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Unfortunately Coronavirus has put paid to the 2021 exhibition, the SEC will still be supporting the NHS with the temporary emergency hospital being kept in case of the possibility of a second wave and also to provide a facility for catch up on other services that had been put on hold for the durati...

Prefer Black Five Day to Black Friday!

Jim

Personally - I am a member of both and not ashamed to say so, however I use this forum and RMweb for different things. All my layout updates are on here and I tend to follow other peoples projects with more interest, I only update on there very occasionally as the "layout" thread tends to ...

As I understand the rules, any passenger train can be propelled through a trailing crossover provided the points are fitted with facing point locks. I have been on a train following that procedure a couple of times where the line has been blocked for engineering or as a result of a derailment. A pas...

Lovely little model Ex-Pat, really adds the finishing touch to the building. On the prototype, was there a chain or other retaining device to prevent over enthusiastic manoeuvring of the tub resulting in it ending up in the tender of the locomotive?

Jim

This was an idea I developed for my Inglenook, 100% homemade https://www.newrailwaymodellers.co.uk/Forums/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=33932&start=465#p654477

Jim

Well Geoff it seems wagon kit building is contagious as well. With us back in near lockdown I have ordered six Dapol kits to keep me occupied through the long winter evenings, 3 x 20T tank wagons with different brandings, 1 mineral wagon, 1 x cattle wagon and 1 x Meat Van. Construction will begin af...

Some seriously good modelling going on there, couldn't help thinking that the style of buildings your are creating bore a lot of similarity with the buildings graphically created for in the computer game "Uncharted 4" (the wife plays it all the time)

Jim

Thanks all - there have been a recent series of videos on you Tube that has really got my creative juices flowing around the old Glasgow Central Low Level Line and its associated routes. Here is the link to the series of videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyP8Ze5Sgr6_F3nEBADWfvg There is also t...

I would definitely go for black drab for the downpipes, chances are they would have been cast iron and would have corroded readily, with the paint peeling off to reveal a dark brown/black corroded surface that would have been at the bottom of the list for maintenance. A bit of brown rust weathering ...

Stainsacre wrote:

so hopefully by Xmas

Which Christmas

I would like to think that it will be this Xmas, you might just have laid down the gauntlet to me

Jim

Plan update. The slow progress in getting things done has not been entirely wasteful as I have been continually poring over the track diagram and making some tweaks and firming up other part of the layout. trackplan.jpg The main changes have been away from the area under construction, and are as fol...

That is a very effective use of backscenes Gencairn - like it!

Jim

Really looking the business now Ex-Pat, fantastic work, looking forward to seeing it in position.

Jim

Greetings All! So I have moved slowly forward with the eastern throat of Northbridge, all points are now in position with the slots cut out to locate the motors. If I was to start completely from scratch I would use the underboard PL-9 Turnout Motor Mounting Plates and extended pins, but this is the...