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As a helicopter engineer it doesn't make sense to me either. Air has mass and so is subject to gravity. That is part of the reason air pressure is higher near the surface of the Earth compared with higher altitudes. Best Scott.

I don't think it even needs to be written as a criticism, though, does it? Wouldn't it be acceptable, or even desirable, to just tell it like it is. "Unusually, the locomotive has been modelled with the two sides of the body reflecting two different periods in it's life. There are also some inaccuracies with regard placement of panels, equipment, etc. If this is the kind of thing that bothers you, then it may require some consideration prior to purchase, although the former may allow the locomotive to be run semi-accurately in two different time periods." Or words to that effect. Best Scott.

Doggerland was always a working title, or place holder, for my imaginary isle in the North Sea and I've bean scratching around for a proper, permanent name for the land mass. I live in The Howe of the Mearns. In Scots, Howe has come to mean valley, or hollow, which fits this area because the Howe of the Mearns was once under water and marsh, hemmed in by hills on two sides and by high ground to another. It has since been drained into a lush fertile area. However, Howe seems to come from the old Norse "Hauge", meaning mound. And so, my island was a Danish possession, known as Hauges Hav - Mound of the Sea - until the second battle of Copenhagen in 1807, following which the Island was seized by the British. Not long after it was incorporated into the British Isles. Anglicised "Hauge" is pronounced "How". The Isle of Hauge.

Dave you make a good point regarding changing locos. I'd be inclined to split the cassettes, if loco changes were required. Individual cassette for each loco and individual cassette for each train, but them together linearly when removing/installing a train from/to the scenic area. Best Scott.

For the size of the trains you are talking about, might I suggest foregoing a fiddle yard as such and use cassettes. A loco and two coaches will be around 36" in OO, a cassette length that is very manageable. Cassettes with one (or two entry tracks) makes for a fiddle yard that can be any size you want/need. Best Scott.

Now just imagine if you could embark on a project rather like Hills of the North and incorporate Riccarton Junction with Galashiels (above)… …and Hawick. N Gauge, code 40. Both to drawn to scale. Best Scott.

This probably does qualify, however. Riccarton Junction, in it's pomp, to scale. N gauge, Code 40. Best Scott.

Not sure it qualifies as a "greatest layout...", but this is one I designed for a friend of a friend to fit within his integral garage converted, like mine, to a "hobbies room". Dumbarton East at the top and Dumbarton Central at the bottom. The idea was to have passenger trains running computer controlled between the upper and lower fiddle yards (initially Standard tanks and LHCS later upgraded to "Blue Trains" when he'd gotten 'round to 3D designing them - with associated Overhead wiring) whilst he shunted the centrepiece Dumbarton East Goods. Alas mortality had other ideas and it remains simply an idea. Which is a shame. Both stations and the goods yard are drawn to scale. N gauge, code 55. Best Scott.

Fixed it for you. Best Scott.

Ahhh yes, I missed that. I was looking for gearing but didn't compute that was where it was. So only one axle is driven (the right hand one). As you were. Best Scott.

I would imagine the horse would become confused/disorientated/queasy with the disconnect between their movement and subsequent opposite direction of movement. At the very least I might expect the horse to stop when it senses it is going backwards when trying to move forwards? But I don't know, I'm not a horse psychologist so perhaps it would be fine. Best Scott.

Interesting. Wouldn't that horse have to be facing away from the direction of travel or be "walking" backwards for such a contraption to work? Best Scott.

Please don't take this as a personal criticism, but I'm genuinely interested in what made you want to see any of the Avatar follow-ups after (presumably) watching the first film? For me, Avatar is up there with AI, Moulin Rouge and Pearl Harbour with respect to time I'll never get back... Best Scott.

At present, I am running errands/investigating around teh Citadel and it is a bit repetitive scooting back and forward to different rooms... I am intrigued though. Best Scott.

Yes, I would struggle to deal with it if I started in the middle, I've got to see the story from the start. Best Scott

Mass effect trilogy is one of the games on PS Plus this month, so what the hell; downloaded the lot and had a look at Volume 1. It feels awfully clunky (but intriguing), but then I'm guessing it's now a fair age? My brother, who is a bit of a gamer (XBox rather than my leaning toward PS) and he advises to stick with it because the production of 2 and 3 are markedly better than 1. I'll keep going based on that. Best Scott.

Trent ? It really was in the middle of nowhere... Best Scott.

How about Priestfield, particularly for a small layout...

It was already ruined by George Lucas! 🙃

Surely it's okay to think " I wonder how much power a laser would actually need to destroy a planet...I'll go and try to work it out." I think we all accept it's not real, but we can be a curious species and that's fine I think. Best Scott.

You're correct to a point. However I don't think it's unreasonable to question or test (in the case of the death star weapon) the plausibility of a concept. Regarding the "bombing" of a Star Destroyer, it's seems particularly lazy writing to so flagrantly appear to change the laws of physics (captain). Surely it's okay to comment on that? I'd actually look at it the other way 'round: We can't even get the depiction of physics correct and we are worrying about not getting the right car or train for the period... Personally, I'm waiting for Christopher Nolan to reboot the whole lot (Rogue one aside). Best Scott.

If only all the world’s place names had been named by the Māori, we’d be sweet as. Just about everything they right is pronounced phonetically (with a small few exceptions)! regarding Welsh, it rings a bell in the back of my kind that way back the Scotland’s inhabitants spoke the same base language as the Welsh, hence so many Aber- place names, as an example. I can’t remember where I read that though. Best Scott.

You, sir, are a mine of information.🙂 Best Scott.

You say that, but again Athol can be Aa-thul or Aw-thul. if it was easy, everyone would be doing it 🤓. Speaking of the highland main line, I was once at Perth General when an American gent asked what platform he needed for King-gussy…(rather than King-yoo-see - Kingussie). Best Scott.

Buchanan is a bit like Menzies, depending where in Scotland one hails from. Biew-canan (as in view) or Buh-canan best Scott.