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Well, that was a grand day out. Spent wisely, watched lots, and had loads of good conversation. Excellent layouts, but too many to pick out as favourites.

Culm will not be attending. This was notified before Christmas, but has escaped the net and is still appearing on the layout list.

Great shot. Looks like a South Wales des res.

That’s the technique I use as well. It keeps the shape, and the tarp can made to look newer/stiffer by increasing the PVA strength. I then paint with acrylics.

Is there any reason why an RC loco cannot retain its pickups and then run on powered track? If so, are there requirements that need to be put in place,eg receiver switched off,etc?

Hadn’t spotted this reply when I posed a cut and shut possibility. Many thanks for this, and I shall look for the rtr version.

If anyone were to do it, then my money would have been on Falcon: they made kits for everything going! If I can’t find anything, I’ve thought of doing a horizontal cut and shut on a 4000 gall tender- I wonder if that would work?

Is there a kit for a Collett 3500 gall tender, 4mm?

Really good show, stayed there for 4 hours or so. Impressive layouts, backup trade and good value refreshments. Met a load of people I haven’t seen for a while. Good time!

Black doors and steps makes sense: the GWR tended to paint areas black that would get dirty, even specific window areas in signal boxes.

I’ve read somewhere that the cab doors were painted black, but I’m not certain on this. Perhaps, somebody more knowledgable can comment?

Didn’t Triang do a 4000gall tender?

Rookie question. I have bound my receiver to the controller, but is it possible to rebind the receiver to a different number setting afterwards?

A few of us went to show on Saturday. We really enjoyed, good layouts across most scales. As you would expect in Burnley, the lunchtime pie was excellent.

Many thanks to Peter Rigby for arranging the show: really good all round. Considering the show is in the middle of holiday time in August, then 400+ is a respectable number of attendees — I hope the EMGS is happy with that.