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Finely all the front 5 modules are connected with track could run a test loco, haven't done any bus wiring on the last station module,, next job is cut strips of the brass plated circuit board, boght a new pair of tin snips they have changed shape and very cheap to buy , I needto have in place one of the curved sections northern end and the second 6th module car port end so there is enough length for the loco so I switch to the next track.. Monday I will solder the brass strips inplace cut the track so I can pull the modules apart and begian to start soldering the feeder wires to the bus wires, got that job down to a fine art now, running out of wire, also have to sort out the isolator track joiners on the wrong side of the points. I decided last night to test two coaches through the points to the front of the pic last two points after the diamond cross over aren't as bad as it looks in the pic the coaches went through with ease with out a lot of over swing what I worried about , tested the double slip and three way point gee they are a challenge to work out will have to search for a Peco diagram for the cross over. The full train will fly through them can't wait , a while to go yet end of July for the first test loco. I have redesigned the back of the layout, spiral has being changed to the northern end now and in a better spot, scrapped the Oresund double deck cable stay bridge was going to cost me too much to build have designed my own double deck bridge, modelled on the Sydney Harbour bridge will have a concrete stile arch instead with a 11foot main span in two sections done that so I can use what Ply I have at home, all the curved decked has being cut , after the approach read be easy. Going to my train club today is their DCC running day, they have Wi-Fi set up so I can use the Engine driver throttle app on my phone , my TGV has DCC on board and a Bachman DD40AX loco as well only two trains slowing putting DCC decoders in my locos, I would like to put sound in my TGV both locos are powered the cost of two locos. Tony from cold down under

Hi Mthew, thanks for the battery link will have to check them out over here mainly the charger power difference, we are 240 here. Will be keeping a close on your track clearning car build, I have on th edrawing board modifing two DD40AX locos to the MPV British track cleaning locos, mine will haecleaning drums in each, front loco be unpowered ., HO/00 scale garden railway have big issues in keeping the track clean, run my track leaning locos around the layout first. Tony from cold down under had zero this morning 7degrees now.

Hi Mathrew , nice lot of pics, I like the steam crane , would of looked good in actin did they use it at all. WOW three hours batter power, what brand is the batteries and cost, I be looking for those powered bogies get them in all scales. There is a branch line not far from me the other side of Ipswich never being to it will have to go one day, hope they are running an old diesel rail car they call the red Fred, Queensland Rail runs on narrow gauge, the main line modern diesels are huge for a narrow gauge railway 3ft 6iinches, we had the first high speed tilt train as well only as far as Rockhampton diesel tilt service to Cairns, should be standard gauge all the way to Cairns, but the speeds are 150k max for the tilt trains. Keep the pics flowing, Tony from cold down under, 2 degrees tonight, we could g lower .

Hi Mathew, yeah that is te trouble with DC all that wiring just to run more than one train, DCC only needing two wires into the layout., one day, have just as much fun with DC. THat is nonthing yet, I still have to wire up 4way three pole rotary switches to contol the three to four throttles, much more fun with more than two friends, my club has single tract main line running and passing loops can take up to 40 minutes to run around the layout when it is busy, great can chat to other members while wait to go. Here is a couple of pics on home I nail down track on the module join making it heaps easier no sore back once the tack is soldered in place I cut the track on the join, actually I nail the tracks down on both modules before I pull them a part. Track gang be out in full swing tomorrow, being very windy here the wind was so strong yesterday blew down a mobile tower in the next suburb, not as bad today. they quite big at the base, plan to get a couple for the layout. Tony from down under

Morning Mathew, yeah I do the same to now depends what it is, last item was a set of 5unit container well wagons the postage was the killer from the US, I need to buy a fold up foot stool, I have trouble climbing up into the Maxi Taxi's wheel chair hoist, last one broke can only get them on eBay height wise. Oh yeah you are lucky then not needing to do any bus wiring real pain, good idea have heard that just soldering in jumper wires onto the rail joins. I The way I wire my bus wiring the plus is the front rail -minus the back wire the way my train club do their wiring, something to do with DCC, one day I will switch to DCC stuck with DC, do away with the control panel.. The pics are only going to get better, here is a pic of the mini bus wiring sliding panel slides up in under the module out the way, I like to think ahead when building the layout, need to build a second panel for that module four thee blocks for stage three two passing loops and single track love single track running. Set up the last station module this afternoon bolting both together ready to nail the track across the module join solder in brass platted circuit board then cut the track, next jog the bus wiring, after that I think I will have to start on the control panel so I hen be able to in the first loco o the front modules exciting. Being redesigning the track plan, the cable stay bridge has gone going to design my own double deck bridge looking at a arch for the main span, be 12 inches in height still need the spiral but now be at the northern end of the pergola out in the open. Very cold here today westerly winds, 18 degrees but it felt like it was 8 degrees, I couldn't go for my afternoon walk. Tony from down under.

