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Rightoh. This one?

I took the liberty of adding one of your videos to the blog post...

I posted this on your blog yesterday - It's actually quite simple to post a video - when you know how - just click on the 'film strip' on the far right of the 'controls' when you're posting - between the 'picture frame' and the 'speech bubble' - paste the link for the video in the box that pops up and click OK. If you 'hover' the cursor over the film strip, you should find that it reveals itself as Insert Video. Does it make any sense..?

Looking good... It's actually quite simple to post a video - when you know how - just click on the 'film strip' on the far right of the 'controls' when you're posting - between the 'picture frame' and the 'speech bubble' - paste the link for the video in the box that pops up and click OK. If you 'hover' the cursor over the film strip, you should find that it reveals itself as Insert Video.

I noticed this stuff the other day - http://hobby.uk.com/railway-scenery/instant-trackbed.html - like a sort of non-setting bitumen strip - but I don't know anybody that's actually used it, though.

Also.. Go to a few exhibitions, if you can. Have a look at the examples in here - http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/forumdisplay.php/7-Irish-Model-Layouts . Consider joining a local club or society, if there is one.

There are pictures on that link I supplied - it should become fairly obvious if I've guessed correctly.

That's it - just a cosmetic difference - pull the couplings off and remove the screws, then fiddle the body off - I've done it a few times, so it can't be too difficult... It's very easy to put the couplings back on upside down.....

Do you mean the Jinty? The screws are hidden by the couplings - http://locoyard.com/2013/07/07/bachmann-3f-fowler-jinty-dcc-fitting-guide-dcc-ready-version/

Got an etch for a sleigh..?

When I've used grain of wheat bulbs, I've found that they're very white at 12 volts and don't last too long. I've generally run them in series pairs from a 16 volt supply, so each bulb gets 8 volts, they 'look' much better, not a sharp white, and last for ever. The only down-side is that if one bulb fails the other will go out, too - a sort of mini-Christmas-tree-effect - but, I've never lost one at 8 volts.. With tungsten bulbs, you can run them off AC - I've used spare Hornby power supply transformers, so that they're separate from the track supplies.

Also, it can be worth testing any structures that are to be lit for 'light-bleed' through the walls - card buildings are usually OK, but plastic and resin ones can often look a bit 'strange' in the dark, especially if the light source is right next to a wall or roof. It's a fairly simple issue to slap some paint on the inside - silver is a good choice, both reflective, for efficiency, and fairly opaque to light transfer.

The beauty of tungsten lamps is that you can vary the 'look' by varying the voltage applied, and a small drop in voltage makes a huge difference to the lifetime, too. They do use a good bit more power than an LED lamp, though, but that won't be too much of an issue on most layouts.

I've used Viessmann street lights - they're rather nice, though still a bit 'pricey' - the LED ones are very efficient and give a realistic light - some of them also plug in to a socket mounted in the baseboard, handy for removing safely, if you ever need to do any work. The colour of the emitted light can be a problem in some layouts, dependent on your time period, be careful not to get it looking too modern or olde worlde... http://www.gaugemaster.com/viessmann.html

Magnificent!

It is - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryborough_railway_station .

Looking for old pictures on the net, I came across this familiar-sounding place in Victoria.

He certainly has some nice ones in there - http://www.backdropjunction.com/ .

I have sent my Dutch agents into the field and they have already returned with this, although it is in Dutch - http://www.kennislink.nl/publicaties/bladeren-op-het-spoor-weglaseren .

A Hungarian approach to winter blues.

This could annoy the neighbours - http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/01/23/mbtas_mattapan_line_relies_on_snowzilla_in_worst_weather/ .

An ideal little cameo setting for any fans on here - - retweeted by Irish Rail. Anybody recognise the location?

Currently in Tarbert - - looking a bit tight.....

They're quite quick to erect, straight out of the box.

There is a tendency to try to keep abnormal loads off the motorways over here for many reasons - high-speed traffic, congestion, a lot of over-bridges, etc - and also to stay out of built up areas, there's too many overhead lines, etc. It would take a while to get a load out of town at the beginning of a journey and southbound ones would often spend the first night on the way from Stafford in this lay-by - https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=stafford&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Stafford,+United+Kingdom&gl=uk&ll=52.753808,-2.106698&spn=0.001378,0.002411&t=h&z=19&vpsrc=6 - some years ago, a 200 tonne transformer was being taken south and overnighted here. At some point in the night one or two axles failed and this cascaded into the entire side of the trailer collapsing. The transformer then slid off and fell over - luckily, it fell into the field, rather than into the roadway. It took many weeks to retrieve it and fix the remains of the trailer.