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Nice to see another small D&E era O gauge layout, looks a nice concept.

It is also a great way to limit your tax bill by making your hobby part of your business and then what would be your personal hobby paid for out of your take home is instead paid for out of your pre tax income. (BTW the above is not meant to come across as casting aspersions or voice a view on the morality of such loopholes, just a statement of fact about a perfect legal way to efficiently manage tax)

Thanks Rich. I had a look at the LCUT range again last night, I think I can pull something from various bits they produce, just need to find a spare 20 mins to work out the order.

Thanks John, I do like the LCUT ranges which I have used a lot on the original part of the layout for the arches and also the scrapyard office, their range is excellent and will likely get some of the parts from them.

It is a good shout John as that building is the sort of thing I was thinking (probably with a canopy). I have to say normally I stay away from printed building because of the texture but it is a fair provocation as I use printed images on the backscene. I could use the scalescenes design to help me to shape/size the building then use brick plastic sheet rather than the printed brick paper which maybe a workable compromise.

Yep, ex British Telecom, Bristol registered. Another of the same batch is still around (not my pic): If I recall correctly there was a great advertising poster of Maestro Turbo with the strapline "The Golf will be along in a second..." as it was 1 second quick 0-60 than a Golf.

More progress on the platform for the extension, I am happy with the size/position of the platform but may rethink the left hand end a little bit when I make a start on the building as it feels a little unnatural to have the ramp dropping down to nowhere in effect. I have been researching warehouse options for the backscene, looking at Intentio, LCUT as well as Ebay but nothing has grabbed me so leaning towards the scratchbuild route, especially as the building at Avon Street was quite distinctive with rounded gable ends

Based on this thread a class 22 would be a popular bet...

Nice to see more photos of the layout Peter, one of my favourites on RMweb

I thought the same however I guess the data was saying it was an easy 1-2, especially as at the time Norris was not in DRS range of Sainz so would be an easy overtake and hadn't banked on Sainz using Norris as a buffer. Surprised Merc didn't forsee it as that is what they did in Australia to keep GR/LH ahead of Verstappen in the early laps..

Yep I don't blame you Nick! To be honest I reckon the total elapsed time to do it was about 90 mins, it just took me a few evenings waiting for paint to dry between coats.

Back on the current layout, I have made the base of the platform. This will be clad in brick/card so is just the base framework for now. When finished 4 x 12t vans will be able to be unloaded in the platform. I need to straighten out the kink on the tracks leading off the points which I only noticed after taking the photo 08950 is now finished, I had to reapply the overhead electric warning plate on the cab end. To my eyes it looks a distinct improvement when I compare to the original finish

Hi @C126, here are a few I found on the old PC. I would have added them to the original thread but it is archived so just a few here. My modelling has come on quite a bit in the last 20 years and there are a few bits of Pallet Lane I cringe at when I look now but it started me off on the exhibition scene in 2008 and the subsequent 3 layouts have all been better than the last. Although Peasevern Yard is an upscale of Peafore Yard, there are a few cues from Pallet Lane with the new extension having some similarities to the cement sidings on Pallet Lane. The backscene may even reappear as I had forgotten the picture looked quite good. 03382 has also appeared on all 3 of the above mentioned layouts!

Stroll not starting due to injury.... Dad: How you feeling Lance? Lance:Great Dad, looking forward to the race! Dad: Look Lance, the finance guys say we are near the cost cap limit and we can't afford to write off another car... so let me ask you again... How are you really feeling???? Lance: Ow my finger nail hurts!!! I can't race Dad: Good lad!

Exactly. At the time Bunnings brought them, I worked for a Homebase competitor who were keeping close tabs on what they did, we had regular updates from mystery shopper visits on what their stores looked like, what they were stocking etc and basically was gob smacked to see an £8k outdoor kitchen plonked in the middle of the floor like the Lidl middle aisle. From what I have heard, there was a significant amount of excess stock that Bunnings just diverted to the UK who were told to sell it...

2 of my current team are ex Argos/Homebase and said pretty much that. Massive outdoor kitchens/BBQ with high price points sell well in Australia but are distinctly more niche here...

There was also a long standing relationship with a Transport provider who I recall was related by marriage. When the company I worked for tendered for the Transport I was asked to do the analysis to support our bid. I couldn't get anywhere near the amount of trailers they had, my work coming in with 400 trailers less. A quick look through the document from Wilkinson showed why... They were paying a cost per trailer per week so the answer to any problem re stock or cage storage was "We will give you another trailer". Both Worksop and Magor DCs were easily identified on Google maps as there were trailers everywhere.

They look excellent, any chance of an O gauge version please???

I wondered how long it would be before that came up.. Rumblings about 1994 as well. Best outcome is the FIA say "Sorry, we should have excluded Renault from the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix. We will retrospectively do it, the new result is; 1st Place Nico Rosberg 2nd Place Lewis Hamilton 3rd Place Timo Glock" Therfore Lewis Hamilton won the 2008 championship by 3 points rather than 1. We trust Mr Massa is happy with the outcome and wish him well paying his massive legal bill and being known as the guy who no longer lost the championship by 1 point..." Meanwhile back in the real world looks like the best chance in ages for a non Red Bull winner based on practice..

Can you share a link for these please? I am hoping to do a Blue Circle cement tanker and the Buffalo Cab may fit the bill...

Badgerline had both Sherpas and Transits but pretty sure the Sherpas went first and the engine was from a Land Rover (presumably the 2.5 NA Diesel) whereas Fords had their own Diesel engine so may have been a different company? I know in later life LDV fitted the same engine as the Transit after Leyland was sold to DAF.

Great scene, crying out to be modelled!

From recollection it was done as a prelude ahead of a potential sale, the sale has yet to happen though.

Thanks, I haven't studied the front too closely... To be honest it would be a much bigger job to change the front so will live with it. You have got me thinking that maybe next time it would be easier to start with model with the correct wasps stripes and paint the body blue.

Toolstation and Wickes are owned by Travis Perkins. Agree. At the end of the day Woolworths failed so replicating the model was hardly a recipe for success. While many of us will miss Woolworths and Wilkos, if we look at how much consumers spent on each visit it probably equates to a very low single digit £number on average at a time when wages, rent, rates and utilities were rising way beyond the growth of top line sales numbers