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Very clear but audio would be nice

Similary building textures - from normal viewing distances real rows of tiles have visible thickness but slates look flat. And don't start me on mortar layers. Or model buildings that end at ground level with no apparent foundations visible.

Surely steam coming out of the chimney from a steam engine is what the chimney is there for?? And some smoke ( apart from steam sanders, steam cocks) steam (and smoke) from anywhere ekse is a sign of inferior potential performance. I was quite impressed by the Hornby display - it would be interesting to know how they do it - they've been there before with chuffs in the 70's I think

To reply to the Stationmaster: Yes Lyons & Mountford Sheds V2. Paddington is on page 137 and covers 1845 only. 17 or so locos. Broad gauge only. ( I only bought it for its Taff Vale Shed Coverage esp. Penarth Dock). How can I help?

Yellow ends/patches post date my experience of travelling on them/it/her, and my Triang model. Solid blue with styling tweaks rules ok!! Full nostalgia please.

Why not just put some insulation on the uninsulated side of the X04 so that the motor windings become isolated from the rails. Connect a bit of wire to the tag on the motor fixing. Disconnect the wiring to the previously insulated brush and also any other capacitors or inductors connected across the brushes. These two wires now provide the track feeds to the decoder (typically red and black colours). Add two wires (typically grey and orange) from the decoder - each to one brush. This works - I've done 2 in the last week. X04 on DCC can work well; if reluctant to run then try a new magnet.

one technique I've heard of but not tried is to first partially add the fishplate (less than 50% of the fishplate length) onto a scrap piece of suitable sized rail , which could have a thin handle (gaffa tape??) forming a jig. This could be done at the bench or other convenient location where sighting was easy. Then line up the jig with the intended new fishplate rail and add the open end of the fishplate on the jig onto the desired rail. Grip the final rail with pliers and pull the jig off.

1,3,4 13 TVR; as Johnster plus possibility of TVR livery I have a theoretical cutoff date of 1925-30 tho' make frequent use of Rule 1 The South & Mid Wales cos (excl GWR and MR) are not well coverred by RTR manufactures - could it be so rare that people go for it/them? Plenty of info out there in the wild.

Survey time I vote for 2 - C10, D24. E55 and E147 Just been looking at aerieal photos of Cardiff Gen in 20s - not surprisingly clerestorys predominate. As usual many thanks

Brian: What is the closure date for the next min-poll - 4/9 seems unlikely. Smiley Many regards

The odd thing to me is that Win 11 can be loaded onto a Raspberry pi (best v4 onwards obviously). There is an application to do it.If you want to......... Not the fastest obviously.

Got a couple of unbuilt Chilton TV O2 0-6-2T (Kitson) - job for the next year.. Shame they disappeared after all the work they had done.

3 F15 or 4 F16 12 f10 Clerestory, Tri compoiste, 12 off, Double ended, double loo, built up to 1903, ; seen in service variously Bournemouth to Glasgow apart from GW; what more do you want ((;-))

3 stratotankers in line astern approaching the border, just passing moose 42 and "blocked" going sw/

Interesting - Royal train travelling wrong line?

1 (lots of liveries and mods!) 9 H33 V interesting following the corres.) Thanks

Could i join the queue for one please? Thanks Basil

Option 1 for me. I had decided that I wouldn't vote for the 70" dur to model curve radii. How far round the uk diid they get - Liverpool seems to be the furthest so far? Thanks for all the polls - brilliant idea. Basil

0,1,2 and rule 1 5 0=C19

I hope I'm no going to offend anyone by sending the attached photo of fiddle yard action.... I wish my fiddle yard bore the smallest similarity to this, with multiple full length trains on the same line. Impressive watching full length trains appearing from the distance. There was one steam excursion in the set (fairly obviously with the date represented). Whole family of 5 (not all enthusiasts enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere on the "customer side. There is disabled parking close by if you google it - 4 hours free - with blue badge and time disk of course. Pleased to find a small Chester Models stand at the end of the layout but the main shop which is comprehensive is 5 mins away. (No connection except as a new customer) Edit to correct grammar, spelling....

Miss P - delighted to see your latest message. As a 4 times CABG (quadruple bypass), 25 year past,if I might be bold, dont over- or under- do it. Thanks for your positive approach in the past.

There got to be scope for a competition for "Shed of the year" - two categories real and model.

Presumably 16/7/2021? Unless my clocks have gone mad.

I remember that coming down Llandaff fields from Llandaff tech to catch a trolley you couldn't stop running until you were on it; the initial acceleration was high compared to open platform buses. Route no 8 as i recall or was it 6.

I'm afraid that I am negative about what I think covid uk will do. Last week I went for the first time in 18months away from my area of Wirral into Liverpool by train. All went well until we got to Conway Park when a party of college/university students 8 or so boarded the train. Of the party about half had masks on, leaving half without. They all sat together, and I saw one of them take her mask off and put it away. CCTV is on these trains so the guard could have taken action over the pa - nothing. Similar situations throughout my shopping trip. Needless to say I, double vaccinated, 78 years old, was off as soon as possible, and won't be going back any time soon. Boris allowing us to make our own minds up means the Macho element will not wear masks and there is nothing anyone can do. The health minister's contrast between commuter packed train and late night, 3 in a carriage, (mask for the first and not on for the second, sounds reasonable, but I don't have the choice of a spaced out carriage!. PS I have a photo of the carriage with the maskless girl in the picture.