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Mission Aborted folks ,,,,wife said the 100mm cellotex was too high and any embankment would look silly also I fear I would have problems keeping the track fixed down ,,,the new plan is to build the embankment with wood supports and mdf top and I might use the cellotex for the front of the embankmen...

Have had a bit of a set back ,the cellotex came unstuck,the b and q no more nails didn't hold it,I have reglued it with gripfill,I'm hoping that will be ok ,then I found that nothing would stick to the foil face of the cellotex so yesterday I had the tedious job of removing it,after a couple of hour...

Thanks Dublo,,,

Hi ,,,,after a couple of years of not really being 100% happy with my layout I decided to take it all up and try to recreate something more exciting :D :D ,,,I bought a couple of wardie master models girder bridges which are going to be incorporated in the upper level track,,which is twin tracks run...

Hi all ,,,,went to a dolls house miniture exhibition today with the wife ,funny enough there was a seller whose website is the title,he sells oo,n and o gauge fine scale brass kits ,the one that caught my eye was the signal box interior for £13 ,,,,oo gauge,I know some of you guys look like kit buil...

Hi Dublo and Mountain and thankyou for your replies,,,,I'm modelling early to mid sixties ,mainly steam and the layout is more rural than towny ,,I think I will go a Matt or semi sheen grey ,,,I wire brushed one of them down because it was painted gloss grey and quite heavy,underneath was a brown c...

Hi Dublo and Mountain and thankyou for your replies,,,,I'm modelling early to mid sixties ,mainly steam and the layout is more rural than towny ,,I think I will go a Matt or semi sheen grey ,,,I wire brushed one of them down because it was painted gloss grey and quite heavy,underneath was a brown co...

Just bought two wardie master models girder bridges no 68,they are two different colours of which I already new so I want to respray them to match each other ,,,what colour would be 'sort of right ',,,I'm thinking red oxide or grey ,both in a Matt finish ,,what do you guys think ,,,,mjb

Hi ,,,,your static grass is good ,I've also decided on adding static grass to my layout ,I bought one of those tea strainer types off eBay ,hopefully it will turn out as good as yours,,mjb

Have a look at 6i hornby

Hi and welcome yarisman ,,,,what part of the country do you reside,,tell us also your plans for your layout ,,,mjb

Thankyou Timbersurf,,very helpful,,,mjb

Thankyou mountain,very interesting,,,,mjb

Went to Barmouth today ,on the beach with the family,gale force wind,rain and sand storm but still had a good time ,but while walking around the town and approaching the railway level crossing ,the barriers were up ,started to cross ,seen a train coming ,we stopped dead and moved back and watched th...

Hi ,,,,been thinking about having a go at some static grass oo my layout ,,the question is ,,those of you who have done this what type of applicator did you use ,IE,,,the proper peco one or the homemade tea strainer type ,,,I will want to use all different lengths of grass upto 10mm at least ,,,also...