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Done!

Great show, surprised so many people aren't wearing a mask though.

Best of luck, but I think you're attempting too much too soon. Join the EMGS and join a club which has a EM layout/test track. Get a working three vehicle train and then think about track. Gives you something to run if only as a distraction when you get overwhelmed by the issues. Believe me I know about issues and it's great to talk to a mate down the club.

Yeah me too. P4 wagon and coach kits are far easier than 00. But locos can be more difficult particularly as the compensation regimes are often far more difficult than they need to be. I have found that most P4 loco RTR conversions are best done with Comet chassis kits (although I haven't attempted much), but I have also found that following the EMGS conversions (intended for EM not P4) works well too. Compensation isn't essential but it does improve running if you pick up power from the rails. But then if you go down the battery RC route you can solve that issue too. I'm surprised that the OP seems to want to go the whole hog. I think baby steps are a great idea. Do a brake van, stop and think; do a wagon, ditto. Do a tank engine (following EMGS manual) then you have a train! Yippee!

It doesn't upset this P4 bodger.

http://www.emgauge70s.co.uk/model_omwb189.html https://www.themodelrailwayclub.org/class-20-conversion-to-em-with-gibson-wheels/ https://yeovilmrg.org/converting-the-kernowbachmann-4tc-to-em-gauge/ https://accurascale.co.uk/blogs/lets-get-involved/converting-the-pfa-to-em-gauge-with-simon-howard-lets-get-involved https://www.modelrailforum.com/threads/Bachmann-em-conversion.22221/ https://yourmodelrailway.net/view_topic.php?id=11998&forum_id=150 There's loads! My experience is with P4 but I'm an EMGS member Converting coach and freight bogies is easy, just pop out the wheels and replace. Many EM modellers just alter the B/B to suit as the profile is much the same. RTR wagons need to have solebars and W-irons thinned, but it just needs a bit of patience. Converting dmus isn't too difficult, use Gibson or Branchlines wheelsets. Converting diesel locos is a little more difficult as converting dmus, but use Gibson or Ultrascale wheelsets. Doing steam engines is more of a challenge, but again Gibson and Ultrascale do a lot of wheels. Best to join the EMGS, there's lots of destructions in the manual.

Okay i get that, these are the rules so get over it! As has been mentioned elsewhere you don't have to go and, regrettably, I won't. Tough. Having said that I think it's true that Covid-19 is with us for all eternity, forever. Absolutely forever. In the light of that is the group going to insist on testing forever? And are they going to refuse to attend other shows that don't demand LFT results? How many members, I wonder, went to the Doncaster show which was pretty free and easy (but I was one of the many who wore the optional mask). It just seems to be an over the top reaction to waning pandemic. Sorry.

BBC News - Covid: Tube and bus mask rules to be scrapped in London https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-60494230 Things are moving in the right direction Last Thursdays edition of The Guardian mentioned that excess deaths are now lower than they were in February 2020 ie before the pandemic.

How is this affected by the government's latest announcement removing all restrictions?

I notice that Scaleforum is planned for the Cressex but no mention yet of Scalefour North 2022. Is a show planned for 2022?

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/feb/14/station-to-station-a-spotters-guide-to-prefab-design-on-the-railways

I went today, arriving at 2 after a 2h45 drive. It was still heaving but calmed down after 3. Didn't matter much just nice to be at a show again. On the question of masks: lots of people, most I thought (including me), were wearing them which was good I thought particularly as there was no chance of social distancing. No chance at all. A personal choice, but a good one. I noticed in The Guardian last Thursday that excess deaths are fewer now than they were pre-lockdown so we shouldn't be too condemnatory of those who draw different conclusions and I'm starting to come out of my hermitage at long last, I might get my hair cut next week. I enjoyed it, thanks

I'm being told that my Jazz doesn't qualify for the ULEZ charge but that Alexandra Palace is within the congestion zone. Public transport is by far the best way to get Ally Pally but I'm boycotting trains and buses because of Covid-19. Perhaps I'll give it a miss this year.

The finished wagon after a bit of work with W&N Burnt Sienna. I think it's an improvement

I bought two of these before Christmas and they are a great disappointment. The weathering is grossly overdone as the picture, I think, shows. The centre panels on the picture shows its condition after I had a go at it the outer panels are still in the 'as received ' state. I don't think it will be possible to do a decent job on them unless I strip off every trace of paint and go again. The Parkside kits would have been a better idea.

To what period does the Gulf Red apply, please.

I would have thought that electric bikes are cold in weather like this. When I was a cyclist it was the effort put in that kept me warm. Just trundling about with a electric motor for power is a recipe for getting very cold.

Have you asked if AGW ships to the US? AGW do a large range of coupling rods, you can just mix and match different sets.

It would be useful if freight could be diverted off the M62 and onto the railway. But I would suspect that it would involve a subsidy of some sort.

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