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Wills do a range of modern buildings such as distribution depot etc may be something you could use.

Excellent Jesse. Enjoyed that, looking forward to see the full sequence sometime.

Hi BoD The window overlays and the gable ends are cut using the silhouette cutter , it makes it very easy to duplicate parts.

Update, thanks to animotion of this parish, who sent me some wonderful photos, I have made a start on the last station building, platforms 2 and 3. Firstly platform 3 side was cut out and the stone work added. Then the remaining walls were added and the window overlays were built up. And now the upstairs is being added. And finally a test fit on the layout before I get any further.

So sad to hear this news , great modeller and a great person, we first met at Ormesby Hall when we started to build Pilmoor nearly 30 years ago. I shall miss our annual catch up at York show. RIP my friend.

Try Peter's Spares they sell loco boxes.

Yes indeed, the 11 fiddle yard tracks now have isolating sections and I only burnt my fingers once! Next all the points need connecting to the control panel and then I will be able to run trains properly.

Peters spares produce a replacement, try www.petersspares.com you can order on line.

Stage 2 complete, plastered and grassed, it needs hovering off once it dried, more will be done to it in time but it will not be properly finished for a while.

You're not wrong there Graham, First stage completed, 3 layers of plaster bandage applied. As soon as I have the time it will be skimmed with polyfiller coloured with brown paint, before the flock is applied.

Progress has been a bit slow this last couple of weeks, but I've managed to add the entrance to the quarry besides Chee Tor tunnel, although not prototypical and somewhat lower than planned the hillside has been extended. It was my intention to make it slope more on the righthand side but there wasn't enough clearance for the up and over door.

Here is the original drawing Graham produced for me, the additional quarry is in the bottom right above the track shown making the layout on 3 different levels. And you know how much I like shunting but it was really an excuse to have some of the ICI bogie hoppers or at least a reason to run them through Millers Dale and Monsal Head.

Yes it is, independently operated from the main layout but also an excuse to have some ICI bogie hoppers which in reality would not be seen at Millers Dale, bit of modellers licence, after all the Peak District is noted for its quarries, isn't it.

Although not part of the original plan, we decided that there was room for a small quarry behind Chee Tor, that baseboard was added last year and the track set out, but then left. I decided it was time to get on with it, so over the last week for an hour or so each night I have pinned down the track and wired it up. Now all I need to do is build a small control panel and it will be fully operational and ready for some scenic work.

Work seems to have got in the way at the moment, but it will be arranged, not been idle though, watch this space!