[IKEA challenge 2 - Garage on Queen Street]

Perhaps an idea for your next one, then!

[IKEA challenge 2 - Garage on Queen Street]

I'd have been tempted to not fill in the left-hand side - I think it would have worked rather well with a brick wall either side, and a set back gas-lamp street-light as a rather dark and gloomy back alley "cut-through" to the factory behind - possibly with a "night-bird" propping up the lamppost. waiting for her feller to come away from work  Far-be-it from me to suggest a "customer"!)

[Breaking through. Freeeeeeeedom!]

WHEEEEWWWW! Chimney clearance looks a bit tight!

[Cars in Northall]

I wonder if a Pickfords removal lorry might be a"timely" era-specific addition with a family moving in , or "flitting" - not sure if one of these would be suitable eBay item number: 262129606191

[Wibble wobble, jetty on my plate?]

That is some drawing, Jamie ! Well done!

[009 to standard gauge (with appologies to Relaxing Hobby)]

Almost a "Danny's broom" - 3 new handles and 7 new heads..... (but it looks very nice all the same - well done)

[Been a while but Ive been busy]

For plates etc - see Vectorcut

[Thurso- a Far North Line background]

Very nice, Richard - Logical history too

I seem to have just fallen off the bottom of your map!

[2 mm Wanderings in wonderland, or what to do after Glenuig]

It seems such a waste of space to have the big fiddle yard - why not have another, but completely different scene , and one can act as fiddle-yard for the other?

[A Grey Day]

I don't know if this helps - http://www.artinstructionblog.com/how-to-paint-clouds-and-skies-with-watercolor

 

Use a pale grey background instead of blue and add the cloud colours on top in the same way

[New Year, New Start]

Ian - The "13th Street, Miami" Boxfile layout in the current MTI might work for the group. Although it is N, an HO version may fit in an APA box

Jack

[Printed N gauge saddle tank appears at last.. and looks good!]

If you don't object to glowing in the dark, Depleted Uranium is about as heavy as you'll get

:-)

[New Sign for the Pedant & Armchair]

As far as I know, the landlord of the "Pedant and Armchair" was Esau Wayze-Wright

[Part 30: Railroad painting]

Now that I do like! Very nice indeed.

[I'm Not Committed to Building this, You Understand...]

Not that I'm encouraging you, of course - and it isn't Sydney but a bit down the road/ http://carendt.us/sc...101a/index.html It has recently been extended and I think there are some videos on Youtube - not that I'm encouraging you, of course.,,,,,and you DEFINITELY don't want to look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JybRkB7a3A&feature=related nor do you want to search on Youtube for videos by glennofootscray, just to make sure that you aren't encouraged of course!

[Pyewipe Car Shed?]

The detail shows very well on those - nice job

[Metal bushes]

The only problem with steel wool is that it has been known to migrate towards magnets in motors, doing them a great deal of no good. I'd keep a small rare-earth magnet around, and pass it over the area every so often, in case of loose bits.

[Part 22: Weathered SW diesel loco]

That is a really good weathering job Michael - very nice indeed

[West Lakeside Railway.]

I wonder if you have thought just how much that little lot is going to cost you?

Assuming that they are all available

I'd suggest that it might well be a good idea to lower your sights to a slightly more reasonable (and sensible) level - somehow I get the impression that you are very young, and inexperienced in the hobby.

[Part 20: The painted Boxcab! :-D]

Michael - that really does look nice - I'd give it house-room!

[Part 19: A scratchbuilt Boxcab for my layout!]

Now that looks VERY classy!

[It's grim up north............]

Eee, Lad! tha's med a good fist a that!

Jack

[Just got a little present...]

We tend to forget, in this digital age, that there are lots of people about with oral history - often their stories or those that they heard from parents or grandparents - there was a fascinating program on Radio4 a while back - where someone interviewed an old chap in his nineties, and he was recounting stories told him as a boy by his great grandfather - oral history going back around 200 years, that had it not been recorded would have been lost for ever

[Part 11: Downtown Deco kits 2]

Oh, really, really nice! I love that - You should send those photos to Randy!

[Part 10: Downtown Deco kits]

Very nice indeed, Michael A great tutorial by a Master!