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Hi Everybody, Three months have passed and it's good to be back. I was just getting the SGR together when a family crisis struck. This is now under control, but it reduced my railway time to zero for a while. Since I last posted I have put much of the scenery onto the layout - very provisionally - a...

Hi everybody, Here are the photos as promised yesterday. Hornby MSC Sentinel https://i.postimg.cc/R3rsY4Hp/20250223-120525.jpg Hornby BR Mess Coach Pulled by Old Faithful https://i.postimg.cc/CzzcLzC6/20250223-121504.jpg I haven't put the scenic features back on the base board yet, so I just tempora...

Hi Chops,
Your talents are wasted in El Paso, you should head west to Hollywood!

Thank you Chops and Raboliot. It really is nice to get some positive feedback. The good news is that I've relaid the three inner circuits with mostly new track and I've run lots of locomotives and rolling stock, and they all rolled really well. That was a great relief as this included finally instal...

Thank you BB and Artur for your posts. Regarding the under-scale buildings, I'm glad its not just me who thinks so. I can't complain as I bought them second-hand and already made from a shop, so very much 'sold as seen' - I saw them before I bought. I would add that I don't think being under-scale i...

And here it is repainted to match the layout. Polish Wooden House with Veranda https://i.postimg.cc/jDqyrj8j/20241116-141733.jpg I'm hoping to buy or make a model table and chairs to put on the veranda with some sitting figures - preferably enjoying a beer and a plate of pierogi (Polish ravioli). Th...

And here's the third and final unpainted but built model house that I bought.

Wooden House with Veranda

Red Roof Farm






I'll have to find a new name for the Farm, of course.

Thanks for your comments TT and BB. I'll take your advice and place it towards the rear of the layout - there isn't much room for housing right at the back. At the same time I bought that already-made second-hand model house, I also bought two others. Here's one. Red Roof Farm https://i.postimg.cc/5...

The House that Ian Unbotched In my last post I uploaded a photo of the second-hand model house that was made with one wall upside down. Well, I can only say that the original model-maker's modelling skills were inversely proportional to the strength of the glue they used! When I tried taking the wal...