Quote from: port perran on January 26, 2026, 11:05:53 AM

Quote from: Newportnobby on January 26, 2026, 10:46:29 AMUsed in many an advert, this may strike a chord with some. I couldn't get on with the rest of the album, though

Sounds like the sort of music played before a funeral service to me.

It was actually played all day on the radio in Montenegro when a coach crashed Killing many of the occupants

Regards,

Alex

    
  Model railways are still fun in any scale & we can all learn from each other.Shame you can't have a space for all interested people
  stay safe regards Derek

After 25 years or so Maszyna is now on steam rather than some weird and wonderous custom install. It's also still free.

If you have any interested in driving mostly polish trains you can find it on steam.

No!!

Don't let the whiners get/take you down.

Bob,

I was enjoying your '00' diversion - simply looking at the size of your baseboards reminded me how big 4mm scale actually is. I found your observations on building the baseboards interesting and was looking forward to seeing progress with the layout and your return to active 'N' gauge modelling in due course.

@port perran is absolutely correct - if one finds a thread (or a board) is not one's thing, then don't read it. That's what I do and I hope others do regarding the three active threads I hold myself accountable for.

I do so hope you'll remain active on our Fabulous Forum and our Marvellous Moderators can help you find the best place to locate this thread. @Bealman was especially helpful in advising me where to put my 'Coarse Guide to the Steam Locomotive' thread.

Model Railways are Such Fun! - please stay with us. Please!

With the very best of good wishes.

John

Hi Bob,

I can understand some people thinking/saying "it's an N Gauge Forum" but the "General Discussion" thread does say "Other Scales" so perhaps you could post it there (I think Tank posted his garden railway there).

I, personally, was enjoying your build as I was brought up near Woking and travelled a lot to Portsmouth and Bournemouth so those are the only UK trains I really remember and have fond memories and know it is far easier to model in OO.

I don't really like the rmWeb so please ask the Mods if that's OK, ignore the knockers (way hay  ) and Keep Calm and Carry On!

I'm sure your N Gauge mojo will return so please don't burn any bridges and then regret it.

Hope helps.

Cheers, weave 

Hi Bob,

I enjoy your posts about stock (and your helpful notes on the 120!) and I like following your N gauge progress.

I am sorry you've lost your N mojo but I think this happens to us all from time to time.

Having said that, I also feel that, however useful some of the shared techniques may be, a thread entirely devoted to a OO layout is not appropriate here.

After all, there are many other forums devoted to other scales and where would it end?  Do we accept OO layout threads because the ballasting, woodworking or scenic techniques are useful?

I do hope your N mojo returns and I hope in future you can share what you learn during this build when you apply it to a cool new N gauge layout we can all enjoy!

cheers

Ben A.

I'm so sorry to read that Bob.

I fail to see why people complain.
It's the same old story.....if you don't want to read a thread then don't.
There are many threads on here that I don't read but I don't complain about them.

As a long established member of this community I think you should reconsider your decision and remain active and, hopefully, get your N gauge mojo back.

I'm closing this thread and asking for it to be locked, because some of the NGF users don't like me talking about my interests in other scales.

As I said in post #1 above "The layout is DCC sound (so that I can learn all about DCC and DCC sound, which is 100% new to me). There is only one problem for you, my readers. It's in OO. But what I learn with this build, and hopefully from my new membership of Syston  MRC, will help me finish my N gauge project, which has somewhat stalled.

More photos of the [baseboard] build will follow, as these things cross between all scales".

I've lost my N gauge mojo right now, and the new build with new things to learn about DCC wiring and operation apply to all scales. But I'm not prepared to share these scale-agnostic experiences with the Forum when I'm just as likely to get lambasted for mentioning the Orribly Oversized scale, which I have continued in my posts to point out that's not the reason I'm posting. I've been talking about generic skills.

So a small number of NGF users can feel very self-satisfied now in shutting this thread down, and ultimately shutting me down, at a time when my modelling mojo was at a low point. Quite frankly I don't know when I want to bother posting anything here again, because of the intolerance of some members.

Enjoy your hobby.

4 weeks since the last update on the Dapol website. Are we any further along, please?