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Thanks Guys for all the positive feedback…. Hoping to do some more weathering across other items of rolling stock……. Cannot speak highly enough of the effect obtained by applying good old soot from the fireplace / woodburner which gives a lovely grimy effect when brushed very lightly over a surface ...

Hi Barry, As somebody who many years ago used to sell several hundred thousand feet of ribbon cable every week to customers producing assemblies for IBM / Compaq…….. you should be able to split out the three conductors into individual wires close to the termination point to make it much easier to te...

No I haven't tried any Malts from Raasay........currently I am hooked on the "Hearch" from the Isle of Harris, but now only have a bottle left from the very first batch which I am saving to drink with my grandson, "Harris" when he is 21 years old........his first birthday is next...

Hi - I have the Bachmann Midland Pullman 6 car set (not currently running on my layout due to era change)............to fit sound properly you need a separate decoder for each Power car ( ie 2-off)........there is somewhere out there an actual Pullman sound project which is really good, but at £125 ...

Roger - thanks for posting ........very interesting - been in Skye and the Hebrides many times and never considered that there could have been a railway of any sorts across the water. The mention of Talisker reminds me of one of my worst hangovers........on a business trio to Belgium with colleagues...

Hi - Decided a few weeks back to switch the layout over from Portencross ( 1960's Diesel Hydraulics) to the original Montgreenan (1980's BR Blue) and have been busy getting reacquainted with some old friends. Having the BR Blue fleet out again served to highlight a glaring omission in that I did not...

Go easy my friend…….. The Diesel’s can idle in a siding until you are fit and ready…….. might get complaints from the neighbours however.

Wishing you a speedy recovery

The removal of the duck under section is the main catalyst for my planned rework of my layout - that and the desire to extend it for longer running. I started years ago with an original lift out section concept but revised track layout and points etc subsequently necessitated for this to become a pe...

Very nice Carl ……. I am not cute enough to determine if that is a Bachmann or Heljan one…….. I have a Green SYP on back order with Suttons, but not sure it will be delivered before I depart this world ! Green, Maroon and other non-blue diesels are definitely becoming my thing and I have just pre-ord...

Steve - I seem to recall these came back to me with your DNA - “Do not ask (again)”