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It's nice to see some AC electrics and knitting on a layout. Good stuff.

Guy, that's an idea. I have a knackered Y that I can use as a guide off the layout too.

Great work with the uncoupling mechanism. I love the way you used easy to find bits and bobs to good effect.

Initially I was, but the more I've looked at it the more I've thought it could end in tears and broken points. Dunno in short.

Thanks for the pointers Ray. The finish that you've got with Crystal Palace HL is marvelous. I'd like to try and get a similar finish, but suspect it's probably out of my league at the moment. I've started trying to fit some Wills sheets for the time being.

I worked with a guy that used to get his car serviced at Lucky's!

I decided to to have a bash with some Wills stone setts and have been cutting out some sections and shaping/trimming accordingly. Of course I could have made things a whole easier if I had straightened each of the sidings out, but where's the fun in that?! And besides, I didn't want straight lines... Now I'm not sure if I'm going to cover the whole area outside the more modern warehouse with stone setts or just part of it. I'm wondering if the area immediately Infront of the building should be more like concrete hard standing

@ManofKent the picture is really helpful, thank you. I shall have a crack at repainting the arches appropriately. I wonder if I should try and strip it? It was painted so long ago I can't remember what type of paint I used! A slow day of modelling today, but I've finished the main structure of the second warehouse; it will need detailing and weathering but it can wait for a bit.

@phil_sutters thanks for posting the map and picture of the barge in what looks like what is now Burgess Park? I grew up in Camberwell from the age of 5 so yes, I'm familiar with the area. Burgess Park was a destination for me and my brother's at times. The canal had been filled in by then, but there was still a lot of evidence of the canal - I seem to remember a large footbridge straddling the park at one point heading up towards North Peckham estate. The inspiration to much of this idea came from some research I was doing for the proposed Bakerloo line extension and possible sites for access to tunnel sections - the main one being around New Cross Gate - during construction.

Thanks. Some good points to raise there and very helpful tips. It's interesting you mention brick colour as I always remember it dark and dirty so assumed it was a red brick mixed with engineers blue. I like the idea of a wagon turntable and it crossed my mind when I was planning it though I was thinking of having some gates leading off to another imaginary area of street running like Grove St Deptford. I've bought some Wills sheets and will see what finish I get on the stone setts front. At the moment I'm building up the base to the top of the sleepers.

Thanks. Yes. They have crept up a little on price incidentally, but I think they are still gvfm.

Yes, I know what you mean. That kinda of look down from the lines above as you pass overhead.

Cheers. It's slow going at the moment after a bit of a schoolboy error on the second warehouse construction. Most of the rails were painted last night and I hope to complete the rest tonight. It will need a clean and test run after... I also need to fit some magnets as I want to use kadees.

If it's any consolation, I was planning on doing some modeling yesterday, but I only had the energy to write about it. Life does get in the way a lot and add to that health, (not to mention disappearing done a Google rabbit hole about the latest interest to tickle my fancy ) it can become frustrating when you see others forging ahead. However, I do take their efforts as inspiration; and your ramblings always strike a chord close to home in an amusing way.

A little bit more info. The board is 81cm by 31cm at its narrow end and 41cm at its widest. The track is peco code 75 with electrofrog Y's. The point control will be wire in tube or something similar - note to self, need to get some piano wire - and it will be wired for DC. I want some of the track work to incorporate stone setts - most likely the area running off between the buildings and right - but I'm in a quandary. What do people think of: Wills stone setts. Metcalffe stone setts. Using Das clay and a home made dai/stamp. Using a good quality filler. I'm also not sure how easy it will be to get a good finish through the second Y. The brick arches form the scenic break to the fiddle yard (it's one line with room for a loco and 3 wagons at a push so calling it a yard seems a bit OTT) and I haven't quite decided the angle I want them at, but they need to be at an angle to give the effect I want.

Technic arrow, it may be a long one, but it helps to explain the thought process and deliberation. I like the congested feel that you have but I'm pleased you've removed the small office and replaced it with the lorry; it didn't look right before. I love the gallery view of the supporting pillars and i agree that only covering it half way looks best, otherwise a large portion of you usable track will be covered; it probably makes cleaning easier too. You animated GIFs are brilliant by the way!

Last year I started Badsworth Rd with my daughter and although it has been mostly finished, personal circumstances mean that further work on it is unlikely in the short to medium term and playing with it is the same. A left over bit of MDF seemed to be calling me to do something with it, and so I've been pondering another small shunting layout. The purchase of a B4 gave me the idea of a tight radius layout with a diamond for added interest, but I couldn't make it work the way I wanted to with the space I have, so it's become more inglenook. It's not meant to be prototypical, and rule 1 will apply, but I want it to have a mild flavour of the area around New Cross/Deptford. Whilst rather diddy in size, I do want it to have an ability to extend, even if it is only to have a fiddle yard. I've been constructing some MDF buildings from an eBay seller which I've been adorning with brick papers which will hopefully go well and I have also trialed some Scalescenes freebies that I think work, so along with a left over section of Wills brick arches I found in my bit box, I've been working on view points and angles. I may add a canal basin at the front - it was seeing the Scalescenes kit that started that idea - too, but I'm not sure it it may be a tad over doing it. I'll post some better pics soon.

Watching with interest.

Crikey, that's gonna be interesting to watch developments.

Are they all Scale scenes kits?

Electrofrog with very simple DC wiring. I've also used wire in tube (or wire on chocolate blocks), but the sector plate needed something more robust so I used some long wooden dowel a pin and a fob of hot glue.

I'm planning a similar small, light industrial/urban based layout for my Peckett. I've just finished building my baseboard and I'm playing with various track layouts using wagons and buildings to fully appreciate the space. I like using small Y's and have no issues with stalling on Badsworth Rd which has 2. Watching this develop with interest.

I love the foliage effects that you have created. The close ups really work show a great level of detail.

That looks really good. I have just downloaded one their freebies to build and if it all goes well I'm planning on purchasing the canal wharf kit too. My plan is similar to yours in not using a box file, but a plank or small board. Will be watching with interest.

Looking good.