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Wow Jaz, The snow scenes look fantastic - such attention to detail. Wishing you a Happy Christmas.I look forward to seeing how AV develops in 2015.

Great work with the fair and the Batman and Robin characters Jaz. I was pleased to see that Pastel and I were at the fair. I have seen Thurston at several local shows and was impressed at seeing a layout recreating a harvest field. Something like that would look great on AV. One small thing that struck me from your picture of Thurston is that the the combine driver is going to have to do a lot of shunting at the end of the field. Normally a field is combined by firstly taking 3 - 4 cuts around the outside. This creates space in which to turn at the ends for when field is cut from top to bottom - thus removing the risk of running over the crop.

Hi Jaz and Kal Have just been catching up with your thread. Looks like RMWeb Live was a great show if your pictures are anything to go by. I was lucky enough to see CliffHanger at the Southwold railway exhibition in early August and was seriously impressed by it.

Wow, a real bargain you got there. I think that the normal price for the add-ons is very high for what you get, however I have found that there is usually a massive Steam sale of add-ons around Christmas time. That is when I have purchased most of mine at very reasonable prices. Another issue with add-ons is compatibility. Some trains need certain routes before you can run them. This is not always explicitly stated.

Hi Kal. I also have Train Simulator 2014 and have also purchased several expansion packs for it. I think it is a very good game but it did take a while to master the controls and the braking distances.

The decorating looks fab Jaz as do the wagons. Sounds like you have more luck with drain rods than us. We have a drain with 30 feet of rods that I lost in it. The PH Designs stuff also looks really good but also looks exceptionally difficult. Keep up the good work.

Looking back over the last few pages some great work both with the road and the cows. I don't have much time for catching up on AV these days as a result of long working hours and a lengthy commute. The newly introduced ban on using the work internet for personal use is also a pain. It used to be fun to spend my lunch hour browsing rmweb.

Amazing graffiti Jaz. The wolf is especially brilliant. You put the graffiti artists in my local area to shame. Keep up the good work!!!

Looking really good Jaz. A very clever idea to base the letters on circles. I will choose the moon idea as I think it will look fantastic and I know you like a challenge.

The best bit of graffiti that I have seen was scrawled on a block of flats. It read: "if you lived here, you would be home now".

A belated Happy Birthday Kal. Jaz, the graffiti looks brilliant - the oo gauge equivalent of a Banksy. I thought of AV yesterday as I passed through Peterborough on a train trip. Can I have @JC added to the wall of flame. I do not mind what colours or effects you use. I look forward to seeing what you come up with!!!

Working outside would not have been half as good if cold or wet. The only problem we had was that the sun was too bright to see the laptop screens. I was really fortunate with the job. The firm came and held an event at uni to search for talent (2 days after my last exam). The firm looked great to work for so I applied to work with them. I got an interview the following week and started work with them the week after.

Hi Jaz, Kal. Glad to see you have the internet back. Looks like you have been really busy with AV. I am no longer a student but have a job as a software developer (at least for a 3 month trial). I can sympathise with your lack of internet. The firm I joined are in the process of moving office and do not have an active internet connection. Currently access to the internet is achieved using the boss's phone connected to a 3G network as a wireless hotspot- hopeless for large software downloads. I don't know which has been worse: the lack of internet, or lack of seating / computers in the move to the new office. This has meant using local parks and coffee shops as the office, and working on laptops.

Would have loved to go there, it looks like you had a great time. If only it were nearer (160 miles away from me)!!! I always find that at the local shows there is a severe lack of modern image layouts.