All the 14 points are pemameantly nailled dwon with holes drilled for the switching pin, not sure if I will motorise the points being so close to the main control panel, looking at leavers with SPST slide switches to switch signal's Didn't do much today was going to redesign the mini bus wire panel, forgot there isn't enough height for the new panel back to the other design with some improvements, has to be long enough for three double speaker plugs and a 25way computer plug, all up 6 double plugs, 12 blocks, tomorrow I will cut the timber for the new panel. hopefully slide better than the first one. Once I get past this module the rest be easier to build and set up being smaller in width 6inches, all the decking has being cut out now even the curved decking has being done, just a matter of joining up levelling up painting and nailing track, spiral will take a while to build, at the other end is a 12foot radius curved ramp, decking cut as well, most of the work being on the first three station modules and approach modules both ends. Getting closer and close to the big day, first test loco run earlier end of July on the front modules, will have to make a start on the control panel, not sure how I will build it with a track plan, with using rotary switches just have each switch marked , each position be lit up with a LED indicator, at least I can do the wiring in the hobby room. Tony from down under.

Hi Phil, many thanks for the link was a real loco unusual name, saved a couple of good pics even though in black and white and can put on an trailer as well what I am planning to do . In South Australia there is a steam rail motor call ed the Coffee pot still runs today, narrow gauge, I like the Horwick Jerk, yet another new project be born, I still have to old pipe track will replace the track with brass track later. Tony from down under.

Last evening Mathew, thanks for the link of our Victorian Puffing Billy, one day I will lash out and buy one, nice looking tanbk loco, good if I can get it in 0 gauge, I have an old Hornby clock tank steam loco I plan to re motor but laving the clock working in. plan to add a coach to the loco covering the clock working leavers and the bogie at the other end be battery powered with remote control . I be buying one of those turn tables or make my own, you can buy from a woodturning supplier turn table part and, I have turned lazy Susan using the metal turn table , quite cheap, heading to a wood turning supplier end of August to buy three weather instruments for a birthday present .will buy the turn table as well. Great work can see the different from before and after the dusting, I will never weather my locos same sort of thing do you just sprinkle the dust on what you want to bring out the rust affect out on. I am slowly building up my four wheel wagons, for my German trains , got a 2-8-2 tank steam loco, diesel and electric locos, go well on the branch line I have planned. Tony from down under

Late evening Mathew, 10.49 pm your time amazing 7.49am my time , it must be an awesome site indeed to see the Battle Of Britain memorial flight fly over with the Lancaster in the middle. Yeah you can get some good buys on eBay I won't buy locos anymore being caught a few times, problem not knowing enough to fix them myself, I can put them together, one of the projects is re-motoring Athearn's AC/4400 locos and Dash/9's, got two running one more to go. Postage is the killer and exchange rate as well costing nearly double the price, if you are after something that is rare you will buy it like the Hornby 00 scale dual Tender Flying Scot 4472.I bought a couple of years back, there is also online shops that sell trains like where I bought the DL41 loco from was worried till I got it and test run it work very well, actually looking at buying the cradle wheel sets where you stick them on the track long enough for the loco and don't need a test track. Off to the hobby shop after brekkie to get the right point holding me up in marking the centre hole for the point switch pin a few to drill, nail them back down and nail the track down plus set up the last station module so I can solder in the brass plated circuit board strips on the track module join and cut the track, no way will be on my knees doing it , made a cradle to sit on the saw horses making them higher making it easier working on a module. How do you do the bus wiring on your garden railway, I have seen some just solder short pieces of wire to the track on joins . Before starting on the bus wiring will have build the bus plug panel first pics to follow, layout is designed to be plug and play same with the signal and point motor bus wiring is soldered into a 25way computer plug they are cheap to buy now.and blow you away when I start working on the control panel be lit up like a Christmas tree Tony from down under 8.17am my time

