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Well Peter, a bit of gloomy North Wales in sunny Melbourne. You don't miss this country do you? Mind you, it's not bad here apart from that chilly (and gritty) northerly! I would quite like a 4mm model of a sunny Aussie layout just to make me feel warm and cheer me up! Reg no for the yellow van - BAS 113R - Put a black screw head between the two 1's and you get an H! All at 4mm scale! Sorry if I missed the plan but what's the deal with 47418? BR blue repaint? Thanks for the photos! Alex

Looking good there Grimley. I bet your looking forward to installing all the typical TMD features. Are you going for gantry's and loco lifts etc?

Cracking stuff Flood, a bit different to the 'typical' depot layout!

Brian Thanks for sharing your handy work with us. I am quite inspired with this O gauge stuff - I use the word quite because if I admitted I was very inspired I would end up spending silly amounts of money on O gauge kits!. Besides, I have lots of OO gauge stuff and would find it difficult to part with it all if I was to switch gauges! I'm not sure wifey would let me do both... Maybe I will just lob everything I have OO-wise into a model shop that stocks O gauge kits and trade it all in! On your website, I see you have some pics of PCA centre depressed tanks. Who produce those kits, are they metal and are they easy to build? Cheers

Someone's been busy! At least you will have somewhere to 'store' all of your 60s! Not WNXX-style though!

Hi Dave Congrats on making the pages of Model Rail. Had a flick through and the photography looks good. I'll read the article later tonight hopefully. Alex

Cracking! Enjoyed looking at this one from the last forum. I'm sure I have suggested this before Trevor but this would look good with large logo 37/4's, air braked speedlink wagons and the odd Sprinter (my 80's bias coming out again!).

Hi Peter I actually think you've nailed this already as a terminus station and to change it would be a shame. Just my opinion! If you wanted to vary it in anyway (i.e. if its a case that you're bored with current arrangements), how about extending the 'juice' from Crewe to allow a few Cans and Roarers to find their way unprototypically into Wales!!!? Now that would be a challenge to OHL the track without remodelling! You would probably need to ditch the semaphores though [tounge-in-cheek emoticon]. Whatever you do, keep those photos coming! Alex

; fat and greasy,

like a nutter

4 days? Flippin eck. I wouldn't manage that in 4 years. Good work that man!

Evening Peter (or morning as the case may be down under!). Thanks for posting some more pics. Keep them coming! Alex

Hi there Love the football ground idea. Like you say, just need a few supporters (and the smell of pies and bovril wafting from under the layout)!!! Alex

I sold my Hornby 50's when I thought I was going Scottish - 004 in LL and 007 in green. I'm toying with the idea of a non-refurb one now though, preferably 025 in uncared condition! Would look great on a mixed freight - in a cabinet though sadly, no layout...yet.

This looks like a cracking model. Sure to sell well I would imagine!

Nice one James, hope it goes well. If your last layout is anything to go by it should be a well-observed piece of modelling. Alex

Wanna see 'em but Opera is not singing for me tonight! Firefox has burnt out and legged it too! I'll wait until all is good with the forum. Anything Shrewsbury related will interest me! Cambrian Coast expresses, Dorrington fuels, Bayston Hill stone traffic, Penyfford cements, Marches loco hauled...them were the days! Alex

As I sit here listening to Ian Brown's new album 'My Way', there's certainly nothing Sinatra-esque about it. However, the penultimate tune is entitled 'By All Means Necessary', which strikes a chord with me. You see, I'm mad about wanting to build, finish and run my very own railway adventure. But, for whatever reason, my efforts have been halted. When the fire in the belly rekindled in 2006 after a long lay-off from the hobby (16 years or so), I went for the jugular and spent my bonus (the good old days in the development industry) on all manner of model railway gear. If there was a medal for the most impulsive model locomotive purchaser, I'm sorry but it had to be me. I had no envisaged theme, era or anything; well actually the only common denominator was the scale, lovely double oh! So off I went, Hornby CD Rom in hand planning a silly little end to end with number one radius curves to get as much track on the allowed board size as possible. Schoolboy error! Oh, how I have moved on...or have I? In 2006, I thought that my super duper layout in my brain would be built by 2007. Three years on and I have the grand total of two empty base boards and a large opaque box full of stock. The two words I would like to use are...blank canvas. However, in reality, those two words are now...gathering dust! Becoming a dad has been the milestone of my year, no two ways about it. Finlay is adorable...but then I would say that. He seems very alert and vibrant for a 12 week old. I'm hoping he will be a sport fanatic although I am keen on him enjoying my interests. I'm just concerned that the day will come when my Modelzone Ltd Edition 'Peak' will get thrashed around his train set oval. Better keep my 'adult' models in the loft so he can't reach them! 'By All Means Necessary', more by hope than expectation I think as far as I am concerned. I envy those on this forum who devote endless hours to the hobby. I salute you. Mr Brown's musical ditty would certainly apply to you guys. For me, maybe 'For Tomorrow' by Blur would be the most appropriate track to listen to! Thanks for reading!