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Wonderful

I've always loved that word. Sums up the orange one perfectly.

Really love that bridge @Patrick Davey. Colours are fantastic. Well done

Fantastiic stuff Noel

this is some craic! Better than the eurovision anyway

Lovely model Kevin. Especially like the camber on the hips of the roof

@josh_I agree with @Flying Snail above. Definitely seal the boards, but as he says, use any old emulsion that is lying around. It will be far cheaper than buying varnish, and the colour won't really matter, as you will be covering it with scenics, track, ballast etc.

Thanks Alan. Should have thought of a punch. I was thinking more along the lines of something electricity driven, or even air driven. One of my punches is heading for the grinder so.

@Tullygrainey. Excellent work as usual Alan. Can I ask you about "scribing" the das clay? Do you leave the clay to dry completely before scribing, and if so what do you use? I always try to have my stonework done while clay is soft, but I intend starting on a station building soon, and I don't think my usual method would be practical. Also, the subtle green/yellow weathering- I am totally going to steal that idea. Looks great.

Love the job on the loco James. Any chance of a side on view? What did you use to weather it? And how? Basically I want a step by step tutorial. I am thinking of weathering my A class, but don't think I will ever get up the nerve unless I know exactly what to do and use

Thanks Patrick. No, it is actually a piece of mahogany I used. The cobbled surface is actually grooved out with a CNC machine. (One advantage of my trade ha ha). Similar to the platforms at the station. I actually ran out of straight track and had a couple of curves left, so that is how I ended up with that set up. When God gives you lemons........... @Patrick Davey

I have made a start on the cattle dock for the freight yard. Only early days with it .

Welcome back James

Love the rock face George. Very well done

To be honest @Davenport all my stone work is painted using the same method. I just use standard black and white emulsions, rather than buying patented paints. Mix the two to get a shade of gray I like. Put that on the walls first and when dry, apply a black wash. With these walls they turned out too light on the first attempt so I went over them again with more black. I used the same method with tunnel facings and church walls, using different levels of black with each. Hope this helps