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  1. Is the cost of parking ag Glasgow really relevant to this topic?
  2. Message @SteveCole directly as asked. He'll need your registration number for a start.
  3. That's been happening for years. I know several who wouldn't take the train no matter how little it cost.
  4. Left over from a previous event apparently. When Cathy spotted it, the venue were politely requested to take them away.
  5. No. Dunking just means cakey porridge in the bottom of a cup. In other news, I could have sold a couple of copies of your Titfield book to people enjoying my little diorama.
  6. Cake was a bit of a disaster. There is a promising independent baker in Muswell Hill where I was staying. I stocked up on giant cookies, as they are easily transportable. Each was like eating dust. They went in the bin!
  7. They are in the packs handed out on arrival. It's up to the exhibitors if and where they display them.
  8. Parking: @SteveCole is on this and trying to get it sorted. On the positive side, several people have commented how pleasant and helpful the Ally Pally stewards are. I can't disagree, even the guy on the gate in the rain this morning was brilliant.
  9. That's interesting because I was also put in that car park, and didn't spot a flag about a fee owing, but I might just have missed it. I wonder if a letter will follow? What should have happened? Exactly what did as far as I know. There was a list of those who could go down into the North car park, the rest are normally put into the one with a concrete base at the side, but the gate stewards didn't point anyone in there, directing us to the Ice Rink car park. I'll chase this up tomorrow. But for the moment, I'm in the same position as you.
  10. A bizarre question - why wouldn't it be fine? There aren't model railway police for this sort of thing. If they were, then they would have arrested loads of people for building Ashburton.
  11. When you say "tried", did you just email them the same appeal for help, or actually go down and meet them? If it's the former, most clubs receive a few of these a year and so they tend to be ignored as the members have joined to work on their own, or club projects. That's not to say some won't help, I know people who have done just that, but it helps to get to know people. Looking at the plans, your stations will require multiple feeds and some isolation gaps. Not rocket science, but more than 2 wires. There are a lot of point motors though, so a lot of wire! Good luck with this.
  12. That's your choice, but you need to be realistic - what you are asking is for someone to come along, fit the point motors (and relay the track if there isn't a slot for the point motor arm) and then wire up the whole significant sized layout up. That's a massive commitment - even a professional would be looking at a couple of weeks full-time. Perhaps it's time to start asking for recommendations in that direction if your budget will stretch? If you want hobbyists, then it's more likely to take 6 months of their spare time. My suggestion - JOIN a local model railway club. Enjoy running on their layouts and use your skills to do the bits you can do. That way, you make local friends who might be persuaded to work on your project too.
  13. Which is odd, because that's not the reason Richard gave in his interview to Radio Liverpool linked early in this thread. But I assume you know better. Truth is that none of us know the full story, and it's unlikely that we ever will. Speculation, with a side order of blaming whoever the speculator doesn't like, is pointless. It won't throw up any answers, and none that would be useful to the people here. If anyone does have more information, it will be the trade. I expect Rails have a much clearer picture for a start.
  14. Step 4 in this series might help you - https://www.world-of-railways.co.uk/techniques//building-a-micro-layout-step-by-step
  15. In all this, a good (and less controversial) guide is the Luton club's model of the Great Train Robbery. It was a static diorama, in a tent, where visitors were treated to a somewhat dry telling of the whole story, based on facts. The team had put a terrific amount of work in, to produce an accurate history, devoid of lurid detail. Despite this, I know people who not only wouldn't look at it, they said it should be destroyed. Online, magazines that featured the model saw comment sections with people screaming that they would never buy the magazine, and often anything from that publisher, ever again. If we can't deal with a relatively minor (in comparison) event, I suggest that many wartime railways are far too challenging for us to deal with. Leave it to a museum.
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