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What a good idea.

steve

No interior decorating for me. The paints are all for various timber projects and repaints in the garden. Since I'm now out of the Poppy Red, this afternoon I shall mainly be using two shades of grey.

Thanks for this Phil Yes I am completely sold on this idea, MUCH better. I can imagine a bridge modelled on the hatch section. Your drawing covers most of the elements I would like. What about some gentle gradients... is there enough space for that? I also fancy a little bit of narrow gauge. Cheers Tim

Agree. Thanks to @Northroader and others for posting this. That would be an "interesting challenge" to model in HO. Just watching the film, it looks as though the bottom of the boiler is set well below the footplate and the top of the boiler is not a great deal above head level - say 2 metres? Did someone have the contemporary fixation with a low centre of gravity? Best wishes Eric

After about a mile into our walk our path leaves the railway. At this point we are not far from site the former West Silkstone Junction where the Worsborough incline joins the Barnsley to Penistone line. There are end to end bridges over each of the lines. The picture shows a Sheffield to Huddersfield DMU on its way to Penistone and just out of site on the left is the top of Worsbrough bank and just ahead is the site of the former juntion.

The P2 function mapping is here:- https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:EU:a7f5a887-d2cd-4b0a-b337-4a2c8f4aeb35 Fingers crossed that actually works...

From Glasgow City Archives via Facebook, here is a view from the Finnieston Crane in Glasgow Jim

Luckily not at all really. There are only two (in the middle of the loft). At a height of 900mm they are 4 feet from the roof itself as a horizontal measure. Probably paint them blue or something.

Chris if you are referring to the photo which 'Not Jeremy' posted in this thread on April 19 it is, or rather was, the first overbridge immediately east of West Drayton station; the signals are West Drayton East's Up Main (on the right) and Up Relief Starting Signals. The siding on which the gas tank is standing was one of the two Up Sidings which were effectively an extension of the Back (Platform) Road but also accessible from the Down Relief. The trailing connection from the Down Relief was removed when West Drayton East Box was closed over the weekend of 8/9 February 1964. From that date what had been East Box's (Up) Back Road Home Signal was fixed at danger (a rather splendid signal with a timber post and full size timber arm which had previously boasted a 'cash register' style route indicator). A new two lever ground frame was provided to work the trap for the sidings (called at that time 'East Sidings' - no longer Up Sidings) and a new ground disc reading from the Back Road and co-located with the signal now fixed at danger There is now a metal girder footbridge at the site of the former brick arch bridge and the narrow road which led to it from the south side of the railway is now a footpath. The original bridge appears on the 1937-61 1" OS map and I can certainly recall it and am fairly sure that it was still there in the early/mid 1980s, when I was travelling on most days in the cab of the loco working the 07.15 Oxford - Paddington, but don't know when it was demolished.

I'm finally back, which means it's time to move onto the next layout at SWAG - @wiggoforgold's 'Lydbrook Dean'. Yet again, Alex has produced a very atmospheric and cohesive layout, with the unique autumn setting giving a lovely vibe - catching glimpses of buildings and trains through the bare trees. The vegetation is a treat for the eyes, and the autumn colours really work well across the board. It is unmistakably Forest of Dean! I would've liked to get more posed shots, but I was starting to panic about not having enough time, so these will have to suffice I'm afraid:

Theyve been out of stock for ages, so id imagine these would be the improved ones

Its looks quite boggy down in bottom of the cutting. The path is on the edge of the cutting which is partly made up with spoil from the tunnelling. The tunnel portal is just visible between the trees.

Yes, the Dynamis will work, the only limitation is that it cannot control functions beyond F20. I'm not sure how many functions are used on the Hornby Steam Generator locos but I'd be surprised if F0 - F20 didn't cover all the essential stuff and more.

I entirely agree with the above I think that the proportion of modellers in non-white communities is very, very much smaller than in the white population - as you say, railways are not as ingrained in their cultures as it was in ours historically. Well again, I see your point and agree with it in the main, but I think that we, the modelling community, need to realise that we cannot sell our hobby to many ethnic minorities at our exhibitions, because, generally speaking, these ethnic communities don't go to our exhibitions. Therefore, I think, we need to display our hobby in places where these other ethnic groups do go to. In that category I would list things like libraries, village/town fairs, shopping malls etc. My club has invested in a promotional display which we can take to local school fetes etc and promote our hobby to a much wider audience and target market that we would ever engage with at a model railway show. Of course we would be 'selling our hobby' to other demographics, not just non-white ethnic groups.

More workbench modelling this week scratch building class 13 from Bachmann class 08..

Just been watching the new Doctor Who from get_iplayer. Probably going to p155 off many people here, but I thought it, particularly the second episode, was brilliant - enough scary bits, humour, and nods to Abbey Road.

on a morning from a Bogart movie In a country where they turn back time You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre Contemplating a crime She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running Like...

Afternoon All, At mils but came a different route to usual. We regularly walk down Worsborough bank but today we walked in the other direction, towards Penistone. Its not possible to walk on the track bed itself and the cutting between the two tunnels is collapsing.

Ar yes!! cheers keith

I helped my friend Simon with his Horncastle layout at the lovely Immingham exhibition yesterday. Now I wasn't going to buy anything. I saw a AEC Renown bus that could pass as a Shieffield Transport AEC Bridgemaster when repainted at a very good price. Then this saw me and begged me to take it to a new home. It hadn't run for some time so needed a good service. I don't think it had been used much, so I think the old Railway Modeller end line of a review is fitting "it will improve with running in" It looked luverly pulling a rake of coaches.

Designspark mechanical for me. One advantage for me is that once started you do not need internet. I have wifi issues at times and being stand alone is a great benefit. Yet again plenty of videos on line. Also the software is backed by RS components. Keith

One one German tram track I saw the type of truck that is used for cleaning gutters, with a special attachment. It was driving slowly along the tram track cleaning the flangeways, and pulling out of the way every time a tram appeared behind it.

For use as scenery fine, for more structural use i.e. baseboard material I'd leave the foil on for strength. There are a huge variety of manufacturers/ thicknesses / types of this material, googling "PIR foam board" will give some idea of the range available.