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Hi Barry,
that's a pretty general question there. I'd say minimum 24 AWG.

Thanks, Brammie! The layout at night (or very early morning anyway). Just a phone photo, so it looks a lot brighter than it actually is. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/57XQb7MgW9h9qytLrFLBB2kZzSYK-7hrJWDvhtZN4JbUNGWay6yDLkgbFlzc5doAI6HFWtM6UvSYLH3tZODXfKlnE_BTCiUhQ3084wrRjhMo6BcQ54IGPfxjDdIwsOWiH...

End2end wrote:Not sure about Fimo but it may be air dry too.

Fimo really only sets in the oven.

I didn't read it, I just googled it. It did say it was last updated in Feb 2020 though.

https://peco-uk.com/products/road-bridge-side-double-track-stone says > Kit consists of one bridge side and two separate wing/retaining walls, ready painted vacuum formed plastic. There is also this one https://railsofsheffield.com/products/32699/scenecraft-44-0072-oo-gauge-weybourne-road-bridge I r...

Great work, James!

Point clips are specific to Hornby set track. Personally I'd prefer to solder extra power feeds but I quite like soldering.

Digitrax Zephyr Express takes a lot of beating. I've had my DCS50 Zephyr since 2002 and I haven't felt the need to move on. At the time it was the most affordable before Hornby and Bachmann came out with their efforts. I suspect if I had bought a Hornby Select or Bachmann EZ Command I would have re...

https://www.hattons.co.uk/160456/dapol_ ... etail.aspx ?

Instructions often say to wash plastic kits in soapy water before painting but I never bother. Most paints go on fairly easily, apart from white. White paints all suck although I'm fairly impressed with the Vallejo range of paints.

One shortcoming of the Peco turntable is the method of carrying power to the rails. This is a DC era design so there is power interruption to effect polarity change. In my experience this didn't matter since the locomotive does not need to move while the turntable is turning. It would only be notic...

from a Dynamis manual: Changing the function setting The control of each function on the decoder locomotive can be set to latch or trigger Latch – once pressed the function output is activated until the key is pressed again to turn off Trigger – the function is only activated for the duration of the...

That's what air conditioners are for.

I think I would knock down that shed and build something a bit more comfortable.