Afternoon Mathew, pure awesome have to agree as well I also love the sound of the Merlin engine, yes Britain sure had some good aircraft during WW11 another favourite aircraft is the De Havilland Mosquito and Mustang the Merlin engine made the Mustang., many thanks for the video clips, there is more footage on the same link. Went to an air show Amberley RAAF base it was great to see the Mustang in flight with the sound of the Merlin engine pure awesome that was a few years back very noisy indeed and a long day out., Kitty Hawk as well .in RAAF marking of that era, see if I can find some pics of the air show. I don't think we have any Spits flying in Australian one crashed at an air show in South Australia years back. Yes we do have quite a few, but sadly the trains are made in China, but still charge the earth, locos around $350 mark coaches are $90 getting out of my reach , even the Peco points I bought today had gone up a fair bit $26 for a small point and $32 for the express point, don't like buying second hand points, come home with the wrong small point back to the hobby shop tomorrow to get the right one trains Yeah I like to collect trains from other countries, would like an Irish passenger train the colour scheme is orange .and more US locos and container double deck well wagons, trailers on spine cars .got 25 of the spine cars 15 well wagons 23 60foot flat wagons with containers. longer the better.. Gee doesn't time fly nearly midnight here. Tony from down under

What a great idea a turn table set to paint your wagons great also for working on them as well, I checked out the link and wow they are neat locos for their scale, I came across a diesel loco never seen it before they must design their own locos big cab for the smaller gauge two crew . Pity you should of had a photo of you standing beside the spitfire my favourite fighter of that era, I can't get over the wide beaches you have in England, the sand over here is nearly white. Was wondering that our Puffing Billy locos may be the same , I get some pics, I like the those locos like to get one and the open tourist coaches too, something different. Keep the pics flowing. Tony from down under

Hi Mathew, thanks , ywah thinking of paino wire in a tube so many ideas out there using SPST slide switches is a cheap way and you can wire singnals to the switch as well, not in a hurry but have seen some good leavers but very expensive. That is one hell of a long train30 cars plus two locos, will depend on passenger booking the length of the train most Indian Pacific consists are about 26 cars, the first Ghan train in 2004 was nearly double that, yes Lima do bring out an Indian Pacific carriage three different ones, sleeper diner and power car, I have 18 all up taken me a few years to collect, the latest ones out have the wedge tale eagle loco on the sides of the cars, I will get some more down the track at $70 a car take a while. Fifteen cars are pretty long depending on the size of the coaches, those Intercity coaches are quite long, would like some of them, I have a Bachmann Virgin DMU cross country set, want the Doctor Who set and the Electric set , the front loco design are very close to our QR EMU sets. On the wish list is the Euro Star train the latest one 320 class I think, that is a very long train 18 cars and the cars have two sets of bogies must be joined with a draw bar set up, I also have the Thaly's full TGV set plus three extra cars to make up 15 car train usually only 10 car sets in the US on the East Coast there is an Amtrak Auto train has 16 double deck passenger cars plus 23 Auto carriers wow some train, I have a smaller 10 car Amtrak set . Yes I have been planning this layout for some time and building slowly, my dream layout , comes down to budget, and the only way to do it is take my time, yeah hope to get a loco running end of July and Christmas time for the main event., once I get past this module the others be a breeze except for the spiral take a while build all the track decking is done. I swapped the diamond cross over around today, looking good and linked the three way point with the point on the middle track, getting there, hopefully the specialist isn't running to later tomorrow afternoon get time to drop into the hobby shop and buy those two needed points, going to be pure awesome to see the passenger trains going through the points, I don't want to complete the station modules, want to make sure I have enough track to complete the main circuit , got one full box of flexi track and track left over from the old layout. Tony from down under .

Hi Mathew, no worries glad you had a great holiday love the pics, as you say worth a visit seeing the Battle Of Britian memorial over here we have a big memorial in Canberra, I went for a visit in October last year, you need a whole day see all the displays, only had the afternoon and a rain cold day as well., gee nice beaches as well fairly bib beach any big waves. Those early warning mirrors in the pics I have being watching a British doco called British Coast they are all over Britain some huge, pure amazing the bigger ones still work today, could you get up close to the Spitfire and Hurricane Must ask you what fuel do they use for those narrow gauge tank locos , on room for coal in the cab, like our Buffing Billy train in Victoria that gauge is 2foot 6inches I think wood like some of those open tour carriages, what gauge is the bigger trains at the end of the video , what a great idea and scale. Looking forward to seeing the video clips when you put them on. Tony from down under. ,

