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Janes' Creek, Strood, serving the Invicta Engineering Works of Aveling and Porter, 4mm scale.

Launch tug SUNNY moored at Janes' Creek, off the River Medway, at Strood, built as the CLIVE in1898, joined W.H.J. Alexander Ltd. on the River Thames mid-1910s, my 4mm model was scratch built about 30 years ago, just updated for my new layout.

When I had a Citroen C5, I turned off the auto lights, the feature stayed off, as my regular commute was along a busy "rat run" between Maidstone and Gillingham, around dusk as I went under some over hanging trees the lights came on then off when I had passed them, I had the fear someone waiting to pull out would think I had flashed them and pull out in front of me.

What is wrong with the brickwork? it is all stretchers as per your photo of Groombidge, nice layout, enjoyed it at Faversham. Correction, I have just seen up thread that the brickwork is correct, nice work, difficult to deal with the arris, corners, with this type of kit.

Very good advice, when I was planning my garage layout I took advice to have a hinged lift up section rather than a duck under, twenty years later, with poor knees, that was such good advice. In my twenties I exhibited a layout regularly, it then went into storage for twenty years, when time came to pass it on to a new owner, I thought did I really take such heavy boards to so many shows, I physically could not do it today, or want to.

Thank you, it is posts like this that keep me coming to RMweb.

I am after some as well, did use some around twenty years ago, I think from Kings Cross Models, now gone.

I find that very sad and depressing, I think it is a problem in our culture, particularly in the UK, not saying it does not happen elsewhere, but I travel a lot in Europe and see things that you simply could not have in the UK without it being vandalised or stolen, such as book exchanges, normally a glass cupboard in a public space, people take and leave books, or schools without the need for high fences.

Living in the Medway Towns ( a post industrial deprived area ) Javelin has transformed travel to London, and job opportunities, that did not exist before, used to take 1 hour 10 minutes to Charing Cross, now 25 to Stratford and 35 to St Pancras, I can see the trains from my garden and they are well used. There were lots of scare stories about HS1, I worked in construction at that time, one was that we would lose all our plant operators, who would go to work on HS1 for big money, in practice they came from outside of the area, lived in caravans, worked seven days a week, long hours for relatively low hourly rate, we did not lose any operators. Habits have changed, I know people who now drive to Ebbsfleet, has a large carpark, and take Javelin to Stratford for sporting events or Westfield shopping centre, Europe's largest.

Prompted by this thread, I had a PSA test, had the results yesterday, all clear, just takes a little effort to do it, my Doctors Surgery gave me an appointment straight away over the phone.

Not sure if it would normally be Border Force or Customs, but when I get pulled over for my van to be searched it is often private security, maybe because of the shortage of "proper" staff, at the Tunnel anyway.

Why not cut expansion joints elsewhere and either bond across or add a feed, in 4mm I just leave a gap, where IRJ were available I used them with no ill effects, expansion joints are necessary, if you lay long lengths in the winter you will have problems in the summer, back to the OPs question I think Milliput will break up and fall out in time, due to movement of the rails, even track cleaning will move the rails a bit.

Just to add, company cars and leased vehicles also need the owners permission, some countries require you to have the vehicle documents with you, for those still with the old paper driving license, like myself, you also need an International Driving Permit, simple and easy at the Post Office, it looks like something out of the 1950s!

I also use Eurotunnel frequently, now rebranded LeShuttle, with two return trips booked in October, prices have gone up, like almost everything, at the moment the speed and convenience still make it the best option for myself, I think the trains are showing their age, I wonder when reliability begins to suffer.

In the past when I hired a van to take out of the UK the van hire company, said the extra charge was for European recovery insurance, they were good enough to suggest I could get it cheaper myself, as long as I showed them a copy, which is what I did, I now have my own van and regularly travel to EU and non EU countries, have an annual breakdown and recovery insurance. There was a thread running sometime ago on this subject, going into some detail, your take about sums it up, some of the regular European shows do not seem to have recovered, post covid.

Lots of nice places in Poland, I think generally you feel safer than in the UK, but obviously there are bad areas to avoid, this years holiday was driving to Swinoujscie on the Baltic coast, some years ago we travelled, by train, to Bielsko-Biala, in the south of Poland, started our trip in Hamburg, changing trains in Katowice, not a city to recommend, at that time lots of EU investment in roads and railways, we did a couple of train trips to Zywiec and Cieszyn on the Czechia border. One day we took a walk to the next town, planning to take the train back, did not look too promising, track overgrown, platform was also, with a timetable on the one lamp post, anyway the train did come, the driver and guard looking very surprised, to see passengers, we had a hand written ticket back to Bielsko-Biala.

Correct, need to be soldered, the plug in particular needs to be done carefully, I use the clamp on the plug to grip a piece of heavier wire and the other end fixed to a screw on the baseboard, so that if the lead gets yanked this takes the strain rather than the soldered joints, I finish with spiral cable wrap, I also glue a wooden cloths peg to the baseboard to hold the lead when moving the boards around.

Just a thought, has anyone tried any of the self adhesive sound proofing made for cars, stuck to the underside of the board?

Also normal practice for the trams in Dusseldorf, a gong rather than a horn, for that reason.

I meant to say 5 pin DIN plug and socket.

Makes me smile at exhibitions, people comment on how quiet my trains are, how did I do it, of course its the back ground noise masking out my noisy layout, you should hear it at home! Have not tried it but would sound deadening quilt filling the hollow baseboard work?

I have used on several layouts, home and exhibition, simple 5 pin D connectors and switches from Gaugemaster, readily available, good enough quality, in my view, for a model railway.

I agree, as a visitor I do not want to see stands packing up early, as an exhibitor I also do not like it, I wait until close of show, just seems the right thing to do, why rush, ( I remember at a show in Germany, we British appeared very slap dash in our packing up, compared to the care and time the Germans were taking) I take it steady, when I am ready to load, most of the rush is over and access is a lot better. Can see that layouts with a lot of stock can take time, so I except an early start packing stock maybe required, shows closing at 4pm or 4,30pm is a good step, for some even that seems too late.

An observation at my local large B&Q, there seems to be less pure DIY stuff, squashed in to a smaller area and low stock, but the kitchen design area is twice the size it was, also an area selling, what I would describe as furniture nik nak stuff, maybe they want DIYers to go to Screwfix instead.

There was, an American built, reproduction ME262 jet flying at the RIAT air show this year, first time in Europe, apparently one of several built, the Americans are really into military aircraft. How can I move this to a more correct thread?