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It’s certainly a PITA for our business, and our customers too. I have yet to see a concrete example of anyone being financially better off. Funny how the “£350 million for the NHS” evaporated. never mind, we are where we are.

Great job Bryn

There was an N gauge (or 2mm FS?) modeller who exhibited at Folkestone. He brought his layout & stock by bicycle, IIRC.

Very nice work, construction and painting both. Yes the post-Brexit customs regime is tough on the wallet, especially the carriers' fees. Am still trying to work out the best strategy.

Layout slinging. The next big thing

Funny you write that, I found this particular blog post via a Google search! Although UK Standard Gauge O Scale (7mm to the foot or 1:43.5) trains will run on my track, I am actually Narrow Gauge SM32, which is 16mm to the foot or 1:19.05. I had problems with my expansion joints, so I redid them before the winter set in, but I now have work to do to reinstate a complete loop. A target for 2021 is to make at least one of the stations not look like an apocalyptic wasteland. Great advice and I have read about DIYers struggling to get slate to adhere to concrete. If I get the time, sunshine and slate, you'll see some Flickr progress in a month or 2 (or maybe 3 or 5). Likewise, keep cosy and stay safe! Alun

Thanks all, I look forward to seeing how this one shapes up. The idea is to have a layout that can be slung in the back of the car with no trestles, etc, and just set up on a table and operated from a seated position.

Sorry, I missed your update coming in. I am not the avid fan of RMweb that I used to be! I have had to read your descripton two or three times. In essence you are 7mm to the foot, so yes real stone (slate even better). It does sound like punishement - harder than my poppy seeds. We have red sandstone and red coloured concrete ridges to our slate roofs (prototype). The portland cement pointing between the ridges and the slate drops out because the cement does not adhere properly to the slate (maybe a coefficient of expansion issue). Sharp sand and waterproof PVA may well turn out to be a better bet. I trust you to order the sunshine for this project. We are suffering some very windy weather with icy showers. Keep safe and keep warm. Ray

I will try not to disappoint! Yes, the BCM does have a 3ft 6 system and some interesting cars but sadly not of much use for research at the moment as local as they are they are all firmly locked down. There are a few books on the subject but sadly, never enough photos. There is a sort of plan in mind but that is being kept firmly under my hat for now so as not too look too foolish if it does not work out. The first step is to make a working tram and find out what radius curves it will cope with. The initial plan was to make something a bit smaller and simpler than UTL but I can see that going out of the window already!

I'm with you on Sculptamould, even to the level of the typo. It really is excellent stuff, both strong and light and takes paint very well. I used it for rock faces on this small layout. In all, I used one and a half bags to create the landscape on both boards, overlaying it on expanded polystyrene. I brushed dilute PVA over the base before applying the Sculptamold and used much less PVA in the mix (about 1:5 PVA:water). I'm now about to start using it again on another layout, this time using the same space board for the base as you are using here. Nick