Hivjoneslong, many thanks, those points are to access five platforms and where the small cross over and doulble slip is the is three tracks there, will depend on how I strat the journey the tracks or the right of the pic be a temperary platform one to four where I can bring in the Indian Pacific and split the train, shuntin gthe carriagers to platform two and three. Indian Pacific consist now has about 30 carriagers with one auto carrier leaving Sydney , my mum and sister last year did the jourmey, sister said they had on that train 28 I will have enough cars to make up the full train,some of the carriagers wont have scirts till I manage to buy more, two locos needed to get over the Blue moutains, when the trainreaches Adelaide they put on an extra auto carrier, only have Lima carrier not correct though and is too light to put infront of the train, will scrach build brass ones. Yes you can buy ready to run auto carriers but there are too exspensive I think about $130 each out of my reach a friend scratch built his own will take pics of his wagon, that module is a very expensive module indeed, I am not sure if I will motorise the points being so close to the control panel thinking of using those point leavers to switch the points, will have signals to show which way the points are set, I scratch build my own signals save some money, bought a couple of years back heaps of different coloured LEDS A busy week coming up once the module is finished be able to set up all five front modules to run the first test loco, video clip of the beg event, full swing to completing the rest of the layout to run the first train around the whole layout can't wait. aiming Christmas time. Tony from down under

Points and down except two, a trip to the local hobby shop Friday, to buy the two points get some more track as well,, still need to mark the to drill the holes for the switching pin, have to wait till Thursday to buy some more 0.9mm led for the led pencil the only size that will fit the point bar. Got no more straight point left only curved points some are left over from other layouts, may never use them handy to keep for a branch line I have am planning. Will have to lift out the points and double slip cross over to drill the holes put them back and then start nailing down the track, next job build the mini bus plug panel and start the bus wiring, in the end well worth the effort,, have to make a start on the main control panel as well another big job can do a lot at night in the hobby room, soldering the wires to the rotary switches and LED indicator lights for each throttle. The modules after this one be easier with some only track, the second approach module will have two points and a diamond cross over on the northern end the first large curve will have two curved points . Tony from down under

No moremock ups for point module plan, the first approach module car port end has being painted and the points and one cross over is peramenantly nailled down, the first point past the cross over I didn't have the right hand point , going to the hobby shop Thursday to but the right hand point and two others competing the module. One other change is I will be shifting the cross over to the first point and plan is when the train is coming off the right hand track onto the main line will cross over back onto the left hand track in pic two where the car is, but I will have to switch the curved points around on the first curve, The question is when I switch the points will the points cut the point beyond the point right hand track, will I need a switch, this saves having to buy a single slip cross over they are quite dear to buy, planning either a three way or four way signal there be a lot of fun. I still need to build a mini panel for the bus plugs once the track and points are down be over a week away, spending as many days I can , but wiring taking the longest, I am not sure witch way I go is I motorist the points or use leavers as the main control panel be in front of the module, full steam ahead. Tony from down under.

What a find, I was looking at another you tube video and saw on the side links an Indian Pacific, wow saw the second loco is my loco DL41, I like to find out that diesel and steam locos are still in use today, the only difference is the colour scheme blue and yellow and different company Pacific National, I am thinking of buying decals with the Pacific Nation logo and covering the National Rail . The day I wan to test out the circular saw cross cutting jig it is raining, only be cutting four pieces of ply for the hinges to screw better onto the module leg posts and extend the table top past the saw blade making it safer to cut mall strips of ply, also bought a multi drill sharpener Ozito brand be sharpening all my drills up to 12mm well. Tony from down under

Hi Vjonelong, nice build with the 4 wheel wagons, I am surprised just having one wagon bumber is there a reason for that. Like the work shop what I am lacking, mine is an open air work shop.and only have a hobby room to build kits and scratch building. I completed the circular saw cross cutting jig today took three days to build, like a mini radial saw arm square cut every time pics on my post in garden railway. How is your holiday going in Kent still down there or back home now. Tony from down under.

