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Very nice job as always Steve - great to see you back at it ! I have been in Gloucestershire for the past 4 weeks on new grandparent duties and have probably another two weeks to go before I head back north of the border…….have missed my trains and itching to make a start on something to carry me th...

I look in a couple of times a week but layout in limbo as I clear the remainder of the garage to create space to increase the layout by about 1/3rd and fit a helix to the lower fiddle yard……..unlikely to start this year, especially as first Grandson born a fortnight ago and now down in Gloucestershi...

Carl,

Try sprinkling very finely filtered and oven dried soil from the garden….it is great for dulling down surfaces - spray surface with hair spray to hold in place - try L’Oréal……it will be worth it !

Do you mean I have been checking each day for the last 10 days and it was all for a flipping vacuum cleaner…….. I had convinced myself that you had seen the light and bought a “Western” - LOL

Hi Steve - Sorry to hear you are pulling the plug on your commercial services as I have certainly benefitted several times over from your skills and you have created some unique locos for my fleet I am sure that your efforts would still be better than mine if you held the paint brush between your to...

Very much looking forward to seeing the Model Railway Forum’s equivalent of Jack Reacher in 00 gauge

That looks very authentic Carl - love how it has all come together and you can really see the attention to detail and effort you have put into it over the many months…….. perhaps just needs something tied up at the quay side to help complete the picture.

With the arrival today of D1058 Western Nobleman in BR Blue / FYE, the gang is complete.........the other member of the posse comprises D1000 Western Enterprise in Desert Sand / SYE, D1003 Western Pioneer in Black / SYE, D1015 Western Champion in Golden Ochre / SYE, D1016 Western Gladiator in Maroon...

Didn’t have time for a photo, but loco fully assembled and sound installed and back running sweetly on the layout……got there in the end but crazy efforts to go to for a tiny plastic gear.

Good news Chaps……. The new gears arrived today and appear to be an almost perfect drop in replacement for the Heljan original……see pictures of the worn gear, a good Heljan one from the other bogey and two of the newly sourced replacements. Did a test fit and it meshes with the worm gear and the othe...