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Looks like a prize length to me.

Inspirational. I have a similar idea for my own layout, except in an urban environment. Wall instead of a fence. Painting the backscene might be a challenge. The hazy backscene on Leicester South and the 'block' colours on Copper wort have both been similarly inspiring. Great modelling! I wanted to bookmark the post quoted, but the option appears to have disappeared ?

Superb

Is that one of your paintings Rob ?

Very, very confusing to find this picture on this thread. Presumably needs defending then. . .

Went "BAA" surely ?? ,

What about a small stone circle, with single standing stones ? It looks like somewhere one could be found.

Supported by 7, 0 and 1/4 ....

Looks like Encombe Town used to have Broad Gauge through the platforms. Little Muddle must have been one of IKB's projects. There must be some bridge rail used as fence posts hiding nearby surely . . . . ?

Last nights progress.

All looking good Graham. I guess your signal will go by the fogmans hut. I seem to remember you discussing signal positions probably many pages back now. Whilst there is a 'prototype for everything', I'm not sure about the foot crossing by the hut? They are normally reserved for locations where there is a formal walking route between points for staff, so normally more likely within station limits. I haven't personally seen a crossing away from a station unless it is associated with a public foot crossing, as it will be something else that needs to be maintained by the pway gang. Perhaps it is a public crossing and I've missed the comment? I suspect occasional use of a fog hut wouldn't warrant a formal crossing. I agree with @MrWolf on the boundary fence and the buddlea. The railway companies also normally provide a bit of flat land between the fence and the top of a cutting or the bottom of embankment to enable the fence to be maintained from inside railway property. Depending on the material in the cutting, and the fall of the adjacent land towards an embankment, there might also be a railway owned cut-off drain to control water running off adjacent fields. However, your cutting slope is quite steep, so safe to assume that it is a stable rock. The fields either side of your embankment also don't suggest there would be significant run-off towards it that would soften the embankment material and lead to a slip. There is a sense of time passing in the photos with the blue car travelling in opposite directions at different times of the day. ps Perhaps the Ministry of Works will notice the increase in traffic on that road and have to widen that road to enable a bus service to be introduced

We ? Intriguing. . . Looking really good George.

Progress over the weekend. The jury is out on the gold outline for the platform. . . .

Looking really good Chris

Excellent @MrWolf, good to know I'm not alone. First time working with Aluminium for me. Happy bunny so far. Builds confidence for the next one.

Anyone else get excited about a few holes in the right places in an aluminium sheet? No?? That will just be me then . . . . .

Tonight's progress. It's a tough life having to empty a box of biscuits and consume the cheese that went with them over a few evenings. Mrs FP helped though, so she is actively helping the model railway along. Above the panel, the rotary switches are all clear of each other in their 'worst' relative positions. Under the panel, just a couple of the square On/Off/On switches to space out a little bit more when I commit to drilling holes in the aluminium panel. Hopefully later this week. Then I just need to saw a length off the shank of the rotary switches, start to mark out the aluminium panel with marker tape between the holes and seal it. Oh, and wire them all up. The Carriage Sidings* On/Off switches and marker tape will wait until I have the track laid and can then decide how many isolating sections I want for locos/ EMU's/ DMU's etc. *top right of diagram, see July 12th 2021 post on this page.

As you say, other things do get in the way. However, I think I would be very pleased to achieve your level of finish. Something to aspire too as a follower of your thread, @KNP 's Little Muddle , @MrWolf 's Aston and @chuffinghell 's Warren Branch amongst others on RMWeb that inspire me .

It does and it will. Unfortunately those 265 associated pages on that link are now going Look at me. Go on. You know you want to. You'll regret it if you don't, but you'll also regret it if you do. . . . . . Dilemma No 1

No idea what has happened to the last five months, other than new/ old house takes priority at weekends for getting things done and family/ grandchildren etc also take precedence over model railway activities whilst full time work is still happening. So, today, a bit of time for the railway. The aluminium control panel has been fixed in place. The layout will have four controllers. Two for the main lines ( A & B) and one each to control the yards that are either side of the operating well (C) and the dock from its own panel (D). Having bought some rotary switches several years ago, one of the jobs I've been meaning to do for some time is to find out which pins I need to solder to for each controller when the layout section comes off Pin A. Rubbing the raised plastic numbers under the switches with a pencil enables them to be seen better. With the switch pointing at 12 o'clock, then Pin A to Pin 1 is the live connection. Each of the rotary switches will be set up as: A to 1 Off A to 2 Controller A A to 3 Controller B A to 4 Off A to 5 Controller C A to 6 Controller D The six rotary switches will be daisy chained together with all pin 2's linking to Controller A, pin 3's to Controller B etc. The dock and the yard will have On/Off/On switches with Controllers C & D off each side. Controllers C & D will also power the scenic cassette and the carriage sidings. The carriage sidings will be sub-divided into several sections just using on/off switches. So Controllers A & B are there to 'watch the trains go by' and C & D are for shunting and train preparation/ fiddling. A rough set out of the rotary and On/Off/On switches is shown below on the paper print for clarity. It looks a bit cramped, but the switch bodies will, of course, be under the panel. The switches turn clockwise to the various positions for the controllers, so the main thing will be to avoid any clashes between adjacent switches before committing to drilling any holes in the aluminium panel. I'll be doing a thick cardboard mock-up to get a good feel for this. Enjoy your modelling

According to Russell's, this one was built 1876 and numbered 0332 in 1905, withdrawn 1933. Hope info on dates for your new acquisitions is of interest to set a time period post 1923 for your proposed Southern layout Rob.

There are two pictures of this loco in J H Russell's Pictorial record of Southern Locomotives. Built 1895, withdrawn 1937.

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