Just finished my circular saw cross cutting jig today, very happy with the out come, square cut every time, hopefully last quie a while, I may have to glue thin strips of aluminium over the screw holes scratched the base plate of the saw, was a challenge because with the saw being a 18volt battery saw the motor was lower so I had to cut down to 7mm to clear the motor. I used 1.5 mm thick aluminium angle line strong enough for my battery circular saw, saw cut is only 45mm didn't want to lose too much cut , jig is designed to cut 42mm square pine posts, come in handy to when I start working on my double deck cable stay bridge, modelled on the Oresund bride between Denmark and Sweden, towers 7feet high I plan to screw in place so it can be taken off an extended plate so to I can make a clamp for when I be cutting a lot of pieces the same size, be challenge as well to cut timber on different angles come later, my other hobby is woodturning come in handy cutting strips of timber to turn segmented bowls, platters and pens. Itching to get stuck into cutting four pieces of ply for the hinges on the module legs, heading to my hobby shop tomorrow to buy a single slip cross over , blood test first will complete the first approach module car port end, will be the most expensive module of the whole layout, haven't decided if I will motorised the points as the control panel is just in front of the module, like to get those manual lever type to switch points. Warm week coming up will make the most of it, and finish all three approach modules painted and track down, busy week. Tony from down under.

I swapped the points around in pic two on the last post, now I can shunt the locos around the Indian Pacific without interfering with the main line . Have mentioned before that I be modelling a few stations on the same modules, stage one of the station module complex I have only got three modules, all up there are six plus the three smaller extension modules for the suburban platforms, I be modelling East Perth terminal. first. The last two pics are East Perth terminal Western Australia where the Indian Pacific ends her 3 day journey, be quite a few laps of the layout be a fast clock indeed can have fun in just running one train for the whole day, I would love to run a track around the whole house, need to win the lotto.. Those two last pics is what I hope to achieve and become Sydney Central later, the second by passing loop become platform 15 track as in the third pic with the double decker electric set, luckily the suburban island platform is in the place as the first Sydney Central suburban platform, be much better with friends over where they can run other trains, I be wiring up my control panel for DC using 4way rotary switches to control four throttles, after I test run the first loco on the front of the layout will start building the control panel all up 15 blocks for stage one, one day plan to switch to DCC. Tony from down under

I love mock-up module point plans seeing how the point fit on the module before nailling them inplace and knowing how many I need, luckly I have enough points to compete the first approach module coming from the car port end and with changes to the module plan as well made it possible,, going to be pretty awesome to see the trains going through the points and cross overs and other passenger trains waiting to get clearance to depart the platform , I may have signals on the end of the platforms as well. The video clip and first pic of my latest loco Austrain's DL class National Rail ,a loco I miss out in buying when she first came out a hard loco to buy now when I saw it listed on the net I grabbed it arrived yesterday , a loco I can tick of the wish list, now I have all three ,locos in the video clip plus the latest NR 18 from Austrain's with the newest Indian Pacific colour scheme, I am not sure if they will paint anymore NR's with that colour scheme. I will have to find a pic of the loco and post on the next post. Pics 2a and 2aa, in pic 2aa where the end of the level is where the cross over be and points accessing those five platform tracks, I think I will have to wire in a short block so I can isolate those tracks free of the main line to shunt locos, the other piece of ply is where platforms one to four track will join the main line, that will be in stage three build, early next year. In pic one the points and cross over at the front will be a challenge to wire as well,, with a platform track and passing loop plus a siding for the locos so the can shunt around the train. I am not sure if I will motorise all the points and the double slip as the control panel will be behind the module, if so be an expensive module indeed with the diamond crossing in the front to be replaces with a single slip cross over, would like to have those leavers you can buy to switch the points.

Hi vjonelong, thanks, much better now , good to get back into the layout construction I finished the bus wiring on the first station module and if I set up the 3 station modules and front corner module I could run a test loco, set back with the timing of the first run now, be the first week of July , I am working on the first approach module car port end (southern end) so can switch the loco back onto the temporary main line passing loop. Have to agree those pics are pure awesome ,I like you choice of garden plants, I was hopping to get my HO scale garden railway down closer to ground level, the pergola floor isn't level 9inches height difference from the car port, once I finish where the curved ramp be going in the garden I will be planting taller plants, I have in the side garden plants like you have be a good back drop. Have to ask in pic 15 the extension in the in the staging yard are you planning to extend the track, like the building which I reckon brings a layout to life, I am modelling Sydney Central station my version be cutting back about 10 windows, if I modelled the building to frontage scale be over 8feet wide and all those terminus platforms 15 of them I am only modelling about 8 platforms and three suburban platforms. Nice 9pm sun sets , more running time in the afternoons, our days are getting longer now , mightn't have a cold winter again, save the grass being burnt with Jack Frost, I plan to put a big effort in the yard and gardens in spring top dressing the grass and more bark for the gardens.. Keep the pics flowing and video's, I bought a Ozito electric drill bit sharpen yesterday on the con for sliding mitre saw fathers day coming up have to work on my son, same brand.. Tony from down under

