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There is something about electric locos that brings out the beast in RMWeb members. Here is a quote from anydman7 when he saw an EP of the Bachmann Class 85 - "Lovely - another model that I would have eaten my own grandmother to have when I was a kid"

Tidying up the girder bridge.. Slaters brickwork, drying before I apply a plastic strip to represent the reinforced concrete bridge. support.

Sounds like it's time for some conscious uncoupling...?

Maybe Bachmann should be asked to produce a cranked NEM Kadee type coupling to deal with this problem - they already fit straight buck eye couplings to their MBA wagons...

Doesn't Kadde do cranked couplings both up and down?

Some more on the viaduct. Reference pictures for ideas

If you send them to me directly I can save you the trouble...?

Can we see some pictures please Ben...?

Perhaps worse...bueracratic channels...

There will be workshops and business premises under the arches. The storage shelves and clutter are a mixture of kits and offcuts. This can then be placed under the arches after weathering the floor. These will be a high end used car showroom

perhaps that is a release mechanism which allows the nose to lift up?

Yes - how do you move the thread?

After several mistakes... the LED lights are 24V adhesive strips with integral resistors which are sold very affordably on 10metre rolls - available from Alibaba (if you don't mind a 2 week+ wait). Unfortunately the roll can only be cut every 6 LEDS - so I have sprayed these to dim them down a bit.

In the meantime I have been able to locate a pipe with a diameter very close to the arches (i would like to say I drew the plans for the laser cutting with the pipe in mind but I didn't!) This is 120mm diameter conduit for air vents. The idea is to use it to form the inner lining of the arch which should then be a lot easier to decorate with embossed brick plasticard etc Before I cut it in half and hot glue it into place, I am running a copper strip power bus along the entire viaduct to give me the option of lighting the workshops under the arches and another power bus for the track

The main running lines and the station pass behind the viaduct and I wanted to recreate the claustrophic feel of an urban railway. However there is going to be a lot of problems accessing that area so I am thinking about making the viaduct removable and working on the possible solutions for the track.

The viaduct has now been connected to the upper loop - track laid for testing

Today I received the following in my Inbox- Nectar offer on eBay - x9 points on purchases

There's something about the end of those break coaches...I can't put my finger on it...

The horns arrived today You get two pairs in a pack - enough for two locos They are far too fragile - mine broke as i picked it up to take a photo

A Hornby TTS sound chip in a good second hand Bachmann, all coming in around £90, not much to complain about..

For those of you who have given up ever finding replacement horns for your Hornby Class 60...I have noticed this seller on eBay Horns to Fit Hornby Class 60 (4 Pieces) | eBay They look to be 3D printed in resin with good resolution. I have ordered a few and will update here when they arrive...

There's something about this loco that I can't put my finger on...

Can't blame them for being careful. They can't afford mistakes

RTR is reaching amazing levels of detail and paint finish - considering a project may end up a disaster after a lot of effort, the prices are pretty reasonable and, as the models are now very good quality, they retain a good resale value. So it doesn't seem worth it for rolling stock which is already available off the shelf However I now have more time to spend upon scenery and where you can get really good results for example with trees you only need to pay for flock.

Thanks Ben for looking in and letting us now. If they are in the EU then no doubt they will take longer than they normally would have done - post Brexit. Just means I have more time to save up!