fishytrains

Thanks for your informative assessment of the couplings. I am thinking of switching to the Kadees myself, but haven't ballasted track yet and have some relaying of track to do, which will make it easier, when I eventually get round to doing that.

Mike

Agree with the others about the shops, but the views of the station are very good indeed.

Mike

The pictures are great. The question of where the text goes in relation to the pictures is about where you position the cursor for typing. If you insert a picture, then click on the update box, the cursor should appear, hit return and the text will then go after the picture. Hope that helps.

Mike

The showhome and half built homes look particularly realistic.

Mike

Great updates and lovely to see the progress you are making with the detailing. It really does add to the whole feel of the layout.

Mike

That is looking particularly good Andy, glad the "pain" was worth it.

Mike

I do like what you have done with the canopies. I agree it might be worth looking at the holding siding.

Mike

Definitely looks better with the ballast down.

Mike

I agree that the colours of the terraced houses need to be darkened. I also like the idea of a little relief to the buildings, even if the images are pasted to some card to increase the relief in relation to the sky.

Mike

That area is now looking very good.

Mike

Lovely picture, so atmospheric.

Mike

A fascinating layout, I will be following you with interest from now on.

Mike

The work you have done with the town scene is great. Looking forward to seeing it develop even further now.

Mike

Lovely progress so far.

Mike

Looking depressingly realistic - I love the effect you have created.

Mike

Glad to see you are back up and running.

Mike

Loving the low level photos, really show just how realistic the layout is looking now.

Mike

Great photos as always. I love the inspiration I can glean from them. Thanks for the efforts to provide them.

Mike

Looks like this is one to watch.

Mike

There is a Class 31, 31202 in Dutch Livery at Rushden Historical transport Society, Rushden Northamptonshire.

Mike

Green stuff!!  Not quite "grass" in the true sense, but it makes a difference already.

Mike

Well after a few days away and a lot of thinking time, I had another go at the wiring and managed to sort out the problem. Partly came about because the original wiring on the other side of the layout was done differently and I had forgotten that I had made that change! Still to prove that it works, I took a couple of dodgy videos on my phone - apologies for the quality!

https://youtu.be/GezTazvHtYY

https://youtu.be/tfGpyX5QlOg

Still a lot of wiring to do, but I do at least feel like I am making some progress again.

MIke

Like the look of the station.

Mike

Love the firescene. Very realistic.

Mike

Enjoyed the videos. Great to see the layout working, and like others I am looking forward to scenery appearing - dare I mention grass?

Mike