Hibelroad

The British are always at the forefront of engineering innovation.

Some people are easily pleased.

Well I make it about 21 billion years which is 5 times older than the age of the earth, unless the earth really is 5000 years old which would then make it lots of times more.

Killing poor defenceless animals (hope my opinion isn’t too obvious here ) is considered a sport by some but I think the OP has nailed it with his definitions. Vivian Stanshall’s ( Bonzos) song about the odd boy pretty much sums up my experience of sport at school, and my attitude to sport.

It’s interesting that there are a few comments on here from those who have only a passing interest in real railways but enjoy the craft of model making and scenery construction. Personally I never had a train set but started with a few cast off oddments donated by school friends, perhaps a topic for a new thread.

I would think that a train set becomes a model railway when the owner starts to take an interest in it as a model rather than it being just another toy. However ownership of a train set is not the only route into the world of railway modelling.

Come on hurry up, it’s not going to light itself.

I can imagine that happening in our house, the world revolves around George.

What happens in Gomorrah stays in Gomorrah.

The thing is about a first layout is that it is just the first, more will follow in due course. So play about with it, see what works, make as many mistakes as you like, that’s part of the learning process. For further info browse the forums on here, visit shows and definitely join a club if there is one near you.

I spent years working in financial services and pensions are a law unto themselves. At regular intervals the government of the day decides to simplify them and just end up adding another layer of complexity. As regards the state pension I don’t think anyone understands it, I started on a reduced amount but after a few months got the full amount, my own back of an envelope calculations tended to indicate a reduced amount but only by a little bit. Non of this helps the original question but if you cannot make sense of pensions then you are not alone.

Good news indeed, DJH were well made and easy to build kits and it good to know that the range will be in safe hands.

I’ve used Iwata airbrushes for the last 20 years and never had any problem spraying any modellers paint type. Coupled to a decent compressor l would recommend Iwata to the OP.

Guilty as charged, I do have very little interest in continental layouts because I cannot relate to them. But I also have a very narrow field of interest when it comes to layouts and often would only take an interest in one or two layout at a show (probably something smallish and industrial). When I was a regular show visitor I would spend most of my time at trade stands. I think it takes all sorts so a good mix of scales and styles of layouts is likely to be the most interesting show.

Don’t be apologetic about your work bench, we cannot all be that neat and tidy.

Great work, I'm really enjoying this layout and I like the way you are prepared to change things around in order to make improvements. For such a small layout it has many inspirational view points and is a great reminder that railway modelling is supposed to be fun.

Curses, I’ve been rumbled.

In answer to the second question, no, looks like a 3d print job to me.

Hit and miss bond ?

I think you have answered your own question really, eBay best price but charges and post and packing to pay, possibly bad/fraudulent buyers causing hassle. Dealers give a fairly low price but quick and easy way to dispose of the lot, it’s really a trade off of going for an easy life against hard work giving the chance of a lot more money.

Indirectly associated with operations, they placed felt pads under rail chairs for smoother running, an early form of foam track underlay.

Finally found the instructions - this should make all clear Pentroller.pdf

The OP does not indicate his experience but I would say that building a layout that large in 2 mm scale was not a beginners project, more the layout of a lifetime. Normally such a large layout ( sounds like about 150 sq ft) would be a club project and could not be run easily by one person. Without doubt you could fit just about anything into that amount of real estate but the cost and time involved would be considerable. Personally I would look to build something more manageable or go for a larger scale.

The Angelsey line from Holland Arms to Red Wharf/Benllech was worked on a push pull basis. There is a picture of a train at Pentraeth which can be found on the internet and the engine appears to be a Webb 4ft 6ins tank (2-4-0). I have not been able to find any more details, there is also a picture of what could be the same train in LNWR Miscellany Vol 2, said to be taken at the terminus near Benllech but again nothing is too clear.

Bassenthwaite Lake (April 2007) was another one of my favourites, basically a simple roundy roundy but very well done and very atmospheric. I saw it at a few exhibitions and it never failed to impress me. As a bonus it is of course also the answer to the old trick question “how many lakes are there in the Lake District ?”