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Same here, 500 deposit and no replies to emails.

The molded ones for me. They look subtler and more prototypical. The 66 is a great example.

I suspect the coating on the PCB is a protective varnish of some description, put on by the manufacturer. The temperature from a hot wire is very unlikely to melt the semiconductor case. The indent is probably only in the pcb coating. HTH, John.

I had success just aligning the two tracks. I didn't need to join them. This was for a 'never leaves home' layout. Unfortunately, though the layout didn't leave home I did! I had to dismantle it when we moved house!

By Jove, I do believe you're right! Thanks!

Does anyone know why the windows are broken? Was vandalism a problem in 1960?

Have you tried looping the through the coil two of three times? That should increase the ability to detect low currents. John.

I have used the Tam Valley juicers and did some research on them before purchasing. They work by detecting the short very quickly and then using a solid state switch to change polarity. They detect the short in something like 400 micro seconds IIRC. I'd wager that's much faster than any circuit breaker we'd use would detect. I found them to be excellent and had no probs. I would recommend them. I have no experience with the Gaugemaster units. HTH, John.

So, how do you get four giraffes in a mini? . . . . . You can't, it's full up with elephants!

Hi Mark, I really enjoyed catching up on this thread. You have really captured the feel of Shrewsbury. I really like the platform level shots looking across the station. Very evocative and captures the mood of the station so well. The football ground is a really nice touch! Thanks, John.

A bit of an oopsie here! https://jalopnik.com/amazon-delivery-van-cut-in-half-by-amtrak-train-1848054297

That's pretty spectacular track laying! How did you achieve that effect and still not have the trains derail? Unfortunately my track can look like that without me trying!

Nice job! I had one of these when I was about 13 or 14. It was my first white metal kit. Once I opened the box I was so dissapointed! I had expected it to fit together like an Airfix kit. I think I made a reasonable go of it in the end. IIRC I used car body filler to fix the gaps because that was the only kind of filler I knew of,

Interesting to see a line of what I guess must be porters, waiting on the edge of the platform for an incoming train at Waterloo. Are they waiting to assist the first class passengers?

Nice work James, very impressive. I'm not familiar with that software, I need to have a look at it. Did you have to do much work to get that functionality? Is it built in or did you have to write scripts, for example? Are you modelling a location or is it freelance? Thanks, John.