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I've got some of those for larger magazines (Bylines & GERS Journal) but they're not exactly space-efficient. The ones I've got are about 2.5mm thick and they need a lever-arch file which aren't as compact as I'd like.

I like the Moorend design. With some adjustment at the lower level, you might be able to reduce the 1 in 8 to 1 in 16(ish), which would then be loco-worked. Hopton Incline on the C&HP was 1 in 14. Years ago, the Tamar group built a very similar layout Hemlock Byte which was in MRJ no.17 or can be found in this publication http://www.gauge0guild.com/small_layouts_1-02.pdf

Not something I have room for but it's a good idea. I'm contemplating approaching Modern Bookbinders to find out the costs for slip cases.

I've been working out a reply to Phil but you sum up my thoughts very well. I'd also add that I find the visual design of Model Rail, BRM & Hornby magazines uncomfortable, feeling a kind of shouty tabloid "hey look at this" style. That's a shame because they have some nice content at the core of the magazines and the photography is excellent. Proof of the pudding is that I keep very few of the MR, BRM & Hornby issues I do buy for future reference. They end up in recycling. Which of course means they'll undoubtedly become sought after collectors items... I will freely admit that I may be out of step with the mainstream but that's OK, I've got MRJ, NG&IRM and 3 tantalising issues of Finescale Review. I've got my MRJs in wirex binders of 20 from Modern Bookbinders. This makes them a bit unwieldy to refer back to or simply read for pleasure. With hindsight, I should have been having them properly book-bound by volume. Bit too late for that now with 250+ issues to deal with. NG&IRM are in the slip cases sold by the publisher. Any suggestions on how to store them more conveniently & accessibly gratefully received.

It was invented so every "grandad who drove the Flying Scotsman" could take their turn on the footplate. The LNER provided a reserved coach or several just behind the loco for all of them.

We'd have had two very good magazines instead of one. Bob intended the Finescale Review to complement MRJ, not compete. Bob was aiming for a gap in the market between MRJ and the mainstream model railway press. I believe the mainstream magazines would have needed to up their game, not MRJ. Mark

Not at an exhibition but I visited David Eveleigh last week to take some photos of Framsden for a forthcoming MRJ article. Here are a couple of shots I took using my phone. The rest of the photos were done with a DSLR but the quality of the images I'm getting from my LG G3 phone are very good indeed. I've now got a holder for it so it can be sat on a tripod. David's work has a "painterly" feel to it which makes it quite distinctive. Mark

It's possible Bill might have used a common return system which can be somewhat of a head-scratcher. Denys Brownlee used it on his layouts. The advantage is that it reduces the number of wires required.

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I can envisage quite a few exhibition managers taking notes for their layout accomodation requirements... Mark

Sieving the chinchilla dust should give some suitably size ballast. I've got some various kitchen sieves which I use for seperating scenic textures into specific sizes when required. Mark

I've got a 1999 TDM which is now coming up for 62000 miles. Until I retired, it was my daily rider for my commute to work. Very underrated bikes in the UK but popular in Europe. All I've had to do is replace consumables and fit a stainless exhaust when the original one rotted. From what I've read, Bob Trigg from Norton was asked by Yamaha to assist with the design of the bike. Mark

Redditch 1955 or Madras 2002? Rhubarb & Custard, the Russian recipe Mark

It's a real shame that Talking Pictures is ghettoed in the HD section of Freeview. It's not an HD channel and deserves a much wider audience. There's plenty of other makeweight non-HD channels that could be exchanged for it, all the shopping, religious, adult and +1 shite channels for a start. Some real gems on Talking Pictures plus all the small "Glimpses" short films which are fascinating. They don't have the rights to the well known films which is good because lots of lesser known films are being screened, some in restored formats which are amazingly crisp. I got a £20 HD box simply to get Talking Pictures because our Toshiba PVR can't get HD and just after setting it up, the film "Dateline Diamonds" came on, in which the opening sequence is of Harwich Docks and a Hunslet 0-6-0 shunting on the dock railway. Incidentally, the box is the August DVB400 and it has a lot of frustrating quirks but it can record onto a USB stick which makes it easy to capture and convert the programmes to DVD. Mark

I know my Commandos and that's a very sensible list of improvements. A lovely bike indeed. I spent a lot similarly upgrading a BSA A65. Got bored with it, sold it to my brother and bought a Laverda 750 SF3, which is the pretty much fully sorted parallel twin that the Commando ought to have been. 35 years later, I still have it. Mark

One of the great things about online shopping is the discounted prices.

Mixed gauge? Reasonably easy with transverse sleepered soldered track. Paul Styles had some interesting small modules of a similar overall size to the DJLC dimensions featuring mixed standard & broad gauge at a 2mm Supermeet. Quite a few years ago and predated the time when I usually had a camera with me. Wish I had a few pictures to supplement my memory! Paul was running a modified Ibertren Cuckoo on the broad gauge. He'd extended the axles and converted it to an inside cylindered loco, giving it a somewhat Victorian industrial loco look. Mark

That's what a lot of us who entered the Golden Jubilee challenge thought! Mark

Being quite proficient in IT, I've tormented many of these scammers. They are surprisingly gullible and can be very short-tempered when they realise you are dicking about with them.

Where could DCC go next? "Hello, my name is Stephen and I'm calling from DCC Windows Technical Services. We are having large amount of errors from your locos..."

Tim - possibly a better way to arrange a spring pickup like you need is to bend the wire like the coiled end of a safety pin. This should give you the springing you need in a small space. I've done a similar thing in place of omega loops in point mechanisms. Mark

Honestly, the nerve of these people!

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Never mind Jerry. It's a crackingly good issue. Loving JBS's article on buildings. The little sketches are lovely, a hint of Illiffe-Stokes about them. Mark