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I was thinking exactly the same thing, i reckon you're gonna pull another Ring Road on us David, and have this totally finished very quickly. My vote is for completion in early 2012! Have it on the exhibition circuit in late 2012.

On the iconic building, how about a Marks and Spencers? They often have a very specific architectural style like the one at Castlepoint, and of course the green logo is massively recognisable. And I see you've bought Sir Keith Heller, happy with it? I'm looking at picking up an EWS version when my next set of wages comes in.

Fantastic as always David... If you keep working at this rate you'll pull another Ring Road and finish within a year... Willing to take commission's?

It's amazing how a handful of tiny signs can "complete" a building. Looks fantastic David.

Somehow i've missed this topic until now! Already looking fantastic, and I can't wait to see more!

Even that early scan looks very good! Good to hear that you're putting extra effort into getting the shape of it right.

Huge congratulations to all who took part, and even more to eldavo, definitely a deserving winner (but then any of them would have deserved it!)

Congratulations Dave on winning the best trackwork competition! Now just to win the entire challenge eh?

Looking forward to seeing Cramdin at Southampton, always nice to see a layout from RMWeb in the flesh. Do you intend to exhibit Waton? Seems too good to keep hidden in your workshop!

Looks like one hell of a layout. What size is it? Just one quick question, why does the mainline narrow down into single track behind the scenic break? You appear to have room to keep it double track around that area.

Saw the layout in the flesh yesterday and was very impressed! Nice to see a layout i've followed online at an actual show for once, too many of them live up North somewhere! Great layout, and glad you had a good day.

Having bought the Osborns limited edition Iron Duke (oh boy, even I can barely see those damn gold arrows!) I have to agree with the general sentiment on the loco. It looks great, above the running plate... Finishing is lovely, paint is good, lining is neat and crisp etc etc. It performs fantastically. I only had 10 coaches to hand at the time, 5 old Farish mainline Coaches, 4 Dapol Collets and 1 Autocoach, and it handled them with ease. I never run trains longer than 5 coaches anyway (small layout sadly) so that's no issue. Slow running is good, so shunting manoeuvres and the like are possible. However, for over £110 the fact that the wheels look unfinished, and that the motion is a huge let down. The majority of their previous locos have managed fine, so i'd love to find out what changed with the production of this Loco... Sadly Dapol have gone rather quiet on the matter, which i'm hoping means they're rather embarrassed about it and are working to solve it for the next batch. All in all though, it's the best representation of a Britannia we've ever had in N gauge, and with a little it of work, it's a bloody good loco.

Haven't you been told to stop posting photos of the prototype before? And now you have the cheek to post a video as well! In all seriousness, that's brilliant. If I didn't already know it was model, I could have been fooled... Similarly with all your photos, it's amazing what good scenics and natural light can do to a model! The other contributors to this thread are going to have a hard time topping that video.

Just registered on RMWeb to congratulate you on this layout... I'm starting my own N Gauge layout soon and sadly, it's never gonna be as good as Waton! Well done, and best of luck in the competition, easily the best layout i've seen. Ross