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Hi Rich, That's very kind of you. Doing good, will be in hospital probs till around the end of the week. Will look forward to getting home and resuming some 'therapy'! Richard

What's that weird thing between the wheels??! Would actually make a great period piece though Came out of theatre at 5. Had some soup and ice cream, huge improvement, in till Tuesday probs. R

What a fantastic thread which I have only just discovered. Thank you JCL for all your initial hard work. As I have access to AutoCAD, the possibilities with a Cameo for my Cameo are endless!

Thanks Rob, looks delightful... can't see any bikes though..,

Op tomorrow to remove offending leaking gall bladder. Personally I have nothing but praise for dear old NHS but I just want to go home now. Really appreciated all your kind thoughts and good wishes. Thanks, Richard

Rob, Unfortunately anything of that nature is well beyond me at the moment...

Hmm, I might get a reputation for starting but not finishing...!

Sorry. Wrong name, blame the morphine...

Thanks Dave, I like that idea, truly would be putting everything I've got into it....

Well dear readers, my plans for resoldering the crossings have been drastically put on hold having been blue-lighted to hospital last night. Turns out I have a very inflamed gall bladder and a nice collection of gallstones. Currently being pumped full of morphine, paracetamol, antibiotics, saline and various other medicinal cocktails. Even though it hurts when I laugh or even move, a joke or two wouldn't go amiss. Thanks you lovely people. X

Almost certainly this question will have been asked and answered elsewhere, in which came please excuse me but I can't find the answer. The question is, with O-MF and C and L turnouts in a bag, I assume I will have to unsolder the wing rails from the crossing and re-solder to 1.5mm? Is there an easy way of going about this??!! Thanks all.

This is the wharf I referred to above. I also should have said further west, not east...

Those descriptions are very helpful indeed. I think I had identified the buildings as the L shaped arrangement between Jacob Street and Union Street, but hadn't realised the proximity to St Philip's. The ramps make sense now as accsss to an upper level. Then of course further west is the Midland Wharf, again with no rail access. I must say I have found a new enjoyment in researching the Midland in Bristol - not directly relevant to this project but it helps tremendously to be able soak up the atmosphere; hopefully some of that prototype atmosphere will find its way into my cameo version of it. The more you delve, the more you find! Personally I find that process very satisfying.

Eric, I believe the photo to date from 1898. I agree it is odd that the warehouse doesn't appear to have direct rail access although it's close. As far as I can tell the Midland warehouse has to be the building attached to the paper mill. It's still odd there is no reference to it being Midland on the map. In other photos I've seen a complex of Midland buildings on allegedly Jacob Street and from the adjoining map to the one you show could be on the southern side. In the photos there are what looks like ramps and again no rail access. They possibly look like stables but not sure. Any ideas...?!

From what I can make out from old maps, the Midland warehouse in the back left of this photo appears to be part of the same group of buildings as the Avonside Paper Mill. Would anyone know if this is actually correct?

I would second the bendy MDF suggestion, if it's not too late. This is what I used for Midland in Bristol. The flat section in the middle of two 9mm bendy bits is plain 9mm MDF, butt jointed and filled with 2 pack filler and sanded smooth. Then roller painted with white smooth masonry paint - covers better than ordinary emulsion (on ceilings as well...!)

Here you go...

Thanks Edwardian. Glad you agree. Some sense of industry is entirely appropriate, it's not your bucolic terminus for sure!

No probs, I shall oblige after dinner!

Having lived with the backscene for a few days, I came to the conclusion that it was a bit too dark and moody. Here's the latest effort, which was wiped over with dilute white emulsion. A bit scary but successful I think. It doesn't come over too well in the photos but in real life the chimneys look misty and more distant. I shall live with this for a few days as well. Welcome your comments as always... Apart from painting the barge, next up might be trackwork...

Great, Dave. Looks like you had a lot of fun. Very sadly, Cardiff is a bit too far for me! Sherton Abbas looks stunning though, I would love to see it in the flesh one day. I imagine the running quality is faultless, along with everything else. Apart from the loco on the naughty step that is...! Best, Richard

Thank you Rob, I really appreciate that. Trickers (aka Richard, Rich, tricky, trickster, trickly dick, dick, etc etc. In fact anything except Ricky!!)