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Given that one of them was Kevin Spacey (delivering a superb performance), that has a different interpretation nowadays… It’s bean a mountain, now it’s just a hill.

No, it was fine: once it had dried, the only difference was that it was now curved. But it seems bendy MDF will do what you want, anyway. Edit: a couple of extra shots, one shows it clamped whilst drying, the scone is a view after priming.

You know, this could be the start of a beautiful friendship...

Of course, we will always have Ashburton...

Fill bath with hot water. Inser sheet of ⅛” hardboard into tub. Leave for 4 hours. Remove hardboard and bend. You can, if you wish, arrange to visit every hour and start inducing a bend, or arrange clamps and bits of wood to only soak some of the hardboard. PS I got it down to about 3” radius doing it this way. PPS The hardboard makes the water look green.

Decided to install a turntable and model pre-grouping days?

Well, he did say it was going to be repainted, so obviously this is highly likely...

Ah, is that what you call it in “Royal” towns?Where I’m from, we’d say it was a good bench for the @r5e!

Peebles West?

Probably, but so far back that no one can remember it...

Don’t think much of where they have placed the director’s chair: he’ll get run over, there. Is that what they mean by the “Director’s Cut”?

Cracking weathering job on that 37: nicely restrained, but work-stained and a hint of rust. (Also true of the 25 & 26 earlier.)

If windswept, then more cover, e.g. Roa Island on the Furness:

Also lots f examples on the GE in Suffolk: Aldeburgh, Hadleigh, etc, in fact, plenty all over the country. If you something a bit more iron than brick and slate, Joueff used to produce a suitable candidate which I used in my 4mm days, minus the glass screens along the side which looked too continental: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JOUEF-QUAI-ET-VERRIERE/322908943150?hash=item4b2edf732e:g:QDwAAOSwLYBaHUrI

Iron horses for model railway courses, as Jas says.

Given that the layout has been in existence for nigh on 40 years, having been regularly dismantled, loaded into a car, driven hundreds of miles, reassembled, operated, disassembled, loaded into a car, driven hundreds of miles home, unloaded, reassembled, etc and finally transported to Jas's loft, I wonder on what basis you make that judgement?

It depends on what wire you use, and how well you solder it. Using thin multi strand means that the wire is unlikely to break, as it would do if using single core wire. The ends of it can also be crimped/flattened in the jaws of a pair of smooth pliers, and solder applied to the resulting tab prior to soldering it to the underside of the rail. It is unlikely that such a joint would break, if the rail was cleaned and cored solder was used. As CA is going to have PCB track, then the wire could be soldered onto the PCB next to the rail, which would make things even easier. However, if the wiring is to be buried subsequently in scenery and ballast, then it needs to be fully tested, and the track needs to be laid to the final plan - although with PCB track, that's pretty much the case anyway. I realise that my suggestion goes against perceived wisdom, but there is no denying that being able to solder without constantly inverting the layout has its attractions: no back ache, and no molten solder dropping onto one's face when underneath the layout. There is no reason for it not to work, and as I said, it has been proven on an exhibition layout, too. (Trevor described the wiring up as a very easy and pleasant process.) The layout also features rodding on the surface, mostly under the platform which is screwed but not glued in place. Handy that, as an omega loop got displaced at Uckfield. I popped below with a screwdriver, undid 3 screws, and the repair was easily made. Apologies for the picture quality - entirely my fault.

And also have your layout in a non-airconditioned room in Saudi Arabia...

Here we go. Scale Trains, June 1983, but that means the article was prepared some time before and I think Jas began building Yaxbury in the late 70s: Nothing new under the sun, eh?

Chris, The first link you provided took me to a “page not available” message on Facebook, and the second to your FB homepage. I didn’t get to see the picture.

You are assuming that to be a bathroom.It might be an execution chamber. Well, it probably is, regardless of intended use...

Without a drawing for the M&C loco, it’s hard to say, but two points come to mind: Which will give the most accurate result? Which will provide the easiest* route? All things being equal, I imagine the LRM being easier to build, but as for fidelity this is something only you (and your picket!) can decide. * This doesn’t mean “easy”, but the one which will involve the fewest alterations to make parts that should fit, fit.

Aha. Henry the inductance-measuring engine!

They arrest people for doing that nowadays!