... & arghing about buying Templot I've paid for it finally. I've seen a plan on here which has been itching in my head for a while& I think I am going to have a bash at designing it& possibly building the layout in P4. This link shows you the plan I wish to build topic 247 it's the plan which is the basic thru station with viaduct& large mass of pointwork near a small goods yard. I want to have a long term layout which I can exhibit& also set up in my attic& sit back& watch the trains go by. I think that plan can be stretched so I can have a 4 or 6 road fiddle at the back& watch my Black 5s roll by. Simon. posted: 29 May 2008 18:24 from: class76 Well I finally have it going& on first thoughts even though a bit scary at first the tutorials are great& it's easy enough so far to use. I've booked all this weekend off from my wife so I can have a good crack at Templot ...

... a schoolboy. The 'Super Adept' was replaced by a Unimat SL soon after I entered the work force, and machines have got bigger ever since. I was privileged to spend time with Sid and Mrs Stubbs about 20 years ago. By that time I was well immersed in engineering, having made gears and gearboxes to Sid's design (MRJ issue #42) and like Sid, designing gears in real life at that time. He arranged the chain drive to a locomotive displayed at Manchester's Museum of Science& Industry. His attic layout to "Manchester" standards performed superbly. It had extensive electrical interlocking and Sid would sometimes run his locomotives at alarming speed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the fail safe circuitry! Now having seen the video footage of Oscar Deluca's exact scale work in HO, the way forward seems quite clear, scale from prototype practice, no more no less! Matt, Are you "c...unctum" elsewhere online? If so, I could forward items that might be of assistance to you. Regards, Brian McKenzie ...