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Great sound. Who's sound file is this? Paul

How about 7mm for this one?

From what I've read, Railtec will make up transfers to what you need. I'm sure others would too. Drop them a email and find out. No harm in asking but they're probably really busy at the moment. Paul

Looking great. Please tell me your rolling stock passes the open gate so I can sleep tonight? Paul

Good point about the angle on the gate. If the gate opens outwards it would have problems opening because of the adjacent fence. Inwards could cause problems with it overhanging the track and hitting rolling stock as it passes. Paul

Very good Mr P, I enjoyed that. Nice idea to let us have an insight into how you do your videos and editing. I wouldn't have a clue where to start so it was useful to me. Paul

I've cleaned up a couple of sides so far and attempted to level the base. These are 2 bottom to bottom and are a lot flatter than before I started. The base will be blended into the board with stones and foliage so this will help. Paul

Started on the construction of the sides of the Heljan depot. I'm concerned about the quality of the sides as they are neither flat along the bottom or straight along the walls. Am I being finicky? I'd expect the bottom of the walls to be flat against the floor. I'd of gone for one of the excellent wooden depot buildings available if I knew it was like this before I started. The picture below is after I've run a section over wet and dry ( the bottom piece of the 2, the top one is untouched) to try and take out the "droop" in the wall. I'm reluctant to do this too much as it's going to take away half a brick course on the bottom. I thought about warming it in hot water, however I think this would only work on straightening wall lengthways and not along the brick course. Any suggestions? Paul

Ka ching Mr P Paul

Hi guys n gals Been busy having a bonfire tonight and I stink of smoke! I was a little busy with some ideas for the stabling point this afternoon. I got the points out of their boxes along with a couple of engines I had to hand for a sense of scale. Basically the same as the first draft but losing the small fuel tank Siding between the depot roads and fiddle yard. The tablet holder and polystyrene are to represent the fiddle yard/ headshunt. This one I changed a bit more.Same principle but this time the fiddle road is the second line and the first is the headhunt. Loco's etc come in diagonally to the far headshunt at the front of the layout and either go to the shed or fuel roads or back on the first road to access the 4 (yes four) stabling roads. This frees up some space in the middle board at the front. Both designs lose a point/ Siding yet the second one I gain another if that makes sense? It does to me. Let me know your thoughts people. Paul

I'm sure we could buy one with sound for less money than a standard Heljan model. Paul

I've seen these on bbay and put them in my basket, presumably the same ones. I wondered if they'd be usable. What size wheels did you use? Paul

A Dapol 66 Sorry Mr P couldn't help myself Paul

Not done a great deal to the design of the layout the last couple of days. Only started construction of the depot. I did however spend time with my eldest son "playing" Lego. We managed to build a reasonably version of a jinty. It comes out slightly larger than an O gauge 08. I think it looks pretty good considering we built it from scratch and just used what Lego was available. More layout ideas later chaps and chapess's. Paul

I do remember seeing railfreight 20's with missing numerals. Only seem to affect them the most for some reason. Paul

Loved the video Mr P. I really like the sounds you got in the 37's and 20's. Incidentally wheres the number for 20 142 on one side? Is it heavily weathered there or is it missing? Paul

I've also been following Terence Lane by JBM37404. That also has a wheel lathe. Paul

Hi David Funny enough I came across your thread the other day and began following it. Its looking really good and like your idea of viewing from the inside. I'd thought about a wheel lathe before and it's not off the list of things that might be changed or appear. Paul

Great videos Ian. I like operating videos short as it keeps you wanting more. Always enjoy your how to videos too, very helpful. Keep up the good work. Paul

Cheers for the comments guys . I'll have to get the proper Peco points out tomorrow and maybe some more track. Its hard to see the alignment of track from a bit of paper. I might even get some of my collection of engines out as an excuse for sizing things up. The Heljan depot is big but bought for quickness really. I've started building the ends so maybe mostly finished by next weekend depending on homeschooling. More pictures tomorrow Paul

Hi guys, my name is Paul. This is my first attempt at starting a thread and also my first attempt at building any sort of layout. I started in O gauge when I bought a DJH class 37 kit back in 2000 when I sold all my 00 stock. I enjoyed building that model....and will finish one day! I got another one in the back of the cupboard to start aswell . I know the kit takes a lot to build and I know the faults people have pointed out but I like the fact you build any engine you want (except anything with wipacs) from scratch instead of chopping up a plastic kit. So this year its taken 21 years albeit with life getting in the way. I met my wife in 2000, house to renovate, marriage and kids in the past 20 years had put my modelling on the back burner. Like so many others I got back into it but just before covid hit and started building a collection of Dapol and Heljan diesels. My interest lies in the late 90's, with a plethora of diesel engines and liveries so varied you almost didn't know what year it was. I'm looking at building a depot for my collection. Andrew P (Seven Mill Sidings) and Ian (Hither Green) have persuaded me to start a thread for this. I've already built the baseboards and trestle legs. It measures 12ft by 2ft and the height is around 4ft for viewing across as opposed to from above. The middle board goes up first with the other two piggybacking either side, alignment is by 3 Dcc Concepts dowels each end with adjustable I have roughly estimated what I could fit on them with a quick drawing and some Peco point templates. There is an Heljan depot at one end for small maintenance jobs. Just forward of this is the fuelling roads (tape measure). To the side (2 roads) is the fiddle yard, well 1 arrival/departure which runs the full length of the layout and the other a head shunt, maybe run road(?) to access the depot sidings. As we draw forwards a short Siding for tankers with storage tanks behind behind it. Down the other end of the layout are the stabling sidings (middle 3) flanked by 2 head shunts. All the sidings and head shunts were designed to take atleast 2 class 60's. It will be DCC. I would like to know your thoughts on this rough attempt. I'm worried I'm trying to squeeze too much into the space without sufficient scenery to set the scene. Any advice is welcome. I'm a newbie at this and not very electrical mined when it comes to DCC so layman's terms please. Thanks in advance and hope we have a great journey together.

They look better in that colour when they're filthy! Paul

Nice picture Mr P Paul

Looks really good, just needs a few tweeks here or there. Maybe something more permanent when you get your hands on the works printer. Paul

.....And give it bogies and another cab so it can go in the station on SMS. Paul