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The Bandit

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  1. Really enjoying following your latest build. Your previous layouts are superb and inspiring - showing what can be achieved in a small space with this scale.
  2. A brilliant piece of modelling. A pleasure to view. You’ve had my vote.
  3. I’ve used Metcalfe industrial kits on my layout and they are sturdy and can be modified with pre-planning. I tile the roofs because I don’t like the printed look. Corners coloured with watercolour paints or filled then painted improves the look no end. Add pipes, groove planks on doors, add details inside, add lights inside and out and the models become a lot less generic.
  4. I got my led tape from screwfix. It’s a long length so I doubled it back on itself. It had its own driver so it can be plugged into a wall socket and away you go.
  5. Those backscenes definitely produce a sense of depth.
  6. Planning ahead is the key. We started saving to help our son as soon as he was born - yet he still had to borrow to pay the course fees and therefore began his adult working life with debt. The way things are going, a university education will be the preserve of the rich - just as it used to be. Very worrying for all our futures.
  7. I always get a buzz when visiting an exhibition. Seeing a layout in the flesh as it were, is I find, more inspiring than seeing a layout on YouTube. Being able to see close up and the layout in its entirety is exciting. Being able to talk to the builders at smaller exhibitions is also helpful. I hope exhibitions remain as it will be an area of the hobby I will miss if they were all to fold.
  8. I love a micro - the small space demands plenty of thought and careful planning. Well done for showing the space-starved what can be achieved.
  9. I don’t want to be awkward, but neither do it for me as they both seem too large.
  10. Astounding. Pure talent!
  11. I really do hope that our great hobby continues well into the future. There are many other distractions for young people these days, probably more so than ever before so the numbers who take up railway modelling are diluted. Yes, there is still the image of anoraks but people who find I’m a railway modeller are usually impressed not disparaging - unfortunately these people tend to be of a more mature age. I came back to railway modelling in later life and really enjoy it but to help keep me on board manufacturers need to look at price. A new oo gauge wagon for £30+ is a joke whilst many new locos are way beyond my means. The problem seems to be our demand for ever increasing detail and ‘sophistication’. Why can’t manufacturers offer rtr locos that run well and leave the detailing to the individual modeller. That way more people may enter the world of railway modelling and present modellers may be encouraged to continue in the hobby.
  12. A superb piece of modelling. I feel like I could walk into the scene. Stunning.
  13. Wish my modelling looked half as alright! I’ve enjoyed following your build. Lots of food for thought - the knitting circle beckons again!
  14. Nice to see those two comparative photos - just goes to show what can be achieved in a short space of time.
  15. That backscene looks the biz - very effective. I actually thought the building was a model. I have the same loco from Planet Industrials. It’s got some real weight and is an excellent runner. I use insulfrog points ( don’t laugh!) and it runs through them beautifully. My other smaller locos also run through them really well but the Victory also copes with dirty track and will run very very slowly.
  16. I ballasted/added scenics to a fiddlestick I made for one of my box file layouts. I think it makes such a difference when you look through the exit point on the layout and see the track carry on in the same ‘style’ as the rest of the layout. Looking forward to your next instalments.
  17. Keep modelling and ignore mean-spirited negative comments. Those who make them are often individuals who are ‘expert’ modellers i.e. spend lots of time looking at the work of others but actually do no modelling themselves. Enjoy your future modelling.
  18. What you are doing looks really effective. The shadow does give extra depth. A great way of deceiving the eye.
  19. Hope you are feeling better soon. I was diagnosed 2 months into my retirement and I know what a shock it is. Modelling wise, may I say that your work is utterly stunning!
  20. I’ve been wanting to try out O on a small board for quite a while now so I’ll be interested to see how you get on.
  21. Radio controlled model aircraft suppliers have tubes and wire combined. It’s not that expensive and the wire is robust - I cut mine using a dremel. Hope this helps.
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