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Thanks Melly, I actually was looking at pictures of Horton Road the other day but for another project. Llanbourne's shed will have a roof like the Bachmann loco shed. Cheers Peter.

Thanks Simon, Might take a while everything seems to take ages to do these days. Cheers Peter.

Great set of pics Andy. I think they are the best backscenes you have done. I just showed the wife as she said WOW. Cheers Peter.

Ha ha food is so over rated. The detail on these wagons is so good all we have to do is some weathering. Keep the pics coming mate alway good to see what you have been up to. Cheers Peter.

Thanks Doug, I was worried the windows might be a bit high but having looked at more pics I think they are ok. Cheers Peter.

Did I really say that. lol

Thanks Simon, Nice shed by the way. I was looking at more depot/ shed pics last night and as you say the height looks about right. My shed will only be for light servicing but I am sure most sheds would have been a similar height. Cheers Peter.

Hi Stu, The latest pics are great, the layout has really come together well. Nice to see a Peak getting some work on the vans. I painted the white lines on my Airfix MK2s it was a real pain, I used a bow pen. once you get it working well it's not to bad. There were some FOs that were de classified to SOs I have done one I just painted out the yellow band and renumbered it. Cheers Peter.

No worries Phill, enjoy your holiday. Cheers Peter.

So I have done some drawings and a mate of mine has printed off some engine shed walls on his 3D printer. What do you think? I thought they might be a bit high but I am not sure. May be the windows are too high? Cheers Peter.

Hi John, Don't have that problem. It's very rare for a train to split on Llanbourne. Unless I have set the points wrong, and that does happen. lol Cheers Peter.

I know Kevin we are spoilt these days. though the prices are getting scary. I picked up a couple of Ploybulks for a good price the other day though, It's still nice to get a bargain now and then. That last pic of the Tigers is really nice, might have to get two myself. Cheers Peter.

Hi Nick, I have used both, but as Simon said the 308s can attract wagons if they have steel wheels and axles. I have replaced a lot of my wheels with 'Steam Era' wheels which have a brass axle. The 309s can do the same but it normally only happen's if you are only leaving the one wagon. I don't use the plastic base on the 309s I try and hide them under ballast using small bits of plasticard. They sit a bit lower but still work. Pic below shows a 309 before ballasting. Not a great pic but all I could find. Cheers Peter.

Hi Phill, Love the wagon bashing, The Westdale GUV looks like a nice model too. I notice the sand wagon in the pic above has a set of spoked wheels one end. Cheers Peter.

Hi Nick, I think they are great. I can uncouple loco's from trains with underboard magnets some of which are electromagnets. It means hand free operation. Kadee's do need to be set at the right height and as with anything not a 100% perfect they need tweeking now and then. I have two class 25s with ploughs both are done pretty much the same way. Hopefully the pics will show what I have done but I use Heljan ploughs and cut a hole for the NEM pocket type Kadee to go through I use number 18 or 19's I cut the tail bit off but leave enough to glue to the back of the centre plough. Cheers Peter.

Hi Kevin, Some great pics, I like that crane, very nice. The new arrivals are looking good too, the transits on the carflats look great. I have a Warwell on it's way and will get a tiger at some point they are a wagon I have always wanted. Cheers Peter.

Hi, Just been catching up on your thread. Superb modelling. Will be following from now. Cheers Peter.

Oooh a train Rattus rattus I do like a class 25. Goods shed looks great by the way. Cheers Peter.

A little bit of progress. I have laid a bit more track and I have had a go at improving the Peco point I have removed the cover so now need to replace the missing sleepers. I am thinking of making the points work by wire in tube or something like that rather than using point motors. I have also made a start on an old Lime 16t mineral wagon. I have moved the brake gear in line with the wheels and thinned things down a bit. Cheers Peter.

No worries Alan, My 4mm wagons are mainly old Airfix kits. I did do some with clasp brakes but they are not 100% correct but they look ok. The slots were a pain to do so would be really hard to do in N gauge. Cheers Peter.

Some great Pics of a very nice layout Alan, The buildings look spot on, lets hope you can use them one day on another layout. All the best on the new build. Cheers Peter.

Hi Alan, My ZHV's are 16t minerals with slots cut in the side to stop overloading, as far as I know none of these were painted into the Dutch livery. MCv's or the departmental ZKV's were old iron ore tipplers with no side doors. I had a quick look at Paul Bartlett's wagon website and it shows some painted in the Dutch liv. Not sure how long they lasted but some pics were dated 1990. Cheers Peter.

Hi Andy, I really like my class 25s, the Bachmann model does have it's faults but I can live with that. They do run really well. I did do some work on the fuel tanks but very little else, I am tempted to have a go at removing some of the plastic from the chassis which will improve the look at bit. The flushglazing is a pain on the Hornby MK2s I have done quite a few now and find filing out the back of the window frames is the only way. I use a knife to scrape round the edges and the toplights are the hardest to do and some of mine look better than others. I even filed the glazing too if it's a close fit. From memory the Lima ones are easier to do. I still have a few to do myself. I use Kadee's on Llanbourne and the coach rakes are all Kadee'd up using various types of Kadee to get them as close as I can. I have a mix of Lima and Hornby PCAs and the Hornby ones do sit about 1.5mm to high, and I use the same wheels under both types. From what I can see the moldings are the same but the axle holes are slightly different. Hope this helps. Cheers Peter.

Thanks Andy, That siding is the headshunt for the yard. Part of which is hidden by the bridge. It's long enough to leave a couple of wagons up by the blocks I often dump the barrier wagons there. Cheers Peter.

97406 had shunted the coal wagons and has picked up some ZHVs that it will trip back to the station and run round before going to Chester. 128 and 108 pass the yard and oil sidings on a local service. 25109 sits in platform 4 with the 4J09 vans to Manchester. Cheers Peter.