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My friend Sean came around yesterday with his 2 Hal and 2 Bil. They are big compared to all my stock - good luck with a 9 car HST!

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Hi Ade, looking good.  Can I just ask how you took the lettering off the Sentinel?

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Hi All, more progress on the grain van. I've said it before I always think I need to do one to practice then do a second after I've learnt.  It's a very interesting kit, I don't think it is complicated but not for the absolute beginner

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Thanks Ray, I shouldn't be tempted but...

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Hi Ben/ everyone, looking forward to hearing how you get on.  I was just wondering if anyone had experience of fitting DCC and sound to the 05? I'm kind of tempted...

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Hi John, great looking layout please post more images and the track plan.  I'd love to know more about the build.

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Hi just picked up on this.  The Film was made in 1975 as Porcy Mane says by Amber.  It's on a wonderful DVD called The Tyne Documentaries which includes Launch (a ship being launched in Wallsend), The Bowes Line; The Last Shift about Adamsez; and Glassworks.  The DVD also has a short film about Amber - well worth a look. My copy is dated 2007.

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Hi All, some more progress on the grain wagon.  The kit is tab based which make me very cautious about cutting things from the fret. The roof took some shaping as did the side strips.

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I began a new grain wagon over Xmas.  It's from the M&M range and came out a year or so ago.  I can't find them now.  This is my first non Big Jim brass kit.  The style of instructions take some getting used to but it's going together OK so far.

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Hi all some more progress on the Engineering shop/ Labs.  The window frames are in.

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I've been experimenting with lighting for the new building, here are some photos - the building still needs window frames put in.

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Hi All some more internal views of the upstairs labs.

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Hi All some more images of the Engineering Shop and its interiors.  Machine shop ground floor, brewery lab on the first.

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Hi All, a bit more progress on the Engineering Shop. The machines and benches are almost finished.

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More staff for the brewery

I'm in the process of painting a number of figures for the brewery, undercoat so far

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Hi all, just about finished the equipment for the workshop.  I've recently made a workbench, a forge and a grinder/ sharpener.  I'm looking forward to painting them up.

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Hi all, I am in the process of making a lathe for the building interior.  Not finished and needs painting but here it is.

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Hi all, I've begun work on the Engineering Shop for the brewery.  It is a relatively small two floor building.  Ground floor houses the machine shop. The two photos show some of the equipment including two drills.  The one on the left is a Hardy's Hobbies 3D printed one - good but I found most of the levers came off in detaching it from its base/ support.  The one on the right is one I built from scratch yesterday.  Not finished nor painted but I really enjoyed the challenge..

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Hi All, Power Station almost finished - obviously need to embed it in the ground but that will have to wait until the other building are in place.  I've done a lot of brick detailing and added a down pipe and lamps, which will eventually work.

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Hi some more progress on the Power Station, windows in etc.

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Hi everyone, latest progress on the Power Station.

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Hi all, detailing done and primer applied.

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Hi all, progress on the Power Station, all the brick on, still some detail to do.

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Hi made a lot of progress on the Power Station yesterday.  I cut most of the brick work out but ran out on the last return - . So I decided to crack on.

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Power Station started

I begun the Brewery's Power Station, which will finish the run of building at the back of the layout.  It's in a tricky curved corner.

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