smudgeloco

was decidedly tricky,

relative to the

using snail-trails as

sang Lilly - Pink.

Ah, but no but yea but - Dennis, did you not see this - "kept in a temperature and humidity contorted environment"

and no doubt at great expense.

how efficacious it

protect their beehive

the front-row spectators,

flipper's blow-hole blew,

because of overloading

as rudders on

over the footbridge

and one up

For latecomers, and

the May pole

Mexican screamed runaway,

the morass. Runaway,

and corn are

poo-poo, do-do, stinky-winkums,

famed for their

What a layout cost to build, and what it could be sold for a few years later, are two totally different beings.

I have dismantled no less than nine layouts in my lifetime, no one would have wanted to buy them. Not because I'm a bad modeller, because I am a very good modeller. No one wants another man's empire. A used layout has to be one of the hardest things to sell. For a halfway realistic price that is.

I currently have three layouts, a British 00 almost complete, a USA Maine Seaport layout, built to be dismantle-able, 99percent complete, and a USA On30 portable layout 50percent done, could I sell any of them for a quarter of what they cost? No. Especially if time to build was taken into account.

Knowing the value of a layout is easy for anyone who has built one. Realizing that value in a sale - impossible.

priced to move,

west, instead of

"Have a look and then LOL.

36E"

From a layout point of view, I see nothing to laugh at. It's a very nice little layout.

But HOW MUCH?

No, no, no, no, no. You would have to find the one - the one that's born every minute, to sell it for that price.

Starting bid 600 quid, and it might see some interest. (Not from me)

rest complain about