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Excellent stuff, the red stripe on the carriage helps to make it show up against the lovely background of green! Is it a transfer stripe or some careful painting?

Tom, A big thumbs up from me for the blog presentation! The trees look really effective and provide an excellent frame for the trackwork in the foreground. Seeing your progress is really inspiring, hopefully over the summer I might be able to start building a layout in earnest (although it might have to wait until redundancy and retirement arrive in October! Ian

Hi Tom, Those trees look brilliant. Keep up the good work Owen

Hi Knuckles, Well done, I'm sure the next one will be easier for you! I do have one bit of advice for you, though. Chopped and slightly sharpened coffee stirrers! From the likes of maccy D's, Costa, etc! I usually cut them into halves or quarters with wire cutters(!), then make the cut end much thinner so it's like a fine screwdriver - use these when prising bodies off - you don't damage paintwork or plastic. Cheers, John E.

A very comprehensive post Tim. Now I'm just apprehensive as I was hoping the 'tender wheel option' was going to be simpler than turning down wheels a la Buffalo's original post Is there any reason why plain old wiper pick ups wouldn't work?