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By the early 80s such architecture was fast disappearing. Film was cheap (relatively) so I invested in doing my own processing. That meant I could fire away on the camera (OM1 by this point). Very few of these pictures were printed. With the advent of computers and scanners, I was able to scan my entire negative collection, producing some gems like these.

... but on second thoughts they're rather neatly and evenly spaced, so maybe.

Superb. Thanks Glad that you liked it

There used to be (allegedly) a way of removing loose teeth by tying them with strong twine to the handle/knob of an open door, then slamming the door shut, thus pulling the tooth out. (Obviously this only works if the door opens into the room in which you are standing and the twine is relatively tight before you shut the door.) As this involves tethering the teeth, you can use simple visualisation to create a mnemonic to help you remember. Wow, never thought I would make use of my early classes in memory from 1984!

Thanks Chris. I must remember it by thinking of teeth. But then how do I remember to think about teeth? Yes they are a bit undernourished, but I can't think what else they would be. They are also in Tim's photo of Westbury above. I had a look on Britain from Above. Couldn't find views showing the Shipton stables, but a couple of Abingdon: (Britain from Above. Embedding permitted). (Britain from Above. Embedding permitted). There must have been a number of layouts done on Abingdon. I wonder if anyone has modelled the stables - especially as drawings exist.

Tethering Ring?

Abingdon.

How about this! Shipton (for Burford) in 1981. A small stables, modified.

Hi Mikkel. I'm thinking of just modelling the first part of the buffer stops or maybe an old sleeper across the end of the track. Hardlia yard mk2 will eventually join more modules to make a larger layout but that's for the future. Tonight will see more work on the layout and hopefully track laid. More soon. Jerry.

Honestly, please don't be put off. This kind of effect doesn't take any real suite of skills. My camera is nothing special (although it does have a photo stitching feature which does make it easier when taking the photos) and you could make images like this very easily with any camera. A tripod also helps to keep the image as level as possible, but you could use any stable structure. I've used a fence post before! The photos will stilll require some basic cropping top and bottom when put together. I used this free and simple program to stitch the images together: http://matthewalunbrown.com/autostitch/autostitch.html You could practice with some simple shots of maybe 2 or 3 photos to see how it turns out. A lot of these digital printing companies will also help you out with the design stage too, for an added fee I'm sure!

Just found this picture - taken at Westbury in 1978!