Ben B

I've a soft-spot for Carlisle station having worked there for a bit in the mid 2000's.  That is stunning- I love the lighting of those shots, and the complexity of the roof! 

I've been reading through the blog posts on this layout- I think as soon as I'd seen the layout in the RM, I'd found it one of the most unique and fascinating bits of modelling I'd ever seen!  So nice to be able to see all the extra details and things that weren't in the article.  This railbus in particular is an excellent little build; I really love the retro-feel of kitbashing the venerable Airfix/Dapol railbus for this project.  Do the pickup modifications make a significant difference?  I've got a Model Power loco of similar provenance on one side for a similar build (but to use a Triang DMU body for the railbus), but it ran like a pig.  I'd been planning on using an even more ancient Fleischmann shunter chassis instead but it seems a bit of a waste to just use the latter on a railbus, so I'm thinking based on your experiences I might need to do something similar with the MP chassis...