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The hotel looks excellent in place - really supurb work. And I love the overviews of the road from outside the hotel, curving over the railway and into the back ground ... it really frames that end of your layout perfectly. But what is the next project? And does Fintry Junction live? Or is it good b...

"Southern Nouveau" has been out of print for many years - I wish I had a copy but don't unfortunately.

I've heard a new edition is on the cards ... but have been hearing that the last couple of years ... let's hope it actually comes to print soon

Apparently yes. When I laid the track on my layout I found some of it didn't seem to want to bend quite how I would expect it to, and I had to force it to stay flat. It was only afterwards that someone posted the fact that it's supposed to bend one-way only (I later discovered there are really minis...

I love this picture ... not so much for the Sub, but more for the patch of mud (lower-left) - and it's distinctly mud, not 'a puddle'...



... quite sublime

It's always great to see pictures of your layout Simon, I find the quality, detail and 'operational third rail' totally inspiring. One thing I'm curious about: You have a great eye for detail - particularly when it comes to the finer aspects of third rail / cabling / ramps etc ... is this through ba...

Well worth the wait - the hotel is excellent!

I like the different coloured window frames at the back compared to the front, and the colours of the stone work look spot on.

Somehow though I think this hotel is haunted, it looks like it has a real history

Some pictures of it in situ next?

Very impressive indeed - and the platform canopies in particular really catch the eye!

The point control lever sections are equally impressive - but may I ask what are 'keeper sections' ?

Excuse my ignorance

"...there will be a progress update soon ..."

With pictures please

Sir Hayden, the thing to do is look at other peoples' threads on this and other forums. When you see a thread where someone who is doing something similar to what you want to achieve, read those particular threads from start to finish to see what you can learn from them. If there are things you don'...

"Less is More" in this case - it's amazing how one or two home-crafted distinctive features (like the tunnel mouth) can really set the scene.

Well done Sir!

"Any new photos ?" Not I'm afraid. I've been working on a few road vehicles and a trio of original LSWR 3-Subs from Worsley Works etchings. I'm sure the BBC will broadcast the news at the appropriate time :) http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd62/LondonResident/Frankland%20idents/John-Sn...

Hello Liam, I used Vallejo Acrylic paints paints for the semis, available from many model shops (and probably online too). For the bricks I used a mix of Orange Brown and Light Brown. Applying paint with a roller was an experiment which worked ok - but it wasn't spectacularly different to dry-brushi...

The ferry loading dock is excellent - you're a brave man to take a saw to your layout when you have so much scenic work finished.

Are you planning a ferry too? Or just the prow of a ferry appearing from off-scene?

Congratulations! I have to say that in my mind this is one of the best things to have happened in British N Gauge for quite a few years. It's been long demanded by modellers. But equally that demand was much ignored by the manufacturers. So it's also a great day for British manufacturing too! Well d...

Very atmospheric - in the first picture what's the item on the traffic Island? It looks like an old air-raid shelter entrance or similar (??)