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Passenger or empty stock? The class 5 headcode would suggest ECS Andi

While they are subject to import duty they are toys When they are in your possession they are models Andi

Refer to Rule 1 Andi

Little chance of it progressing to law now with the election due this year https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/20/governments-draft-rail-reform-bill-published-fittingly-late-labour-says

I love the idea, I just don't know if I have the inclination with 60ft of layout to detail! Andi

That's my plan with the Ipswich boards too, a "skateboard" with castors to take a pair of boards, a top to match to keep them apart and sides to prevent anything getting in and destroying the overhead. Ravensclyffe has individual flightcases for each board that have the castors built in and fully enclose the boards. Andi

Shot 18 - NMA

Probably because there isn't much of a pig that we don't eat to be left over for pet food? Andi

I like the idea of adding a fillet on the side of the layout to support the full terrace. It would be a lot easier to model the houses that way. The plan is that there will be a two foot walkway either side of the layout for the operators so that fillet shouldn’t get in the way if it is shaped to the line of the house fronts or the road edge. Andi

These Words - NMA

There is no back edge, the layout is viewable from both sides. Andi

And why does no manufacturer make mouse flavour cat food? Andi

One part of my Ipswich layout has a terrace of houses which are slightly angled to the edge of the baseboard. If built accurately to the prototype they will end up with part of the terrace half off the edge of the board. Should I build them in the right place with half houses or should I change the angle so that the whole terrace stays just on the baseboard? The photo shows the position of the terrace if I stick to prototype position Andi

The importance of microchipping. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/feb/15/cat-lost-four-years-miles-northern-ireland-home-blueberry

I have a black shoulder boulder too.

How does a Welshman eat his cheese? Caerphilly Andi

It's something I've been intrigued by too, all I can find is a reference from the Ipswich Society http://www.ipswichsociety.org.uk/newsletter/newsletter-october-2020-issue-223/ipswich-railway-stations-part-2 I guess I've got you to thank for some of the points I've had to build for the layout then? I particularly like the straight run of points leaving P2 heading down and across to the Up main. Where the Up and Down main lines curve there is a very visible straight section across the points along the Lowestoft. You can see it clearly here from P3 I have used the correct point numbers for all the powered points in the scenic part of the layout :) Andi

The print and label type is identical to those from Cheltenham Model Centre. Their labels are of various different colours, currently mostly white or yellow but the bright orange may have been used in the past. Andi

Better Than Them - NMA

Twenty Four Minutes From Tulse Hill - Carter USM

Boards 6&7 The line that goes to the lower yard and the docks can be seen with the start of construction of Ranelagh Road level crossing right at the edge of the board. What do you do with a line that goes off the side of the layout? Watch this space…. Andi

Wormer you could add to his food may be an option https://www.petscorner.co.uk/beaphar-worming-granules-for-cats-kittens Andi

Thirty years ago the comment was "oh, Diesels" and off they'd go looking for the next GWR branch line terminus. We seem to have moved on from that (mostly) so hopefully non-UK prototypes will become more accepted over time. Andi

Industry standard display booths, known as "Shell Scheme" Andi

With the capacitor* on the track connection it has to be DC so I would expect just about any 12volt DC controller will work for it. It's definitely not Hornby though. Does it have a make under either of the locos? *The square grey component Andi