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That's a shame Jerry but you have to do what's right for you. Like I said before there's no rush to do anything, you might fancy coming back to your project at a later date or you might have a completely new idea to get on with. There's no right or wrong so whenever you start something new good luck and I'll look forward to seeing it on here. Take care Jerry. Steve.

That looks fantastic Shaun, a common bit of the prototype but not often modelled. Great Stuff. Steve.

Thanks for that Kevin, that's some fine work. Looking forward to seeing more. Steve.

I got one from Romford last week, fantastic new train but I wouldn't want to make a long journey on it, there's less seats but more space and I got to say I don't really like sitting sideways. On the other hand many a time I've had to fight my way through a packed carriage from the middle seats on an older class 315. If they ease the crush at peak times they'll be worth every penny. Steve.

The class 50 looks amazing! How did you do the lamp irons? Steve.

You've done some great work there Kevo, I really like the photo of Queenborough, that oozes atmosphere and your waste ground would look great like that. Steve.

Coming on nicely Paul, great stuff. Steve.

As promised a few photo's of the show on Saturday, great show with some fine modelling, enjoy. Cheriton Bishop Canton Road Harchester Stabling Point. Allenton Whitecross St Fleet Lane And a couple of my favourite Drewery Lane.

That looks fantastic already, some great work there Grahame. Steve.

I use a NCE Powercab and it's fantastic for the price and I've found it easy to us. I've also had a go with a Roco Multimaus recently and was really impressed how easy that was and if I'd tried that first would probably have gone for it. I'd definitely say ask people questions and try to have a play with different systems before you buy one. Hope that helps. Steve.

I felt that when I see Arun Quay at Stevenage. Looking forward to see what you come up with :-) Steve.

Thanks Stu, I've put Shenfield in my diary :-) Didn't realise how much pressure you're under operating until I looked up and there were people watching me! You can see the beads of sweat on my brow in the photo's my partner took! ​Steve.

Hi Stu. Many thanks for letting me have a go of Drewery Lane it really made my day and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I came away with loads of inspiration for trying something similar myself. I'll look forward to seeing your new project at Shenfield hopefully. Thanks once again Stu. Steve.

Had a great time yesterday, some great layouts and there seemed like a lot of traders which cleared up my want's list and my budget! Got to say a massive thank you to Stu and his team for chatting and allowing me to have a little play with Drewery Lane, a fantastic layout. Well done to everyone involved in a fine show. I'll post some pics when I get a chance. Steve.

On my layout I've used ash, sieved earth in places then I bought myself Gorden Gravetts book on modelling grassland and scenery.Following that I used some chinchilla dust bought for a few quid from my local pet shop, sieved through a bit of an old stocking it goes on really fine and I weathered it using weathering powders. It's not cheap but I'd recommend the book as it covers a lot of different surfaces, grass, weeds and all. Steve.

Wow, that,s some story Allan, I remember my mum telling me about the V1,s when she lived in various parts of London, she said 'as long as you heard them someone else was going to get' it was a different kettle of fish with the V2's though. I spoke to a guy once who sutvived one and he said he heard a rush of air and then everything got turned upside down! Steve.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Fine-Graphite-Powder-Lubricant-Lock-Locksmith-Cylinder-Car-Padlock-60ML/272840505556?hash=item3f868fb8d4:g:f1MAAOSwdDtZtAAh I didn't know anything about graphite powder or lock lubricant and did a search as I've got a couple of dodgy locks at home as well as some poor running wagons and found this, not sure how good it will be but I thought I'd give it a go for a quid! Steve.

I think that would be an interesting subject to model. I live in Romford, Essex, an area that had, I believe, quite a bit of bombing during the war and you can still see some evidence. In some places there is row's of semi detached houses interrupted by one or two big detached houses that just look out of place. Turns out that the original houses were flattened during the war , even the flat I used to live in was built on the site of war damaged houses. I only found this out when someone released a book about my local area during the war. There used to be a pub in London called The One They Left Behind and it was a single ex terrace house on a green in the middle of a load of new buildings that I think was the result of bombing. Steve.

Great stuff Adrian, that's some cutting out ! You must have some patience, think it would drive me mad! Steve

Think I'll go with this. I like the idea of a view blocker near the bridge and peering over the bank to see what's there and I'll show some sort of crossing and have junk and stuff dumped in the space between the tracks in front of the bridge.

Interesting thread, there was a big builders merchants in Romford, Essex during the 80's called Hall & Co and they're yard was somewhere near the railway lines. I wondered if anybody knew if it could have been a descendant of the same company and could have had a rail connection some time? Steve.

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Thanks Christian. There's not a lot more to see, this a pic of the whole layout. I don't really have a lot more room and don't want to overcrowd the layout. Steve.

Yep, that's right. Steve.

It doesn't show up too well in the pics but the ground work is built up in one spot to suggest a little used crossing. Steve.