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Here are the points for the carriage sidings roughly positioned against the connection to the main line. The buffer stops for the two sidings are (out of focus) in the far distance. The blank space to the right of the buffers will be where the station building/ forecourt will go. Then there will be subway access to the island platform running alongside the main line. The subway access will continue beneath the other two tracks to provide a staff route down to the goods yard. It is all there in my head. The turnout hanging partly in space will lead onto the 'scenic cassette' head shunt. Some railway and domestic carpentry required to achieve that as I need Board 1 to be in position and the railway room door replaced and rehung to swing the opposite way to currently. John

That is looking very nice. This was my 1:1 scale "weathered green" garage at a previous house of unknown vintage. Photographs were taken with just such a (future) project of my own in mind. Bottom right picture faced due east and was shaded by trees, the other elevations were mainly unshaded, so more faded in the sunlight. Hope they are of interest. Look forward to seeing more. John

And so do I. Superb George

Pondering on how the move went I have every respect for people who take layouts to exhibitions, dismantling and setting up. The copper clad sleeper arrangements at the joints have worked pretty well with two exceptions, both entirely my own fault. The first one I omitted to solder the rails to the sleepers on top rail on the second siding from the bottom of the picture below. (The H Class is on the rolling road to just give it a running-in session in the absence of the continuous run. The D Class will be following). The only damage to the track, shown in the photo below, was between boards 3 and 4. This was caused when I lifted board 4 past boards 3 and 5. Sadly I ripped out one rail on the descent to the Goods yard. I will cut out and relay the damaged section of track, removing the copperclad sleepers either side of the joint when board 4 goes back in place. Those aside, I'm quite pleased with the horizontal alignment at the joints on boards 2 and 3. The vertical alignment at the joints has some minor issues. I've put those minor misalignments down to the track not being ballasted/ stuck down on the approach to the joints and only being pinned onto a "springy" underlay. Easily corrected I think. I will also square up the sleepers to the rails now that the railway is in it's permanent (way ) home. Next job is to position board 4, which holds the main control panel, temporarily next to board 3. No 4 piggybacks off 3 and 5. I want it to be loose so I can get at both sides of the integral control panel. A bit more furniture shifting is required to create a temporary working surface. Then I can start on the wiring, laying the carriage sidings and getting the points into them operating. On a separate note, we had some material delivered for the joiner who is doing some work in the house at some point in the next couple of weeks. The items were a maximum of 3900mm long and needed to be upstairs. Naturally they've ended up in the railway room. When measured, the distance on the long wall between skirting boards into the alcove turned out to be precisely 3910mm . . . . .

Worked out very well this time George Brilliant. Thank you.

Land Rovers?

Maybe why my suggestion of 'I think shops like yours should put wine in alphabetical order so it is easy to find the Blue Nun' didn't go down too well then. . . . . . . . ?

Don't you need to compare a cropped version of the first picture to the original, rather than the first picture to a different subject? I agree that the first picture is better, but that is sharper/ less blurred than the second. Just to compare apples with apples therefore: Cropped Original Any picture of Little Muddle is to be welcomed

Here's to the next six months . I've enjoyed following your topic and been inspired by your work. Wow, wow and thrice wow. I'm sure I wouldn't be alone in asking: "Please can we see more?"

TMC had a 50% off sale on last week. I thought 'There will be nothing I need in the Sale. I'll just have a quick flick'. I was right. I could only find something I wanted. Two loco arrivals in two days. Oops. Justification. This particular loco was allocated to Faversham shed in 1945/ 46, so would have been in Southern livery of the time rather than BR as shown. It subsequently moved to Ramsgate at the end of November 46, so I presume would have still been on Faversham turns. Subsequently based at Tonbridge and Stewarts Lane, the model carries the Stewarts Lane 73A shed plate. From either of the latter it may have worked the @westerhamstation branch (?). Another lovely model to add to the fleet. And a bargain to boot!

Hi @Nevermakeit. Manufactured by Dapol for Rails of Sheffield. John

I think the correct way is to say "You've got a big caterpillar on your shirt, did you know Corporal?" I believe the response from aforementioned NCO would differ depending on whether the asker was of lower or higher rank . Looking forward to seeing @Mick Bonwick s response to find out @Stubby47s rank.

I promise to be very, very careful by just quoting Rule 1 on my SECR to BR(S) layout then. . . .

This arrived from Rails to join my SECR 'C' Class, 'H' Class and 'P' Class. Very, very nice model. Definitely worth the wait.

Presumably "In a shed far, far, away" would be acceptable though . . . .

Yes, thank you @The White Rabbit it was. Just found my pictures from 2015. The picture you've shown is the building in the foreground of the first one below. The buildings right up against the backscene have vertical roofs but they appear to slope away from you. The effect is hidden by the frame on the layout and a strategically placed tree. Hopefully you can see what I mean in the two pictures below. The depth of the left hand building by the tree is very small. The same has been done with the 'Credit Agricole Mutuel' building in the picture below. Unfortunately my side view of that came out too badly to post on here. Anyway, my brain did explode at the time . . . . . .

Boards 2 and 3 have been put up in their new home today. Board 2 is nearest the camera in the first picture. Board 3 piggybacks off Board 2. They've been placed on carpet gliders so I can get at both sides for wiring; to lay the carriage sidings; start on the carriage siding head shunt, which will be the 'scenic cassette' area; and to enable the room to be decorated. The upper level will be extended further across Board 2 and across Board 1. The sketch at the bottom shows the planned arrangement to save flicking back through this topic. The view below is the usual view I had in the old house when coming into the railway room. This will push back against the wall on the left when ready. This view I've never seen before. The two Carriage Siding buffer stops will be at the bottom of this picture: Finally a reminder of the whole layout sketch (Not to Scale!) John (19/11/22 ~ Couldn't find these pictures to reload)

They are excellent. Beautifully modelled. Backscenes are a bit of a conundrum in getting perspective right. The proximity of buildings such as the 2 inch clearance mentioned by @MrWolf adds a further challenge. There was a French rural layout that did this incredibly well by tricking the eye into thinking low relief buildings had sloping roofs when they were actually vertical. Spent more time looking at the buildings than at the trains. Can't remember the name of the layout though. Something like Polpero (?) No doubt others on here will be able to help. With my own urban layout I am tempted by the 'hazy' backscene achieved on Leicester South Https://www.shipleymrs.co.uk/leicestersouth . I don't have sufficient space for perspective modelling/ shrinking scales towards the back. John

I think he has moved since @Stubby47 replied . . .

Hi @Limpley Stoker. I agree with the second sentence. Looking great @KNP Struggling with your first sentence though? Photo appears devoid of "carpenters at work"? Assuming a male (given the era of LM) maybe he is called Wally. This may, of course, explain my inability to locate him. . . . . Noted the expression "at work" is also a concept that has been discussed previously about the inhabitants of Little Muddle. . . . . . . . John

so cider induced layout planning ? Just guessing. Other fruit based drinks are available of course. . . . .

Looking great. Will the footpath cross over the turnout? John

Agreed

Meanwhile, in a galaxy far, far, away garage about 5 miles away, something starts to slowly stir . . . . .

Me too