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Very atmospheric. Lorry looks good too.

I would print onto clear sheet for the mesh, in 2mm I think you will struggle to find something that is scaled without blocking the internal view. The above looks great, when placed in the layout I doubt the relief would be an issue. I would simply print the door again then cut out the raised section and stick it onto the bit above, that way you retain the weathering and don't have to paint anything.

Welcome and good luck. I had nothing but support and great sharing of knowledge from all on here with my first layout. Just be sure to read all information you are given carefully and to search the site first before posting repeat questions- many common questions are very well covered somewhere here. People are very willing to pass on their advice if you are happy to listen to it first. Waiting for the track plan!

Looks pretty much perfect to me.

Have you seen the excellent Highbury Colliery, a 2mmFS layout of pre grouping period? Link here Mathieson Models Stuff here Totnes 1920's Apologies if you have seen any of these before but all show what can be achieved in this period at small scale.

Likewise. What is the Ultima underbody detail like?

That's good news, I might be able to get down there to photograph it as I am off work. The barrier doesn't look terribly imposing or final does it?

Nice bus- Warning VW's are as addictive as railways. My bus still in bits

Have you considered changing to servos? They are a bit slower and can be set to throw a set distance.

That looks great! Love the view through the piers.

You could make those missing parts some accident damage?

Am working up to it, If I do any clay in the workshop it dries really fast- its a big concrete oven in essence! Hopefully it will work, I am thinking a double skin, thick inner skin for strength with rough window apertures and then a thin outer with very precise cut outs for windows. The scale link ones look really nice and I want them visibly straight.

Welcome- Waiting for the next instalment already!

Very nice!

Its been a while since I updated the blog, so having restored my mojo with some work on a micro layout I thought it was high time I put some effort into Kingsbridge again. No station is complete without a platform, and my platform was far from complete! Regular readers will have spotted the rough shape in my last set of photos, made from a laminate of foam board, mounting card and leftover hardboard. In hindsight I should have done a single sheet of 10mm foam board for ease of construction but I had made too much progress to start again. To begin with I used Dad's cad drawing of Kingsbridge to set the position of the station building. This is slightly out from the prototype as I couldn't quite get the bay platform in the position I wanted with set point radii. Next I laid the stone flags directly in front of the station building. I take no credit for the use of these tiles from Slaters as I took it from Kris' Avonwick. These were also used in strips to provide the edging stones. There are still the sloped ends to model. The edging stones are most visible in this view. View from the end of the platform, just next to where the name board sat. I won't be modelling this as it was removed for wartime! I now have to paint the stonework, probably the same way I did the other bits, then I am using very very fine sand to portray the gravel on the ends of the platform. This will sit well in the recess left by the edging stones and once painted will hopefully look right! The station building will be a plastic shell covered in DAS for the stonework, with scale link etched windows. After recent experience on the micro I will probably light it and put in an interior.

Progress inspiring as ever. I agree about the Slaters, all their tooling is looking elderly, have you seen the stone sheets? They have flat areas of detail all over them now. There was a post somewhere on here about this very subject. Tim there was a British company showing their 3D narrow gauge bodies at Exeter who had a bike chain made from 3D printed parts, I am surprised you missed them. I have been amazed by the grandeur and scope of some of the projects on here of late and must salute all those who participate in them for giving the rest of us stuff to marvel at and learn from.

Kris are you planning to put a gallery of those pics linked to the SHR site? How much is still left and what was the line for?

Work is moving at quite a pace! Any of your helpers do building work? If I could get builders who worked this fast I'd be a happy man. Your kettle must be singing to keep the works moving.

Here is a link to a post I put up in railways of s. Devon-Princetown Branch

They made men a good deal hardier in the days when the line was open! It would make a great scenic model in N where there is room to model big chunks of hill and tor. There is also a lovely account written by the wife of a crossing keeper in a book I got from the library called "Growing up on the Railway in the South West" By Grace Horseman which captures the splendid isolation of the line wonderfully. Link in disused railways as suggested. Anyone modelled it?