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Was very impressed by the design and the finished board which I saw at the Glasgow show Martin

Now finished the guttering used plastic u channel and rounded off the edge fixed the downpipes but still have to connect a pipe from the gutters will wait till I decide if I am putting a lights or interior in or no as the roof is not glued in place.

I also fitted new chiminy pots which for me look a lot better also put in the glazing

eddie

hi Trevor

if I was doing it again scale etching would be the way to go

If you are scratch building the windows I would use ready cut strip and a lot of patience

The detailed plan I Have shows the windows at 2ft x 5.6ft and there are 30 of them plus 4 7ftx2ft windows and 10 3ft x1 ft door lights and 10 doors

nearest I could get to shingles was a fancy roof tile in 4mm would be okay if it was 2mm there is a proper measurement below

eddie

Forgot to mention for the shingles I used Wills rounded Tiles ssmp207 OO scale would look better if 2mm

Hi will5210 when I came to build the station I found the etchings of the windows oversize for my plans so could not use them I ended up making my windows out of stip plastic but did use the doors and the end window etch.

I made a practice run of the roof in card which worked out okay then made the final roof in plastic sheet covered in paper tiles.

Making the roof was not as bad as I thought and I think it looks about right on this model

having made this on I will make another using brass etching for doors and windows just have to master CAD

Hope your roof works out

there is a flat light fitting on the ceiling this gives enough light reflected off the ceiling to use the room in darkness also there are side lights; see above photo, each side of the sofa bed works okay as these side lights are wired to a remote control which allows them to be on when the layout is down

Thanks for that info on the foam John that will help with a bankdrop as putting anything on the wall is a no no had left space to put in some exterios ply back panels video of your layout looks great.

Have you had any problems with track expansion in the summer also how has your electrics done.

Eddie