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Not the last time I looked at my shirt label, he buys ready to run which is not for my thing.

They are redundant now since a certain person was banned.

Was not trying poop on your parade, just trying to throw some facts into the going 'O' Scale British SG. One thing I did not mention which many of my life long 'O' Scale friends have is retirement. Many have sold up and gone 4mm scale due to down sizing their houses and the pensions they receive. Read Gerry Beales article on his decision to go back to 4mm scale which appeared in the MRJ a couple or three years back. His reasons are exactly the same as those I mention. You state you have ordered a 57xx, what is your next RTR GWR loco going to be. A Heljan 61xx? That is the next 'O' scale 7mm model coming out and that is a lot of loco for a tank loco. It is basic common sense, work out the logistics before you leap. Time to stop hijacking someone else's topic.

Be careful, British 'O' scale will not remain cheap with a container load costing double it did last year. Compared to US models what has been produced for the British market has been a drop in the ocean and the question is can it be sustained. One manufacturer is going to suffer due to the duplication of a 57xx a model that there has been a very good kit for. Not very clever. Of course the recent announcement of forth coming 'O' scale models has got a frenzy of modelers building 'O' scale models of the ECML to run their full scale length trains of Teaks with one or other Pacific. One big problem, hands up who have a very large room to build such a layout, we are talking about 50 foot by 15 foot at the minimum. I modeled 'O' scale for 30 years and ended up with a space of 33 Foot by 9 Foot which was only big enough for GWR branch terminus with fiddle yard. If I wanted bigger I had to venture into the garden and that costs a lot of money and a lot maintenance. Also at the moment only a few RTR models in 'O' scale have been announced but are not as yet available plus there is not enough stock available limiting what you can build. The only people who can build something at the moment are the diesel fanatics with offerings from Heljan and Dapol but that does not float everyone's boat. If you dive into 'O' scale be warned it is still very much a builders scale bordering in the model engineering and if you are not prepared to build then have plenty of wonger at your disposal. A couple of ready to run locos does not make an 'O' scale layout

Did not have you down as a toy boy

Chaz The Generator should just pull off, no need to cut it off. It does need a bit of wangling to get it off. Mount it just in front of the cab and do not forget to modify the steam supply pipe. The exhaust pipe should then be a straight pipe with a slight kink towards the cab and not the thing that Bachmann supply. It does look better with the head light bracket mounted on top of the boiler, headlights and brackets (C-16) are available from PSC which Paul supplies. Also do not forget the marker lights, again PSC castings. Further improvement is replace the chimney with a C-16 one, again PSC castings. John

There was some Loo paper that used have the same effect.

Chaz, I have two Baccy 2-8-0's which I want to get rid of. One is brand new and both have Digitrax sound decoders in. As usual they are both nice runners. E-mail me if you are interested. I did Bearwood this morning and then some more work on the Depot, a productive day. John

Cheaper than a gym. John

That sounds like self inflicted hard work. Checked out the foot print for the Ophir depot building on Verwood Creek and it fits a treat, no track modifications needed to give clearance. Still got to find how to hide the brick buttress that sticks out into the Depot, might look at doing a low relief warehouse with a feeder track. John

Are they letting to onto the reserve with this Bird Flu about? I think there are restrictions at Arn.

Looking good Chaz, like your method of doing the scenery profile, me thinks I will try that method myself on Verwood Creek when the weather gets a bit warmer. Can I make one comment though and that is your tie bar on your switches, I think based on track diagrams I have should not be as long as the two ties either side for the switch stand. The connection between the tie bar and switch stand is usually a metal rod. But however you might have evidence otherwise as my evidence is based on information of the D&RGW RR and I have not got the time to go off looking at other railroads. Got a Depot building to get on with and not a lot of time to get it done. John

Nice collection of coffee cups I see. Growing the ground cover in them?

Not sure about that but the amount of people I used to see on one moped in Taiwan and Thailand would have out done the Royal Signals Motorcycle Display team and they even had their shopping on board with them.

Seeing some of the things our friends transport out in the Far East on their motor bikes and scooters a layout would be no problem.

I totally agree with this post as from someone who modelled the GWR for 30 years. Unfortunately Oxford Rail does not appear to listen to the critics and is totally out of touch with the true modeler and more in keeping with the glass case fodder. They need to do the same as Dapol and get someone on board who knows the subject. (Look at their recent 08) Will the Dean Goods sell, yes on price alone but if they had made a correct model their market share would be bigger. Oxford Rail is going to get a reputation for incorrect models as all their output so far has had inaccuracies and this is not good as the manufacturers are dealing with a dwindling market place which is going to get more competitive.

Looks like you brought the pub home with you last night !!!!!!!!

I like the hole for the key in the chassis.

We have chilli beer down here in Dorset, something of an acquired taste.

Bet she does not look so good with no make-up.

It won't be the pub you will be going to but the gym for fitness to lift those boards

I agree with the comments that have been stated to date. I had been in touch with Phil over the content of the MRE in the last couple of months and the decline in the quality of the posts. There had been no modeling input for some while and it felt that the RTR brigade had taken over, a lot of those were collectors. I was unimpressed with Brian's constant polls, what was the worth of them, just look at the results of the last of them. I for one do not look at the MRE now as I have no interest to the drivel being served up. I hope Phil Parker moves onto better things.

Build the layout down the pub, problem solved

Well it has been well over a year since this project started and has got as far as baseboard legs and numerous pints of beer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Damian, don't you think you should get some track down before deciding what you are going to run on it?