PaulWarb

At last a video of the layout - look for the image above on Youtube https://youtu.be/PPwKGN9Purw It will give you a bit of an overview. It will become apparent that there is still a lot to do - but also a lot of progress that has been made. Enjoy!!!

Small part of the cutting more or less as it is now and nearing completion.

This is one end of the cutting near the canal basin. Very much foundation stage - long before any vegetation. Signal gantry had just been completed - bespoke item.

A few photos showing the development of the cutting

Thanks Simon. Ha Ha Hope to take some more photos shortly and add some video

Thank you very much for the compliment - apologies that I haven't replied previously. Added a few more photos recently that you might like to see.

Tamper in the cutting Malcolm Logistics 66 with a rake of autoballasters - just left the station area

Few more photos from today - including new tamper. New community building - preparation for some roadworks in the forground - a cameo scene going in. Tamper passing through cutting below back of garage

Been adding some photos back into my thread. After all the problems I have been trying to re-establish the progression of the layout. Hope it all makes sense with the retweaking!

One thing I did during the pandemic is to redo my layout's website. Very helpfully (!!!) my website provider packed up and I had to move to another company. Here is the link to then new site (this has also been changed in the opening entry in this thread). https://chesterfielddcc.vpweb.com/ Hopefully adding some more photos soon and a video.

Started work a few weeks ago on the station buildings - and a low relief shop - most of the photos above are on the other side of the layout. There is still a lot to do here - culminating in the painting and weathering. The plan is to add a car park, turning / drop off area for taxis in front of the station and a bus stopping area to the right of the station entrance. There is also some work to do on the backscene to add views through the gaps in the buildings to what lies beyond. The John Lewis building has working lighting - although this needs some finishing touches. If you wish to guess how the front of the building was finished let me know - see if you can recognise the product that has been adapted - I will confirm if it's right.

Amazing new tamper - great addition to my rolling stock on Chesterfield. I'll add some more photos and details in due course - see if I can get some good night shots - the lighting is to be seen to be believed!!!

Hello Maybe not quite the right approach but may I ask first if anyone is familar with using this product - if so I will add a question about wiring them. I look forward - hopefully - to hearing from someone. My question is not complex - just needs someone who understands how to wire this product. Thanks Paul

Hello Thanks for this - I will have a look into the idea - sounds interesting.

Hi Thanks for replying. Tried that - but didn't work!! I think I have found the answer via another means. Apparently the issue was with my Powerpro system box. The chip in it was an older one that didn't provide for functions up to 28. Mine went back to 2004 and I need a 2007 chip. I had this advice from NCE and Digitrains - I have ordered a chip from the latter. I hope this thread may prove helpful to someone looking on RMWEB in the future.