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Hi So as far as I know the publishers have sold 7 copies of Model Rail 153! and my mum brought 4 of them!. At last I have got a look at it, and if I say it myself it don't half look good. Chris has made a fantastic job of the photos and this has really shown the model of. Glenuig has not seen the light of day since the photo hoot, Diy activity has made it a pain to set-up in the house, so Ihave been knee deep in mud in the quarry. http://www.rmweb.co....20-welsh-slate/ So to answer the exhibition question, the Glen is booked for the following dates. 9-10/04/2011Stourbridge, navigation trust, model railway exhibition, at thebonded warehouse. Glenuig,s first show,and my home town gig. 2/07/2011 something to do with Rmweb! (provisional) 27-28/08/2011 Railex NE http://www.btmrs.co....ition-2011.html I hope to get it set up in the next few weeks, and start working out some sequence moves, in preparation for the shows, and I look forward to using some new found photographic skills. Thanks go to all of you who have offered encouragement, and advise, it has made the the layout build enjoyable to say the least. Gary

Hi Chris Since your visit to photograph Glenuig, I have now changed the layouts lighting, and have fitted it with 3 *6400K colour lamps. I have also constructed (I am a tight, and practical sort of bloke) a couple of photo floods, and have used these to photograph Over Haddon and the slate quarry, with superb results. There is a florescent tube and energy saving lamps, available, with 6400K colour, which is classed as Daylight. Gary

Hi Mark Tell you the truth, I have yet to see the finished piece in the mag yet. Glad you liked the article. I was pleased with my attempts at photographing the layout, but I think Mr Media's photos are something else. Chris, spent a few hours getting the shots, and while he was, I leant so much about photographing models (of the railway kind, missus take note), that my photography has come on leaps and bounds, have a look at “Welsh slate†for my latest attempts. Thanks Gary

Hi I suppose the Highlands has been devoid of earthquakes after the demise of class 37s and Eastfield nutcases, sorry drivers. PS, hope its not cracked the A87 Gary 

Hi Russ As fer as I know, the tremor did not reach the model in Stoubridge, but I will check tomorrow. Cracks in the car park of the Glenuig inn, big news in the highlands, just hope it has not interrupted the production of the Moidart, single malt. (he says as he downs a glass of Laphroaig!) Gary

I used a home made RSU quite a lot when I used to build 7 mm locos. Get yourself some solder paint, expensive, but you don't need to use much of it. Have you got a foot switch with your unit, these can be very useful, when attaching thing like lamp brackets. The part can be held in position with the electrode and the “spare hand” while you control the power with you foot. Gary

I can confirm that there was a problem of vibration damage to the class 50 electronics. Most of the electronic circuits, are built up on paxoline boards with components soldered to studs, the whole assembly is then coated in an anti vibration, silicon rubber compound, in an attempt to stop the thing shaking to bits. The silicon rubber makes fault finding fun. If you ask me, I think the 50's were overcomplicated for there time, and reliability would have been much improved if they had stuck to the proven design of DP2's control system Gary

Just had a thought, if they had used Hornby's new packaging system to deliver it in, it would have survived a re-entry from obit and still been OK. Entering service would of been delayed for several weeks, while they worked out how to get it out of the box! Gary

Which manufacturer will be first to laser scan it for a limited addition Gary

Thanks for all the info, and taking advantage of my typo. (I make enough of them!!) No problem with posting anything like that on one of my threads, anything with an EE power unit in is acceptable. The propelling move with the Queen Mary makes sense, for a while I thought one would put in an appearance at Glenuig on an engineers train. Thanks all Tarts are done Gary

The power of rmweb strikes again. Thanks Flood, that's just what I was looking for. I knew of the micro buffet, and believe the only survivor is at Swanage. I shall now number my stock accordingly. Now for the queen Mary. Gary

Thanks for your help so far. If I can remember, Mk1 compartment stock was still in use in the late 1980's and it was prime “dossing†out accommodation, but I can't remember which bit of the Scottish system this would have been. As for the Queen Mary bakevan, that I did not expect. Thanks Gary

Dose falling from a crane, and then ending up in that shape, mean that it can now be called a “flying banana†Gary

High up on a north Wales hillside, Jones the steam, drives his little engine during the daily routine of moving slate. Gary

Hi thanks No, I am not looking for the excursion stock, just the normal service train stock, from what I can remember the best you could expect was that it had wheels under it!, even in the last days of loco hauled trains to get a coach that the heat worked was a bonus!. Gary

Wanted for my train set “Glenuig†Its one of those things, countless times I sat in trains, on the West Highland, but never noticed what type or the number of the coach I was sitting in or hanging out of the window of. I am not that interested in train formations, there's not a lot you can do with a two coach train, more the types used, Ie, TSO....Mk1, and numbers. I would imagine that Mk1s were normal in the early 1980's and then getting replaced with cascaded Mk2's as they became available, and then the eventual demise of the steam heat stock with the introduction of the 37 4's. Looking forward to the good help I get from forum members Gary

Hi Again Rich Its got me thinking, 7mm blue diesels do have an appeal and I am very tempted to look into something Scottish. I, for one have not seen many good scenic 7mm layouts and I would love to have ago at one. But first let me tell you everything to do with railways and all the other stuff I have around the place and some at my mothers house that I moved out of 14 years ago!. Layouts Hindale, 7mm 12 by 2 feet ,1930s LMS branch line set in the peak, exhibited 7 times, 1988-1991, stored Lochailine 00 12 by 7 feet, Scottish blue diesel 1987, exhibited 8 times, 1990-1992 Brewers wharf, 00 4.5 by 1.5 feet brewery exhibited once 1993 Over Haddon 00 15 by 8 feet, 1930s LMS, incomplete .but playable with. Glenuig, EM complete, exhibitions booked. The yet nameless Welsh slate, 0-16.5 unfinished and on going Add to that lot, three EE full size locos namely D212, 37314, 50007, that I have the pleasure of cleaning with my overalls while squeezing my bulk into dirty places to persuade them to work. The reward for the work is I occasionally get a thrash. A few unfinished locos. Helping a mate with a H0e German layout. Oh yes, and I have a Victorian house, a classic car, and a very understanding other half!! I think I should think hard before starting another project, but looking at it, the first three layouts I mention, are candidates for an E bay sale or give away, then get Over Haddon, finished. The immediate plan is to work on the slate layout until the building work on the house is finished, hopefully the end of this month, then set up Glenuig, for a few months before the first exhibition.. After that I am off on my hols, to.......... the...... West …..coast........ of …....Scotland....... Gary