PaulRhB

Splendid, really enjoyed the ideas and thoughts. Trying out all the variations is quite fun in my experience and I went through slightly less with my HOm but was actually surprised the final plan was really close to the first one I’d virtually forgotten! That’s one advantage of posting the process as I’d buried the plan in files so hadn’t actually looked at it for months and only discovered it amending the first post 😁

I didn’t use the 3D modelling but I did print out plans full size and mocked things up to test sight lines and they showed when I’d overdone things and led to it being paired back. 
Look forward to seeing the result. 

Very nice Jamie, the only thing that looks a bit difficult is the angle of the track into the shed as it will clearly hit the side within a few feet. If you angle it a bit less to the adjoining sheds, not necessarily parallel to them, something like the red outline?

I agree wholeheartedly with using them in addition  

I suspect the likes may be ironic due to the prevalent humour. 

Some people dislike the “wow” and “great mate” posts as they add nothing to the thread, others wring their hands as what they’ve posted obviously is no interest to anyone. Get ready for this  I don’t ‘like’ animated gifs as I find them slightly distracting flickering in the corner of my view so I scroll up to eliminate them. Nothing to do with the nice gif just I find they draw the eye. I prefer non animated emoticons too but try to use them to make it clear what I mean as text can be taken two ways especially in posts about emotions. 

If I have a question or something I think is of interest to add I’ll write a post but otherwise I use the like, or other buttons, to show appreciation politely and not risk cluttering up the thread with a contrived or pointless sentence. Others that have expressed a ‘dislike of like’ I try to remember and say a few words. Sometimes I forget who likes and who dislikes ‘likes’ and get it wrong. 

I post my topics hoping it might be interesting and prompt useful responses to improve the model through details or techniques. If one other enjoys it then it’s been worth it. Probably due to my eclectic tastes or possibly inane rambling  none of mine run into hundreds of pages but they have lead to fascinating contacts and making new friends who still ‘like’ posts on here but are articulate and chatty in person. 

So I’m quite happy with likes over “wow” single word posts much like a smile in real life is as nice as a hello  

Maybe it would be possible within the software for us to choose to disable the buttons on our threads if we want to? 

If it's simple like you describe I think it will add character especially if it's just the imprints of the wheels, suggestion rather than actually having a tractor stood there.

Lovely pics thanks Tim

Retiring? Well enjoy the retirement and I hope it includes plenty more time to play and travel on the trains

Superb. Some good reference shots for modelling there thanks

Is it a box in the background? I know some of the quieter boxes on the WoE gradually aquired nifty paint jobs on bufferstops and names on troughing when certain Signalmen had a bit of time and found the S&T's paint leftovers. Even Wilton GF aquired a Daffodil bed in memory of Denzil 'Daffodil' Hooks.

Wearing ties while playing trains, I remember a few of our clubs members always being as smartly dressed even when plaster and paint was flying. Recently ran an old clockwork Hornby loco on the clubs test track in memory of a few who let a youngster play with their clockwork tinplate at shows and it got more of an audience than any new release

It's even more fun when people insist they remember or even rode on it!

I'm with CK keep to the mushroom principle

Very nice, it has a certain Heywood look to it as well. For any future builds if you want a wider saddle on the dome you can bore it out to a thinner wall at the base, heat it with a gas torch then squish it on a rod the same diameter as the boiler. Got that from MRJ years ago and you can skim round it with filler if it folds over a bit too much and you need a smooth curve.

You could keep the dome in brass as it will look lovely with a nice paint job.

I. Knowitall licensed to sell spirits and dampen them!

Having followed all five chapters on the Coast Line I'm looking forward to a pal version of the DVD, hopefully soon in the theme of the pub name Troels responses to the initial concerns about using standard OO track were quite apt, he just wasn't worried when some seemed to infer his couldn't be a serious model and now how many would spot it?

Aren't you just a tiny bit tempted to extend Polbrook just a little bit to take that out onto the circuit just to see who first says "you wouldn't find a pub like that there"

Very nice especially when you see the original. Can't really see why Photoshop can't be seen as modelling too. Nice to see Polbrook there too I had a good look at your etched chairs while you were off somewhere and added them to the list of bits I must get for the quarry project.

When the branch freight has a bad day and just happens to run out of puff clear of the crossing the crew pop in to apologise for the smoke

It's not all true? My world is collapsing around me, evidently many of the books I've read are something called fiction too . . .

The photographers car must be dirty from chasing trains along the rural roads

The missus books on wildlife and plants are particularly good too, they are huge! Excellent for holding down mountain size stacks of polystyrene. DVDs are useless, far too light!

The secondhand booksellers at shows like Swanley have provided some of my most treasured books, ones that people aquire on their travels and were never for sale in the UK. I have some fantastic books in German, ( on the narrow gauge!), and on Chinese railways that I'd never have got here as they are pre Internet days.

Preserved railways have been a fantastic source too and I never cease to be amazed at the obscure subjects that get published and make fascinating reading. My bookshelves long ran out of capacity and part of three cupboards are also stacked full

Considering it came from a doodle Pendrift is apt and local

At this rate you'll be able to model a branchline in your car for ScFm next year! Terminus in the boot and wending it's way across the backseat to a fiddleyard on the passenger seat. That'd be fun in traffic jams.

Or you could go Jimmy Saville and have an armchair where layouts pop out of the arms?

I'll look forward to seeing it at Warley

Or you could get an inverter so you can run it off the ciggy socket that'd make a good challenge for RMweb, car boot model railway show, everyone just turns up an displays the layouts in the car boot

Sentinel is running very well too, Just the horse to figure out next . . .

Is the Colliery going to come to the fore again now Chris or is there still more in store for BQ?

Yes looks very nice Chris, Backwoods Miniatures do a chain that I think is even finer than that in black. Might be worth a look if you see them at a show.

Yes he's a gem and I'd agree with Steve definitely autistic, although a little perplexed with the Swiss layouts as he's reduced to red train or freight train as it's obviously outside his reading. Classic at Woking when a young girl asked why he was pointing out what was in front of him and dad turned as red as the trains.

Our club has a similar autistic but far less vociferous chap who comes along with a carer and it's priceless when someone who thinks they are a bit expert gets corrected.

As to hiding Chris, taller backscene and periscope

A garage sized plan? I look forward to seeing a break into the big layout building

We are very patient and will make do with Cement Quay, Calcott, Combwich, Brewhouse Quay . . . Are you sure there's going to be room in the new room?

Thanks Chris another enjoyable dip into your albums.

It could suggest a road runs through the complex and it is indeed a level crossing gate

The secret to exhibiting is to test it like this before going to a show and iron out the bugs gradually, list the improvements you need and either modify it or plan for an improved version. As to the intense operation add more sidings or look at an alternative like cassettes to quickly swap sets over. Like others said in you appeal for help at shows have spare operators and you get to stand back and enjoy it at the show without pressure.

I limit myself to 5 shows a year by choice as I have very few free weekends due to work and domestic bliss. Exhibiting is as much about nattering as running trains if you organise it right

Beautiful layout so it needs to be shared