SR DUNCAN

I have worked to 18.2mm EM gauge, 0.8mm flangeway gap with a B2B of 17mm and Alan Gibson wheels. EM wheels on steam locos and P4 on all rolling stock with no suspension!! You can see a big difference between a 1.0mm flangeway and a 0.8mm one it smaller than the top of rail. Duncan

Hi i hope this helps this good photo. SR Duncan

The e-mail for Youchoos DCC is www.youchoos.co.uk ihope this helps. Yours Duncan

Hi - I am coming over from Spain to attend the exhibition and will hopefully be buying quite a few items. I am wondering about security and whether I would be allowed to bring in a medium sized rucksack. Obviously I am quite happy for security to search it. Any advice or comments would be appreciated. Duncan

Seeing your photos brought back many happy memories for my wife and I. We travelled by train around Germany in 2016 and stayed in the same hotel. We had a suite in the annex and had a good view of the station and trains. By the way they "steam" all night. The photo show the doors to the bathroom and separate toilet - the like of which I don't think you will find anywhere else in the world. The photo of the engine was taken at the top of Brocken - a truly wonderful trip and highly recommended to any steam enthusiast. [ Yours Duncan

Merry Christmas & a Happy and Peaceful New Year to you all Duncan

Merry Christmas & a Happy and Peaceful New Year to you Duncan

I have signed. I know the area very well.

Hi Ron, That is go to be a lot of hand made trackwork which is looking good!!! Yours Duncan

Thanks Martin., yes it works well for me. Duncan

Hi, Chris's website is now working for me which is good news. Duncan

I hope this helps with your good photos, a spin of 90° . Duncan

As I have just submitted some photos that do not contain much railway action but represent the miles of country between the main stations here is a view across the railway cutting and farmers field to the blacksmith's forge. The farmer needs to get some cattle in for the long grass or he may be leaving it for a second crop of hay as it has been a good summer in model railway land. Duncan

Thanks Richard for the nice remarks about the water. Your computer was obviously having one of its moments! The water was created with many coats of clear varnish which was stipled into ridges whilst it was drying. This method has been described on the Forum before. Duncan

Private owner goods wagons passing over the bridge with the mill stream below. The inspiration for the bridge is based on a photo found on the internet sometime ago (apologies for not being able to credit the rightful owner of the photo) of Gatehampton railway bridge. Duncan

The conductor rail is C&L nickel silver bullhead rail which I had left over from my initial track making experiments. I tried the Scalefour Society's true scale conductor rail which is a flat bottom section rail but this would not fit the Peco plastic conductor chairs which are relatively cheap. With some experimenting I found the bullhead rail fitted pretty well and being nickel silver the colour difference from the steel rail looked quite good. Duncan

Thanks for the complimentary remarks. I am adding a couple more track work photos. I should have mentioned last time that the track is built to EM gauge. Duncan

When I started construction on this layout I decided to try the C&L handmade track system with the ply sleepers and individual chairs fitted to steel rails. All points and crossings are handmade which gives great flexibility in design. It was rather a lot of work but I personally feel that the results are worth the effort. Duncan

One more canal bridge photo Cows collected ready for milking

Thanks for the comments on my photos. Here are a couple more. Trying to get the narrow boat around the bend with the Southern Belle heading home.

Many thanks fellow modellers for the comments. Here are a couple more photos as requested. Duncan

Here's my first photos on the RMweb Duncan

Thanks Garethp8873 for the smashing photos on the SVR. Duncan

Thanks to Giles and Re6/6 for all the good info on static grass, I have had a look at Polak UK website which is good. Link for, https://polakscenics.uk Duncan