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Also have a look at Scale Model Scenery - they do various detail bits on their website. https://www.scalemodelscenery.co.uk/lx554-oo-downpipes-drainpipes--soil-stacks---oo4mm176-13434-p.asp They look pretty good and seem reasonable value for money. However, it is the guttering I am having the bigge...

https://yorkshow.org.uk

At the Knavesmire Stand York Racecourse YO23 1EX

Open 10am until 5pm Saturday and Sunday

10am until 4.30pm on Monday

About 120 stands.

Usually a very good show, but I think this is the first one since 2019?

Steve M wrote: ↑Tue Mar 21, 2023 10:01 am As an example, this is a shed I built for a friend which shows the wire and half round method.

Very effective!

brian1951 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 20, 2023 7:11 pm Drinking straws and a sharp razor blade.

I thought of drinking straws, but they seem too big these days.

Steve M wrote: ↑Mon Mar 20, 2023 6:35 pm ...Strip the insulation from some twin and earth solid cable and bend the copper core to shape...

That sounds promising.

I have previously used the Ratio gutter and downpipes kits, but I am getting to the stage on my layout where I will be adding several buildings. So at about £7 a time the Ratio kits are going work out expensive.

What do others use as an alternative? This is for OO gauge.

Welcome James.

Sam's Trains (loveim or hateim) reviewed this last week and was very complimentary.

Did you eventually go for the Hymek, or are you still pondering? If so perhaps the contentious Sam can help?
https://youtu.be/ehxjykuXucw

Did you resolve this? I have read elsewhere that cab lights don't work with some Hattons decoders as they don't have enough functions.