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As much as my 0.02c are worth: Option 1 by 10 cm plus may extending the traverser one or two centimeter to the rear. The gained space to be used for scenery.

Christian

Hello Howard,

 just caught up.

 You have got your German track plan design down pat by now, I must say.

 The roundy-roundy is cool and your FY designs may just as well be scenicked as another station.

 I am in awe of your woodworking and scenic skills.

Best Regards,

Christian

Hello Martyn,

 just caught up on this layout from just before the removal of the formerly used scenic background.

 The old layout was terrific already IMHO but you have really managed to enhance it significantly. I do like those sugar beet trains.

 You were really lucky with that water damage.

 And the new station building ensemble is just fantastic!

Best Regards,

Christian

Hello Nick,

 Group Captain Peregrine Fellowes: a truly impressive Gentleman.

 As to the proportions: the three right-hand spurs appear (at least to me) shortened - true? Or would they have been longer in the prototype?   Because shorter spurs equals more points in this situation and points cost moneys; Col. Stephens was ... very ... cost-sensitive,  wasn't he?

 Thank you again for your quick responses

Best Regards,

Christian

Hello Nick,

 Thank you very much for the "airship" pictures - they help me understand the proportions of your layout.

 You must have quite the connection with Count Zeppelin

Best Regards,

Christian

Hello Nick,

 a very nice little tidy layout conveying a great sense of openess - great stuff!

 Would you mind posting a helicopter shot, if possible, of the whole layout?

Best Regards,

Christian

Hello Steve,

 I have just been catching up - this is a very nice layout.

 I like your idea of having a boxfile connector beween the two "end" boxfile. My sense of proportion tells me to consider making a "two-boxfile"-connector or a "two-half-width-boxfile" connector - I hope you understand what I mean

Best Regards,

Christian

Truly outstanding work, Sir!

Words fail me .....

Very inspiring!

Christian

MSL has a branch here in Bremen ... three tram stops and 5 m walking from my residence.

They are strongly marketing Märklin here in Germany.

Best Regards,

Christian

Sorry Rod, got carried away there a bit ...

Best Regards,

Christian

Hello guys,

 Ramchester is so very obviously an English location ... Ramsburg just does not fit ... and Hamburg it is most certainly not   

 There is a "Rendsburg" in Schleswig-Holstein ... but we have tons of "-burgs". "Limburg" known for it's cheese ... as I said, just lots and lots.

 "Rodsburg" and "Howardsburg" we lack, though  ... so here is your chance to leave your on German geography   

Best Regards,

Christian

Outstanding!

Best Regards,

Christian

Hello Rod,

 "ALAK" was a clear protective paint (German: "Firnis") to use for the final seal of more sensitive paint underneath. It was available for inside and for outside use in (at least two) variations. It was produced by the company "Spangenberg-Werke" in Hamburg-Eidelstedt.

 ALAK vans were and are being produced in Z-Scale, HO-scale and 1:45-O-scale by several German model railway producers (namely Märklin, Fleischmann ...) - seems to be some sort of tradition

(Not so) trivia:

• Spangenberg-Werke was a major, large paint manufacturer
• 1951: 25 years jubilee, after that around for some time but status unknown at this time
• Their chief chemist of the WWII period (pre-/during-/post WWII) discovered dioxin, aka the "Seveso" poison
• Heavy use of forced labour during the WWII years.
• Their paints were also considered for use in painting steam engine by the DB

Best Regards,

Christian

Hello,

 Re: Migraine - with me its the sun's reflections of (not only car) windows on clear sunny days or the flickering of the suns through trees/bushes when passing at speed ... and lights flickering like above. Depends also on how tired I am - it is like a snake in the grass, really.

 I like to thank you all for the friendly supportive clicks.

 Re: Rod's fluorescent flickering lights: just putting a new starter often solves the issues of flickering fluorescent lights. Rod, be careful on the ladder

Best Regards,

Christian

Hello Rod, Howard,

 The video really, really conveys Ramchester's spacious prototypical feel.

 Even the giants look small

The flickering fluorescent light is putting you at an disadvantage for producing high quality video ( :offtopic:personally, I do not handle that kind of thing very well as it may lead to migraine with me and other related unpleasantness - I am actually a bit sick right now after watching  ). OTOH, if you post your videos in black&white or monochome, the flickering fluorescent light will give the impression of film being projected by a somewhat iffy projector    - in-built special effects, so to speak - converting a problem into an asset

Best Regards,

Christian

Hello David,

 Smart, neat and way beyond cool.

 Would make sense to paint the bottom hardboard sheet in the same blue colour, too? Or black, maybe?

Best Regards,

Christian

OK, case closed by 9mm staple

A very nice spacious prototypical look already.

Best Regards,

Christian

IMHO that really is a change for the better.

Just imagine that persons who do not care for your layout in the least have to pass there several times a day and plan accordingly.

Also a more spacious passage means easier carrying of stuff (dare I say vacuum cleaner ).

Best Regards,

Hello Rod,

 I am really sorry but I have no idea how they did that.

 In a way that is actually not too bad as you are at liberty to be creative on your (like having your ducks walk the plank/trough from the back of a truck or agricultural horse-drawn vehicle into the Viehwagen).

 OTOH, In eras I and early era II there were fourth class coaches for humans and live animals in common!

 Do it your own way and then one day you will surely have a visitor who has and will point you agitatedly the book from about 1965ish which has been printed in the hundreds having exactly the picture we search now in appendix P or so on the fourth-to-last page. And who will then complain about the accuracy of your scene - just hold him hostage until he hands over said book.

Best Regards,

Christian

Hello Howard, Rod

 Edit: Deleted as this post was meant for Brückenheim and not here in Ramchester ... accept my apologies for my confusion

Best Regards,

Christian

Wie Tiere reisen ... era II Deutsche Reichsbahn ... and here are the rules for that - learn them for your test tomorrow

I just hope the online translation tools can handle those links, too.

Not-so-much-off-topic: I go and google this and google that and all off a sudden I get an image that is kicking me right old nicely in the teeth ........... Never Forgotten!!!! This has been the other use of Viehwaggon ....

Best Regards,

Christian

That is somewhat tight I should think.

Passing throuh such a tight gap when carrying any averaged sized box ends up as playing 3-D-Tetris. And that generally gets harder the older one gets, I assume.

And that is not mentioning accidentally bumping the layout when passing through in a hurry.

Just sayin' ... keeping Rule 1 firmly in mind.

Best Regards,

Christian

Nice - looks good to me.

Just one question: is the passage between the wall and the layout wide enough for passing while carrying some box or stuff coming from or going to the door?

Best regards,

Christian

Sorry about the mix-up about the 64's ownership ...

The V100 and the V160 replaced the classes 50, 23 and 38 at the end of steam of the DB. Both V-classes had the ability to generate steam for heating the coaches.

Best Regards,

Christian