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Hi Ste I just used ordinary matt emulsion from wilkinsons 'Forest Walk'. Got a tester pot for about £1.25 / £1.50 ? It wasn't expensive.

aahh, thts not a bad price, trust good old Wilko's eh
i mite get some next time im in
cheers
Ste.

I always think the staff in the local DIY store must wonder what colour scheme I'm going for in the lounge when I buy 6 tester pots... Cocoa brown, sea green and Military Grey

beerandpies wrote:I always think the staff in the local DIY store must wonder what colour scheme I'm going for in the lounge when I buy 6 tester pots... Cocoa brown, sea green and Military Grey

To be honest i think they would be rather repulsed
Cheers,
Ste.

Hi everyone,
today i bit the bullet and got out my steam loco's. now the board has locos everywhere
I have a little 0-6-0, a flying scotsman and another called prince of paletine. they dont run great (the scotsman realy does fly on the corners off the edge of the board at full speed ! )
I will post some pics later on.
Cheers
Ste.

beerandpies wrote:I always think the staff in the local DIY store must wonder what colour scheme I'm going for in the lounge when I buy 6 tester pots... Cocoa brown, sea green and Military Grey

Hi, a little tiny update, no significance reely, but...
I was giving my track a clean today with my track rubber, and i was rubbing in one place constantly, and now it looks like i have laid a bit of ballast
ahhh well, i might have to get the proper stuff
Cheers
Ste.

At last, the photos i promised, they arent great quality but still, better than nothing
LNER 0-6-0, the first loco i bought.
"Prince Paletine" with 3 coaches behind it.
Flying Scotsman.

And now the bit of look-a-like ballast, which is just track rubberwhen rubbed too hard Cheers,
Ste.

Nice but I'm getting a sore neck from looking at the pictures for too long!! keep up the good work!

Thanks Phibs14.
i do aggree that the pics are hard to look at on an angle, but i cant fit as much in if u do it in portrait
i will change the orientation in future
Thanks,
Ste.

Hi ste. The ballast looks great . Where did you get your first loco? I cant recognise it .

Thanks Trains!. that little green loco, i think i got it at a doncaster exhibition wen i was like 6 years old, it was second hand then! it was made by graham farish. it still runs like a beast at full speed but its dreadful at slow speed, ive even oiled it
Thanks,
Ste.

is that an a4 prince palatine?! nice model! what lenght of train do you run it with

Hi phibs, yes it is the a4 prince palatine, and i ony run about 3 coaches at the moment. i have some light brown coloured coaches, but there isnt enough room to store them on the layout at the moment, i have about 6 of them. so its either 3 br coaches or 6 Lner ones
Thanks,
Ste.

Whilstin Newcastle for the day on saturday i nipped in modelzone. its pretty much useless for n gauge items apart from hornby lydle end. so i bought some
i got a: Lock with top and bottom adapters, a litle church gate and some walls for a house. lastly, a concrete hopper, which is too short to stand over the tracks and let a train pass under it
Thanks,
Ste.

P.S. the canal stuff isnt for this layout its for the layout im planning