C&WR

I thought it was Charing Cross at first, but it's definitely not Cannon (St)

Send me your address and I'll post all the Cornettos which I've unwrapped to get the paper BTW, reminds me of my parents' horror when I mistook Elvis's "It's Now Or Never" for "The Cornetto music" when I was a nipper. My late and rather intellectually superior Uncle used to express similar horror re Elvis and "O Sole Mio"...

Apologies, Adrian, I had just been distracted by an email from an Adam when I posted...

My word. it's top-tip-tastic on this thread today! Thanks very much, as I consider my micro layout/plank and wanting it all a bit disreputable this is just the kind of stuff I need...

Thanks, Adam. It was more the green algae/lichen - what's that?

Like the weathered roofing felt. How did you get that effect?

For what it's worth here's my P&J booth, modeled after The Small Controller's Godfather Professor Eek's: This is a square lump of timber wrapped in Conqueror paper (for texture) and the colour done with red and blue inks. The board at the top is painted plasticard and the gold around the proscenium arch some scraps from my Mother's sewing box.

Aha, I gleefully bought the October edition and settled down in the garden with it only to find no Westerham. That'll be why!

No modelling at all after the trip to Coventry. However I was very lucky that Julian wanted shot of some models and thought of me. I had to collect some other HST stuff from home, but finally I can put this together: Can't believe I cut the end off the trailing power car! Now this is a short HST with some of the short Hornby Mk3s, but in the light I had even f22 couldn't put the whole thing in focus: Didn't realise this was so dark until I downloaded it from the camera: I was very pleased to find a Jouef Mk3 Buffet car on eBay for a sensible price. I will, of course, have to cut the buffers off! The other funny thing is while it is a proper length with all the correct decals on the ends the interior is all seats rather than having a counter. I so want to build something in the garden now so I can run a full rake of these!

Or professionally weathered!

Seeing some of these makes me feel a whole lot better about the botched job I did on converting my Peak!

Earls Court.

I'm faintly regretting not spending more time there, especially as my train was cancelled and I had quite a wait! I really wish I spent more time in the skills zones as it seems I missed some good stuff, and also chatting to all the friends but it's so rarely I get to a show I can get completely sucked in to admiring the railways...

Eek, I have a dodgy keyboard. 16' x 5', post edited above!

Cliffhanger is 16' long and 6' high. A most imposing bit of modelling! First time I saw Earls Court was at Railex this year when sadly TSC misbehaved horribly and despite having lived the first seven years of his life within spitting distance of the site (we used to walk round one of the crescents where the model is set to go for our Sunday swim) had very little interest. Not being distracted by rotten infants I was delighted to have a proper chat with Terry who built it. I can't believe I missed the road works! This layout has informed my forthcoming project while I save up for a shed. Fourgig also brought back memories as we once stayed in the camping coaches at Tenby. Just wish I had read the show guide while there as the roof comes off the coach - I would have loved to have seen inside properly, but then I'm not as bold as Jaz at asking to get up close and personal with the layouts While every layout on show had something of interest, and I found it funny that King's Oak (which has resonance as I lived in the West Midlands for a while) is allegedly only a quickly-knocked-together piece, it was Vale of Oxbury which kept bringing me back. I'm not an N gauge man, but this was great with its full-length trains and a very friendly operator. Again I wish I had studied the programme as various buildings are based on ones near my childhood home. Finally my giggle of the day came when two operators on one layout had a bit of a tiff which made them come over all OCD. I didn't have the heart to tell them the no smoking signs on one of their coaches ere in the wrong place

Dad doesn't really mind what people call things. It's when someone who has no experience beyond model railways uses technical language wrongly then tries to correct him that there is a blue touchpaper moment!

What used to drive my Father the Railway Civil Engineer into internal apoplexy was people who referred to "the catenary" when they meant "the catenary wire"...

Bah! Just went to order my discounted ticket for RMLive and advanced booking is over. I know I'd only save £2 and get a free programme, but what a bore!

I've been fascinated by this since I was first made aware of it. Hours of fun to be had in working out what all the base bits and bobs are!

Sorry, Al, not posted in here for a while as I couldn't think of anything to add which hadn't already been posted! Glad to hear you & daughter unscathed. Really love the new pics. I must have missed the wriggly tin extension to the shed. Proper job, that!

Crikey, mezzonman, I had to study that to work out which bits were models and which the backscene. Cracking work!

Very nice, Jon!

Reminds me of the one about the Prep School that had the swimming pool water tested. The answer came back, "your horse has diabetes."