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Thats a stunning picture, truly is great work and great photography Neil

Thanks Daz, i think it was 20 mins well spent, and £3 from what the packet said You never know i might get a NSE 47 on here 1 day that would be nice I also forgot on the update i have fitted 3 yard levers at the points and a request from my 9 year old daughter, "I WANT SOME CATS DADDY", so iv got some cats for her to position in a few spots, once iv painted them to specific colours, kids ay!! And on the stock front, a vitrains 3tg mainline 37 is on its way from hattons, it will be seen briefly before being weathered and having the glazing done as per RBE's on his workbench. Cheers Neil

Hi all, i had a little time on my hands today and decided to give the rubbish undernaeth the layout a tidy up, which unearthed a little packet of a shire scenes etch skip, think i must have ordered it a while a go and forgot all about it, anyway i thought it would look pretty good behind the depot, easy to make and i couldnt really leave it empty!! for the waste inside i used a couple of pallets, some wripped up tissue and some little bits of evergreen pipe and randomly snipped and twisted etch that the skip came on, i covered the inside walls and bottom with copydex and threw everything in there, while this was drying a gave it a few dry brush coats of black and brown, as that was drying i scrapped some different colours of the tamiya weathering powders with a knife onto the paint and glue, sounds very random and believe me it was but i think the results came out pretty good, see what you think?? I was really surprised with how it came out for the 20 mins off making a mess had achieved, the skip is now in place on the layout Neil

Hi alex thanks for the update on how your working things, it still amazes me the scale of this build but looks fantastic, the railfreight 20 looks great, i love mine and in my opinion the Bachmann 20's run faultlessly, iv never had any problem with them and can always be relied on at shows, think i may get another Cheers Neil

love reading this thread,you have some great stock and its nice seeing a layout thats spread out and not tight, you lucky ###### great work Neil

Hi grim, have you not got your other layout in the loft still then??? Really love this building, whats happening outside of the shed?? Neil

cheers mate, been signed off for another 6 weeks so any time you want chris, bring ya camera and some more stock and we will get the layout in the garden if the weather is good and get some shots, i cant stop taking shots of the 09, i really need to get the 08 hardwired because that looks amazing too. Neil

Thanks Grimley, i have a soft spot for 20's i have 2 others but need chipping and i think a few more will come along and a few grids too, id like a couple of coal sector ones i think im really impressed with how the XR is,once its weathered, i got the XR as it took me back to my youth as i had one for my first car, was in burgundy though Hi Guy, thanks for the tips, ill give that a try, i do have a point and shoot camera, im in the process of getting a SLR so that might make things easier. Cheers neil

Yeah sounds good mate it can only go one of two ways cant it Neil

yeah i wonder who did it ( RBE ) hopefully the rest will be added to compliment it,. I might see if i can stretch to a new one this year, my friend chris ( chris56057) has a good camera setup so i might get him to come and take a few, im sure he will take plenty of Outon Road at members day, be good seeing the 09 on there inbetween all that nice detail. Neil

Yeah i know mate, i really need to buy a better camera and a tripod, then i mate take a repeat pic without the coupling , the weathering looks amazing though dont it?? Neil

was having a little mess around with the layout and the camera and thought this came out ok Neil

Hi all, not much to update on really, still in the process of buying stock, so i had a little running session and out came the camera again, really need to get this outside though and get some natural light on it, but some have come out well Cheers neil

Ngauge jon??? where did that come from , looks just as good as the 00 stuff mate Neil

Really like the cones on the container, is the brick building a scratch built one?? Neil

Fantastic Richard, they look great and i think i might be giving my self a little project, the finish is perfect to, i like the build up of colour really smart Great job and thanks again for posting this Neil

one word...fantastic Neil

Thank you Heinz, and thank you for taking the time to read the thread and make a comment, just had a read through your ilkeston road website and thats a nice looking layout you are constructing and the website is nicely laid out through the construction stages and even used the link for anyrail for my future projects Cheers Neil

Just a little update today, finally had a play about with the XR3i and gave it a little weathering and tried a few placements on the layout let me know what you think Cheers neil

ooohhhh that just made my mind up, thats just crying out to be modelled, and for a field trip as its just up the road Neil

Totally, Deeping Lane takes half the bedroom up Neil

Yeah giving me ideas too, not sure another plank would go down well though Neil

ill take you up on that, but if i get converted ill send mrs mason to you for an explanation Neil

A little update, my white XR3i turned up today, just needs a little tone down and then i have to decide were to place it on the layout, or if to leave it loose and do it randomly at events. Neil