Flying Pig

Better tell Peco, then, as they appear to be completely taken in http://www.peco-uk.com/product.asp?strParents=3309,3322&CAT_ID=3327&P_ID=17449

Given the space you have, particularly the rather limited width, would you be better off modelling a single track branch? A single platform on the outside of the circuit with a goods loop inside would still allow you to shunt while a train circulated and you wouldn't be trying to fit a platform and goods loop end to end. You might be able to use streamline points on the scenic section for better appearance and possibly a mixture of 2nd and 3rd radius at the ends.

Not daylight, but the deep shadow evident in most photos. A vertical surface such as a solid chassis block reflects more light than the curved underside of the boiler cladding would and the current trend towards modelling boilers fully round* is a step forward for that reason, even if the boiler is low pitched or surrounded by clutter. *building on the example of the Mainline J72 from forty years ago.

They can certainly be well up with the best in any show. See for example Lymebrook Yard and Hedges Hill Cutting (sorry about the horrible photobleuchet gallery).

I do hope you are not poo-pooing a poo-poo. https://youtu.be/QeF1JO7Ki8E

Drooling over the painted models in the cabinet at TINGS, I belatedly noticed that they now have a moulded grille, which I agree looks better. Something to do with the speaker being a standard fitting hence no room for a radiator fan?

Could the two coach trains with the black triangles that swiftbeam saw have been electric - i.e. 2HAP units working the Coastway services - and not DEMUs at all?

Except that looking at the picture without also reading TheSignalEngineer's posts could be misleading and lead to incorrect operation, even though the fixed signals were correctly placed. Edit: put better by RailWest

Surely what a line like the S&DJR needed was a Garratt. The WAGR M Class dated from 1911, so preceded even the 7F. And it could probably have been Derbified if necessary...

There's your answer: the pointwork for which Minories was designed was nowhere near as generous as 1 in 7. Even today, Setrack points curve through 22.5° (which if my maths is correct is something ridiculous like 1 in 2.4) at 17 inches radius, and some sectional track in 1957 was likely tighter still. Along with the tight curves, flangeways were wide and wheelsets had loads of sideplay. Minories was a very practical solution for its context, while remaining railwaylike, which is a signature CJF characteristic.

You might find this thread interesting: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/118704-an-un-named-layout-with-a-nod-to-cj-freezer/?hl=freezer

LNER.info lists nine classes of Robinson 4-6-0. Which are you counting as a success? I agree that the early classes were superlatively pretty, but the later ones showed an elephantine tendency, so who knows what the 1920s would have brought.

A 5-cylinder, triple expansion 2-2-2-2-0, surely.

The Bennie Railplane meets Brutalist architecture.

Googling "d11 4-4-0 loco" found some: I think these are all D11/1s. http://www.semaphoresandsteam.com/p36854212/h420AC54A#h420ac52e (and the following two in the slideshow) https://mikemorant.smugmug.com/Trains-Railways-British-Isles/LNER-and-BRE-and-BRNE/GCR-locomotives/i-MzSfMnF/A https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sheffield_Victoria_station_ex-GC_Robinson_D11_4-4-0_geograph-2851406-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg

You need to include the crossover to the goods shed in your stripped down plan, as it crosses the main and will need to be interlocked somehow.

So that's a warwell in N, then

I think technology will probably provide eventually, and we'll end up with some sort of independent rechargeable micro-lamp which gives a dim flickery illumination (useful for signals too) and ideally extinguishes itself during daylight hours, except when fog or falling snow is present in the railway room. Until then a scale non-working item is preferable to something too large or too bright.

The Mk2F provides a carriage end to plug the lamp into and hide the gubbins behind. A much harder design task on the open running plate of a J72, but non-working moveable lamps are certainly feasible (Modelu already list a BR(E) loco lamp).

The CAD renders appear in the Bachmann press day thread. Note that the NER and early BR models carry different codes at the front and none has lamps at the rear, which a pilot should. I wonder if the lamps are just for illustration and won't appear on the final models, thus cleverly stymying one potential source of negative feedback. Whatever, it will be very nice to see the prettiest model around back in prodution.

Don't knock Severn Beach: it has an independent bakers and a reasonably clean set of public loos and it's a great place to look for storm-blown seabirds when the conditions are right (i.e. wind in the right direction and both facilities open). I saw a Wilson's petrel there years ago during a particularly blustery south wester and probably ate something sticky afterwards to celebrate (from the bakers, I hasten to add). The station would indeed make a good small layout, not quite a boxfile, in the period when freight reversed there: http://bristol-rail.co.uk/wiki/File:Severn_Beach_Track_Plan_1988.jpg

Minor but quite noticeable issue affecting both crimson tenders: the yellow lining is a bit off at the top of the sides. It should be between the crimson and the black border but has been printed too high, within the black border, and as a result doesn't match the end panel.

Juvenile Common Buzzards are supposed to be distinguishable by their narrower "hand" (see for example here). Additionally, adults can look tatty at this time of year due to moulting of flight feathers. On that basis, jetmorgan's photos do appear to show a mixture of adults and juveniles.

It certainly has been done, but you need to consider alternative storage solutions.

If you insist on eating in that sort of establishment, you should be grateful you're given any sort of bowl and not a small piece of floorboard, or the hubcap of a Ford Anglia.