Northroader

You can get them as a card kit from Alphagraphix (this one’s 7mm scale) and do your own chassis.

Very good job, weathering on my rolling stock I just brush on Humbrol Matt Black but thinned right down with white spirit.

A fine model, the outside frames make it really special. The lining is really neatly done. I fancy the green will disappear once it’s weathered, but that’s just how it was.

get Into hospital with dehydration, and they’ll give you that much saline drip you can hear the waves lapping inside you. Hope you’re stable now, and able to hold the fort with the family. best wishes, Bob.

One thing I found with the kits for something like a 4-4-0, is the number of small parts there are. You can get a few sheets of etched bits and you’ll find it can run into hundreds of small pieces. You can get an accurate model, but it can sorely try your patience working on things like brake work, which can become very fiddly. The smaller loco you pick the better, for an easy start experience.

So, I found a decent tomato, but when I started to put the wheels on it, the greengrocer come out and started hitting me… what’s next then, lads?

So, your next move would be having the RH extension able to access the goods shed, and do a bit of shunting? I do really like the look of this. It’s a layout, not a diorama.

Shouldn’t the snowman have a sash round him when he’s wearing a hat like that? p.s. the flickering fire effect is very effective.

That is a terrific model layout, really lovely.

Two widths of plastikard strip, built up side by side alternate on a flat surface in a long length, and slightly tilted. Then when it’s hardened off, rub the front face and the back face with a file, and clean the grooves out. Then cut lengths off as needed.

I know him: Hans Neesanbumsadaisy.

What you’re saying all makes good sense, and the range of models you’ve been able to make available are really creditable. I was really glad to meet you and you were a grand help in making me slim down. Best wishes with your way forward in the future.

At one time I used the loft before it got a proper work over. Problem is all the roof supports need air circulating round to avoid rot, so you have an opening round the eaves, and the loft reflects what’s happening outside. It ended up with just limited seasons where it was comfortable to work, in spring and autumn. Summer it was far too hot up there, likewise winter too cold. There was also the way soldered track joints could tear apart over a year due to the expansion. At last I got a proper conversion done, and it was a good room, liveable in. But the other trouble is the inward slope of the roof doesn’t allow much headroom over the layout unless you bring it closer to the middle. I ended up with a lot of microlayouts.

Thanks for the tip, Leslie, they’re going like hot cakes.