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  1. Being rubbish at IT I failed to get a comment to work with the picture - sorry about that. My comment was ‘Just brilliant. I love your work.’
  2. That happened to me - my loco just stopped working for no reason so I too turned off the handset and then went for total belt and braces and even pulled the plug out of the wall socket - sad I know! When plugged back in it all worked perfectly. Weird!
  3. As I said before, I only use dcc in the most basic way. I’ve read the instructions but they seem to assume you already have some knowledge of dcc. I would like instructions which have very small steps to reach the desired result.
  4. Coming back into the hobby just eight years ago I opted for dcc as having little knowledge of wiring, section switches etc it seemed simpler. Of course, every single piece of track has two droppers then I added lights so there were more wires. However I use wire in tube for points and no polarity switches so that keeps it simpler. Buying locos one at a time means I buy decoders as I go along. I don’t have sound chips at the moment so that is a big saving. Not being technically minded I use dcc at a very simple level - I was chuffed when I completed my track and wiring to find that locos went backwards and forwards and at different speeds. A bit of a waste of dcc some would say but it is enough for now for me and I get good slow running which I feel is very important. I’m glad I chose to go dcc.
  5. Really enjoying following your latest build. Your previous layouts are superb and inspiring - showing what can be achieved in a small space with this scale.
  6. A brilliant piece of modelling. A pleasure to view. You’ve had my vote.
  7. I’ve used Metcalfe industrial kits on my layout and they are sturdy and can be modified with pre-planning. I tile the roofs because I don’t like the printed look. Corners coloured with watercolour paints or filled then painted improves the look no end. Add pipes, groove planks on doors, add details inside, add lights inside and out and the models become a lot less generic.
  8. I got my led tape from screwfix. It’s a long length so I doubled it back on itself. It had its own driver so it can be plugged into a wall socket and away you go.
  9. Those backscenes definitely produce a sense of depth.
  10. Planning ahead is the key. We started saving to help our son as soon as he was born - yet he still had to borrow to pay the course fees and therefore began his adult working life with debt. The way things are going, a university education will be the preserve of the rich - just as it used to be. Very worrying for all our futures.
  11. I always get a buzz when visiting an exhibition. Seeing a layout in the flesh as it were, is I find, more inspiring than seeing a layout on YouTube. Being able to see close up and the layout in its entirety is exciting. Being able to talk to the builders at smaller exhibitions is also helpful. I hope exhibitions remain as it will be an area of the hobby I will miss if they were all to fold.
  12. I love a micro - the small space demands plenty of thought and careful planning. Well done for showing the space-starved what can be achieved.
  13. I don’t want to be awkward, but neither do it for me as they both seem too large.
  14. Astounding. Pure talent!
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