Hi all, getting back to normal now, thanks to all who passed on their best wishes. So back in the loft where spring cleaning and patching have been the order of the day. There were a couple of areas where I made minor improvements as I didn't feel it was looking great.
One the Northbridge Road Bridge, I had used the old Airfix/Dapol platform lamps but these are not really appropriate so I went on line and bought some decent ones that don't look a million miles from those that used to be seen in Edinburgh
The real ones are a bit more ornate, but short of getting a fret these will have to do. The wires are not connected yet, that is a job for the future.
Up at the Top end of the layout, a chance photo showed the tunnel into Gateside was a disgrace (out of sight behind the roof beam = out of mind)
This has now been rectified with an overlay fabricated to look a bit more presentable
On the motive power front, I have a Lima Metro Cammel DMU which superficially looks great but runs like a dog, so this has been made a Dummy two car set which will run either as a three car set with the parcels unit providing traction as shown here, or will pair up with the Bachman Cravens unit both of which are excellent runners
Thants all for tonight
Cheers
Jim
So I will need to re-install, no biggy as they were not embedded in the building.
It takes a few weeks for the eye to heal fully so I don't know how good it will be once the healing procedure is complete, it is still a bit fuzzy but already better than before. The operation is more terrifying on the lead up than the actual procedure itself, you really cannot work out what is going on and there is very little discomfort (thankfully). It will be a while before I get back in the loft as there is the usual restrictions on bending, lifting etc. Need to find something I can do from the comfort of the sofa.
