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That's wonderful JB. I'm so impressed

Wagons, the hunt is nearly over. The final couple of IRM packs missing are... - 1287 brown CIE grain vans - 1009 gypsum hoppers pack D Finally, if anyone has any Irish Freight Models (Dapol) or Mark's Models (Dapol) CIE(ish!) wagons they'd consider parting with, I could also be interested.

Those bubbles are absolutely amazing!! Pleased to see you're making good progress. You've got a great space there.

There certainly is. Seeing the prototype photos alongside show what a great job you're doing. It's definitely a model of a railway rather than a model railway (if you know what I mean!).

Just a note, but if anyone else is looking for @jhb171achill's North Kerry book, one has appeared on eBay in GB: https://ebay.io/m/kr4jjj It's a wonderful book! As they all are in the series.

Ditto!!

W@nk£rs!!

Thanks for sharing @ttc0169 - much appreciated

That's a fabulous view!!

Thanks for that explanation. I've never understood what a team track is! Thank you for sharing that. It's absolutely fascinating. I love reading about people's personal stories when it comes to their modelling journey.

Thanks very much chaps! These bargain tanks are heading my way

Thanks Mol! I'd been duly tipped off by one of the IRM lads. You're right, they found some additional stock they didn't know they had following a tidy up! (sounds like my disorganised modelling cupboard ) I've ordered another pack of grain vans and a pack of tankers. Just for the stash you...

Thanks for all that information, it's absolutely fascinating. Funnily enough, the evolution of a layout is something I was thinking about earlier on. It rarely happens nowadays. Probably due to the demise of permanent home layouts due to squeeze on space. You would often read in magazines of layouts which started life in a modest way and then grew, developed and regenerated over the years. I really like that concept. One which had a big impression on me a teenager was Ted Polet's Craigcorrie & Dunalistair Railway in 009. That has continued to develop over 40 years. Bits have been rebuilt, new sections added, things changed and improved. I've been lucky enough to see smaller sections of it which have been exhibited. It's sad that these type of system home layouts are very rare today. The reason are understandable though.

Given you've all these different interests, then I think you're spot on in going for Mosney. Maybe just by swapping out different signalboxes you could change the era, geography, and even country! Even then, just invoke rule one .... It's your trainset, so you can run whatever you like It has a certain windswept charm though, and you've certainly got the space to do it justice.

That looks really effective and very atmospheric. Well done!