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Very nice Carl ……. I am not cute enough to determine if that is a Bachmann or Heljan one…….. I have a Green SYP on back order with Suttons, but not sure it will be delivered before I depart this world ! Green, Maroon and other non-blue diesels are definitely becoming my thing and I have just pre-ord...

Steve - I seem to recall these came back to me with your DNA - “Do not ask (again)”

Great news Glencairn - time to break out the Diesels to celebrate ……. Long may your Diesels clag

It would definitely be the mother of all Sundays if one found a Black Western and a Maroon Hymek stabled at Portencross, silently awaiting their next call of duty

I can almost smell the smoke from the decoder……..Alternatively you could always regularly clean the track, wheels and pick-ups…….. and avoid the sorcery and risk involved in wiring stay alives to some decoders……… this is written with the benefit of painful and expensive experience !

Hi Folks, Been a long while since I last posted anything, although I do check in every few days ( mainly to see what Steve, Barry or Carl are up to next !)…….. the truth is that having completed the major build elements of my layout, I rather quickly became frustrated when running trains as there wa...

Wishing you a speedy recovery and resumption of normal services on your layout.

Very nice job as always Steve - great to see you back at it ! I have been in Gloucestershire for the past 4 weeks on new grandparent duties and have probably another two weeks to go before I head back north of the border…….have missed my trains and itching to make a start on something to carry me th...

I look in a couple of times a week but layout in limbo as I clear the remainder of the garage to create space to increase the layout by about 1/3rd and fit a helix to the lower fiddle yard……..unlikely to start this year, especially as first Grandson born a fortnight ago and now down in Gloucestershi...

Carl,

Try sprinkling very finely filtered and oven dried soil from the garden….it is great for dulling down surfaces - spray surface with hair spray to hold in place - try L’Oréal……it will be worth it !