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Good on you Andy I'm sure the master plan will give us all inspiration

A nice bright day here up in Carrog clouds surrounding the mountains but some wonderful autumn colours grace the woodlands to challenge a New England fall indeed. Just missing the distant call of a GWR kettle whistle which would make the scene perfect

Excellent video Andy a really good set up you have there now, plenty of operational interest to keep us 'all' on our toes. Glad that you have made the wise decision to keep your feet and SMS firmly on the ground

Yes a cannabis farm the police helicopter will be hovering above with a heat seeking camera ....

Blimey Andy it will have more front than Blackpool with that light set up it’ll be too bright up there for Lazy Joe he’ll never sleep again you might get some work out of him then

Still awaiting solicitors to get their act together. You be careful and down those steps young man ....do Steiner stair lifts offer any options

Cracking progress Andy so lucky that the assess hatch was of the larger type saves a lot of mess .......looking forward to seeing it running ......Christmas Day possible

Is that for ‘wildlife on Seven Mills ‘ the only thing wild on there is Andy when he’s playing one of his many guitars

That’s so funny excellent

No date as yet possible mid November. As to the girl in the old people’s home she’s not local but over the border and I’m not allowed to see her

Lovely warm day up here in North Wales .....beauty autumn colours in the trees .....wonderful but.. unfortunately the 'Man in the ill-fitting suit' (the First Minister) says that the whole of Wales is closed so people cannot see the beautiful scenery .....rumour's are circulating locally that the Welsh Government have ordered that 'Owain Glydwr' be resurrected from his resting place just near here to patrol the Welsh border to keep the English OUT !!!!!....And I still haven't escaped yet

Snow Snow what that silly soft stuff

Looks like they are ready for a ploughing match

Some wonderful pictures Rod your layout never disappoints such atmosphere is it really a model or is it the real home of Them Borrows ‘ keep the photographs coming they are inspirational

Could you send me a price list for that wood Kevin there's some bits there that will do nicely for my new shed ....period prices of course

Couple of cracking shots there Andy that Fuji camera does take some excellent pictures plenty of depth in both of them

Another source of stock boxes for 0 gauge locomotives is Ellis Clark who sells some excellent single loco boxes. Refer to his site for details. One of the good things about the Wham boxes is the fact that the price is very reasonable.

The static grass system really does transform a layout into a real life scene and is in my opinion well worth the extra work involved. A little trick that I have found works well is once you have completed the static grass application on for example an embankment, is to very lightly apply some light brown acrylic colours in a spray gun over the grassed area which will produce those dried / dead grass effects that are often seen in such areas alongside railway tracks especially towards the end of the summer period and into autumn. You will need to do this in very light passes and build up the different colours by eye until you achieve the desired effect.

Good to see that plans are afoot young Sir .....know what it feels as all my railway stuff is now in store......just keep myself going by dreaming about a megga shed

B&Q are now selling 'Wham up-cycled' boxes in different sizes ...very strong and robust ...strong enough to strap to the back of my tractor unit and store ratchets and straps for load restraint

I seem to remember that the two bay platforms at Chester General on the East side (Crewe end )of the station along side the 'Red Star' parcels office ....always loads of platform trolleys everywhere

This would certainly make a very interesting and unique model ...go for it

Yes a parcels depot would add a great deal to the layout though I'm not sure where you could locate such a facility but I'm sure you could find somewhere. Imagine the extra period road transport that you could include

Some wonderfully inspiration modelling going on here Sir I've never seen such a formation in real life but it makes a very interesting modelling subject. Well done to Dave for some very fine modelling will look forward to the video when it comes out.

Surprised myself to be honest Ade. but having completed the renovations and the very hot property market I made the decision to go for it and it looks as if it's paid off....... the cottage that I am purchasing is much smaller but the garden is large so the added bonus to build a BIG model railway shed just had to be done ......sleepless night have now taken over as plans rush through my mind in the early hours .....