast main line albeit class 90s ,66s, etc

Hi Bob if I can put my two pence in . There are no metalwork or woodwork classes in secondary schools anymore which is how I got my interest Then tech collage making screwdrivers on a lathe as part of my electrical course .A lot of kids are interested in games or phones etc. I was a member of Bolton model rail club now defunct, we tried a lot of ways to get young and old into the club but some parents seemed to think we could babysit their children on modelling nights [cheaply]. Club rule was children under 16 had to be accompanied. Some members didn't want kids in the club at all. So its like shooting yourselves in the foot .How can you pass these skills on? There are still a few model engineers out there self taught beavering away in their sheds . Over the last ten years quite a few I know have passed away, which is really sad ,that little bit of advice or drawing on a scrap of paper to help on completing a project now gone. I still think for the hobby to progress The young need to be encouraged to take an interest , hopefully in enough numbers to carry on . Talking to my local model rail shop ,he said the bulk of his sales were to 50 -65 year olds and he gave the hobby about 15 years. He did say that he will probably retire in the next ten years presumably to sell on phil

hi Bob give it a coat of acrylic matt varnish ,that should dull it down ,weather later or leave it as ex works rebuild which would have looked all shiney and new. phil

Hi Bob Im going to Bradford on the Saturday ,So if your going that day ill see you there .Just been given all clear so hopefully things should get back to normal now.(12 weeks) . Phil

Chris s layout is still about and stored in his shed so he can run it .I think he has a regular meet at his house every Tuesday. He has a smaller one that a toilet door opens and a chappie is sat there reading his paper, a dog wagging its tail, He runs battery only locos because its an end to end with a traverser He took that to the first Manchester show when it moved . phil

Know Chris and Phil Sixsmith really well . We all used to be in a Lads group of 16milers with a little mag produced by chris every month All now Defunct John fox was also a member