Jon Gwinnett

Bravo!

If I can make a suggestion, the doors don’t look overdone to me, but I wonder if each might not be more chipped where they are slammed into the posts?

Blooming marvellous video, absolutely love it

Apologies to the Ercalverse for going off topic, but I’m generally very satisfied with Roco universal couplers, positive, light action coupling, not too hard to uncouple, delay latch built in, and nicely close coupled. I’ve bought some HOfine hooks to fit to my locos, as an experiment, and the Marklin close couplers offer the facility to shunt with a magnetic pole (I like to be involved in operation, so hand throw points with Caboose Hobbies ground throws and so on). I don’t operate fixed rakes, but if I did, I’d be tempted by Fleischmann profis (or more likely the cheap Chinese knockoffs!) as they seem more robust than Roco close couplers, but not really suitable for shunting as they require a good whack to bring them together (or so I’m told).

That is brilliant!

What “vintage” of couplings are you using? I recently acquired some modern Marklin Shimmns wagons and they came with something akin to the Roco universal coupler but with a magnetic hoop, which seems like it could be a game changer for using with magnetic uncoupling poles.

Nicely done 🫣

Didn’t know DB operated slip coaches 😉

A modelling blue peter badge 😀

Love the near flat, but also how splendid are the two workaday LM design wagons in the heavy shunt photo. Chapeau sir.

Do I spy Clyre Valley coaches in that last photo?

To me, to you, it’s pure communism 😂

We were down in York for a few days at the start of this month, and I did find myself trying to visualise bits of your railway in amongst the hoards of Harry Potter fans…

Oh I really like that, wonderful nooks and crannies, real character.

What sad news. Peter’s layouts always inspired, and I throughly enjoyed his articles.