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No, its never too far. Go for it. Or you could model the third rail being fitted, would give you a good reason to have lots of engineers trains..

Hi Bill, Thanks for your comments, I'm hoping I'll see a finished project one day too, its getting frustrating never actually making it to the finish line. The model is: Caterpillar M323F Railroad Wheeled Excavator Maker: Diecast Masters Model No: 85612 Scale: 1:87 Cheers Scott

OOOh, not a steam engine! I like the new look Brian.

Evening, It's been a while since an update, and to be honest there isn't much going on in the garage at the moment. I've been acquiring stock and thanks to Nigel aka @Melangoose I now have some more track, so I intend to finish off the track laying. Although I'm still trying to finalise the final plan.. A couple of new arrivals this week, one of them being the sound fitted 66419 from Bachmann (xmas present to myself) The other being some on track plant for the yard. I think once its weathered it will look quite good in the Network Rail depot. I don't think there are any more new arrivals due now.. On the next update I hope to bring you some more news on the main layout. I'm also considering a winter project I can do in the house, potentially a little depot layout. Until then, happy modelling. Cheers Scott

Looks good Brian, Nicks really getting the hang of this. Diesels and modern wagons next!

tunnel and wall look great, grass looks shocking!

looks good Brian, I've just got a laser cut bridge, going to see how I get on with that.

Morning Kevin, I bet that got a lot of attention from the spotters! Hope you're well, and good luck with the house move. Dedicated garage for the trains?? Cheers Scott

Cheers Andy, I've just come in from the garage, and I'm still feeling positive about this one, I've just added a stabling point and I think it will look good when its all done.

Cheers Rob, I must admit I'm more of a warehouse person, but its about 16' long and I think that would be too many warehouses. I haven't left a lot of room between the track and backscene so can't do too much scenically..

Cant go wrong with that idea Rob, and I'm also liking the concrete wall suggestion, I think that would work well across the back. I'm no digger expert but I think the bucket is called a Clam-shell??

Evening, Not much of an update, other than to say that I've been playing about with the track plan and seem to have reached something I'm happy with. On paper it looks just like a fiddle yard, so nothing exciting but it does the job for me. Sidings, shunting and a loco stabling point is pretty much all I need. (Until I fancy a mainline station!) I'm limited as to how much I can do at the moment as concrete sleeper code 75 track seems to be in short supply, but it is on order with my local shop "Model Rail Solutions." So my attention has turned towards the scenery, which is my Nemesis. I know what I want, but never get it how I want. This has a major factor in why I rip up all my layouts, I get so frustrated with my lack of vision/ability, and the easiest way to deal with it is scrap it. The scenic break is going to be a bridge, not very original, but I promise I won't put a bus on it. The plan is to get that in place and then work out how I'm going to add embankments and blend it all together. The engineers are raring to go, so fingers crossed things will move forward a bit now, my mojo is slowly returning..

Thanks Graham It depends on when you last checked in and what layout you're talking about! I've basically ripped it all up and have started again, although with a lack of code 75 track, its come to a standstill. I've gone back to modelling a yard with Eastleigh and Westbury as the influence, but not modelling either one.. I'm still thinking about a little n gauge mainline layout!

The last one I did was a Network rail 57 when they were all the rage..

I quite fancy some of those red lobster wagons. Just need someone to 3D print the ballast box to go on top of the BDA..

Evening, The latest project has now started. It's not something I normally do, and would be happier paying someone to do the work. But thought I'd have a go at painting my faded blue 08 into a shunter that I see at Eastleigh all the time. That is 08511, on of 3 RSS shutters that operate in the yard. This isn't my thing, and its far from perfect, but I'm relatively pleased as to how its coming along. There has been a lot of input and discussion from several friends within my RMweb splinter cell, for which I'm grateful. Like I say, its not going to be perfect, but if you squint and look at it in a darkened room then it does look like a shunter! *EDIT - Having just looked at this image on my laptop rather than my phone, its quite cruel! The loco has wet patches on it from decal fix, and the painters had been to the pub at lunch before painting that cantrail!

Thanks Andy, I would be tempted with another set too!

As requested Brian. 37421 passes the new yard as it approaches Coleborne Junction. On the subject of the yard, it was the first time I'd seen it yesterday and it really adds a new dimension to the layout, its only small but done really well.

I do like an MOD train, I made one of those warflats once before. I also have some of the Cavalex on order. Although I haven't seen an MOD working at Eastleigh for a while.

Thanks Rob, After seeing them all together running around I'm happy.

Afternoon, Good news regarding the wagons. All done and just awaiting sealing. Luckily I was able to take them and a 37 to Coleborne Junction for a leg stretch (Thanks Nick) Normally its a layout firmly set in the steam era but today it was a heritage line! 37421 arrived at the seaside town of Wimhill to collect a couple of locos used in a recent diesel gala. Convoy all coupled up and ready for the off.

Thanks Andy, I was looking at the Matt option earlier actually. I plan on visiting a couple of shops tomorrow to see if I can pick a can up.

Cheers Paul, I was hoping to see some being shunted in the yard at EH last week so I could take some pics. But no such luck.