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Are you planning on having some form of gate there Tim, or for ease will it be ungated? 

That is amazing!

Maybe not this week Capt'n, but soon! 

Regards,

Nick.

I wouldn't do it on the main work to start with Tim, but have you thought about some puddles on the tarmac? Just little blobs of varnish, might give it an even more rundown look and draw the viewer's eye to the excellent cobbling under the tarmac.

Just a thought.

Regards,

Nick. 

Well I will follow with interest as I too would like a P4 Thomas and I'd rather not convert my 24ish year old model.

Its your train set, you run it the way you want, after all its a hobby!

Regards,

Nick

(And yes, I am Sir Tophamhat of the Launceston Branch! heheh!)

Will the loco be blue? 

(I'l get my coat!)

Well done really nice sir,

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Nick

This is amazing! So many possibilities, it certainly will make scratch building easier if all you have to do is design the side on a programme and print it off!

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Nick

Many congratulations Richard, I wish you well with your layout.

Kind regards,

Nick

Very good idea Paul.

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Nick

This is what I would like to do if I ever have kids. What a wonderful gift, I'm sure he will be thrilled.

Regards,

Nick.

Go for it Mikkel! I really like the idea, take's it a bit further than just emptying coal loads from wagons.

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Nick

That is very good Tim. Very impressed.

I will most certainly copy this idea for the goods shed brick work, as it calls for scribing.

How is your finger holding up!?

It does make me die when people just moan for the sake of it! For goodness sake its a model railway and to be blunt Frank your work is probably to a much higher standard than theirs. Everyone's a critic!

Love the spray by the way! I'll have to remember that one!

Regards,

Nick

You could issue one of these?

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Nick

It's funny how ones modelling mojo comes and goes. Last week I suddenly felt I had to get modelling again. Part of the reason I think is that now I have a new big desk that I can leave stuff on, without having to clutter the dinning room table up.

Cracking stuff though, the building drawings are excellent.

Nick

Very nice painting and relaxed poses. Surely the moral of the story must be that it never pays to work too hard? ;-)

Absolutely!

Thanks for your kind words chaps.

The painting tip is very welcome! My plan is to just put a black 'dot' in for eyes.

Claude looks to be leaning on the side sheet looking out so, unless he doesn't trust Bill with signals either, I assume they must be running bunker-first.

Hi Nick,

That was the plan, although I might swap him for a different chap I found in the population box who would fit the bill just as well.

A nice bit of painting there, Nick. How are you going to attach them to the cab floor in your panner - will you insert something unspeakable up their legs?

Thanks Tim,

Yeah that was my plan. The body will fit on a High Level chassis that I started building last year!

Regards,

Nick

Obviously a hardy bunch those Victorians, no wonder we had an empire!

Absolutely! Cracking work Dave, the stonework is excellent. It is really interesting to see the difference between 7mm castings and 4mm.

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Nick

Thanks Al,

They are lovely, I've started painting a few passengers to put into a Hawksworth brake that I'm currently working on.

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Nick

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No surely it's the Ratio one!

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All joking apart Tim that does look nice.

This might be a daft question, but why was the bottom of the ladder painted white? Was it so it was easier to see in the dark?

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Nick

Re6/6 has shown me a photo taken in Didcot goods shed of some very grotty and gunged-up ballast. I'm not sure that I want to get it quite that decrepid, but I can't leave it pristine either!

It did look good Tim, several decades worth of filth in there and it felt right.

Fantastic work. I really like the look of O gauge when it is done properly.

Nick

Really nice work Al, really nice.

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Nick

This is a really lovely little layout. It reminds me of Princetown, which is a station I am very familiar with!

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Nick

I can't offer any advice, but I nearly bought this model! I'm glad someone I know got.

I know Ultrascale wheels are more expensive, but would you not consider those? Order them now and put £5 a week back in a pot, then you would have a really nice kit, with a nice gearbox and beautiful wheels.

Regards,

Nick