Hi Vjonelong,, I have a few weeks spell from thelayout as well, me being unwell and son in hospial last week for a week,, it must get pretty humid over in the UK then and surprised about that garratt having heating issues, sorted out now, one of the members in my train club has one of those locos but in 0 scale, I am thinking of scratch building a Garratt, like the NSW Garratt's they are quite huge. January to March is our worse months for humidity over here go as high 98 percent.. Did you manage to fix the bent cab, gear slipping not good, the layout before this one my grades were a bit steep and a few locos couldn't handle it my DD40AX started to have wheel slipping, didn't have a matching loco to double head, new layout wont have any issues , my grades are 2 percent and curve on the ramp 12feet across , quarter inch a foot by 24feet in length, gaining 6 inches in height, going to look awesome. What time does the sun set late at night , in Western Australia, it is 9pm , would love that more time on the layout.. Back into working on my layout now aiming to get something running buy the weekend. Tony from cold down under.

Finely back into it after a few weeks while waiting for the grass to dry out I got stuck into the bus wiring for the first station module, more work on Wednesday will finish the module a matter of setting up all the front modules, to give a longer run I will get stuck nto painting the three curved sections that makes part of the ramp heading up the back of the layout, great birthday present, three years in the making if I can pull it off. Pic one showing the speaker plugs I use for the track bus wiring is block one and two , the only problem with DC wiring all that wiring you have to bring back through the station modules to the control panel a lot of work but worth the big effort to run more than one train in DC ,be running two remote controllers and one local controller and a spare rotary position for DCC. Pic two with the wires go though the module beam and the marked tunnel portal is for the pedestrian tunnel accessing the suburban and country link terminus platforms from the road level, third pic is what I be achieving once the bus wiring is complete, that scene wont be happening for while stage two of the station complex. Forth pic is the blocks one and two, I put in two staples so I can tie the bus wires to, going back to pic two that section will lift out when I will have Sydney set up, to change once the Indian Pacific has left platform one, Sydney Central building be built in two sections, making it easy to lift out, all the fun of running trains, be a very quick clock indeed.. Last pic showing the other side of the two plugs ,not much effort to cut the bus wires for block one and two, blocks 6 and 7 is wired in only needing to bring the bus wiring from the front corner module, taking a bit longer needing feeder wires. My construction adventure is slowly coming to an end for stage one of the station complex, like to aim at stages for my layout the only way being on a budget to complete my dream layout. Tony from down under.

Hi vjoneslong, you back yard is about as big,as our whole yard measures 800 square metres, more back yard and front yard is in garden with large tress and hedge only have the foot path to mow and the back yard garden right around the fence line and one side of the house, could never get grass to grow there. Gauges can be confusing with some many different ones out there to model , I will stick to HO scale, those clock Mallard's be a hard item to find, I like to one day own a Garratt, be huge in the bigger scales, is on the drawing board to build my own needing two 4-8-4 running megs and one modified boiler, a friend built his own , he said lasted years. Thanks as well putting me straight on the gauges as well Berry, what so confusing is the metre size when threw me off, didn't know 16mm is either 32 or 45mm gauge which my train club has and O scale. At least your other half likes to run steamies she may one day run a diesel, be good if I can get my other half to do the same , she may once the layout is up and running, one day I may last out and buy Hornby's 00 scale live steam Mallard loco ., already have the Flying Scott 4472 two of them one has two tenders and the second tender is powers as well, more grunt. Where is Nottingham is It close to the coast, down in the southern states they can have three climates in one day, the day I visited Canberra it was freezing in October and raining, lucky I took a warm jacket, by the weekend it was hot picked the wrong day to go, in QLD we not like that hot in summer, cold in winter, that is why you have nice green plants and grass, heard the UK gets quite humid over there.in summer Quiet day here today, want to go to the hobby shop in Ipswich to buy the 3mm styrene rod tomorrow. Now I have your post link saved can much easier to check your progress. Tony from down under.