There are a lot of good things that come out of being a member of a model railway club. You meet like minded people, you can get good ideas and also good advice. Warley club has an excellent library and around 24 layouts to play with. Not all of these are up at the same time but most of them are. Another great thing about being a club member is that, if you are into exhibitions, you get the chance to take club layouts to various exhibitions. Being a club member is also a good way to get your own layout onto the exhibition scene as many clubs have their own exhibition and need "home" layouts that are cheap. Clubs also have contacts at other clubs which again is helpful if you want to exhibit your layout.

I have reached a point where I have my own exhibition manager contacts and I think exhibition managers have a degree of confidence in me as an exhibitor. This is all very nice and cosy but it can make life interesting. Last night this new layout got invited to the Warley at Statfold show for this October. Looks like I'm going to be a busy boy! This is what it looks like at the moment.



At least it is all fully working and I have painted the track since this photo was taken.

Just realised it should have read .02, have modified accordingly.
Apparantly I was 0.06 this time last year, and 0.04 in July, so all going down nicely.
He mentioned there is a chance next couple of readings will be higher, but as long as they don't go over 0.05 all is good.

Quote from: Newportnobby on January 27, 2026, 01:56:55 PMThanks for that. I don't do Facebook. Perhaps they could update their own website

People that "do" Facebook don't realise that many of us don't. They should certainly have a progress line at the top of the "expression of interest" page. It would probably accelerate progress. If it's gone from 50% to 80% in a month, they should get there or thereabouts by March...  

Well done, son.

Mine's currently 0.04, so I'm hoping it doesn't go up!

Quote from: njee20 on January 27, 2026, 10:28:20 PMI'm presuming these have been finished by Rainbow in part, like the bespoke models. Interested to see what the quality is like.

Yeah the numbers and nameplates are added by Rainbow. To be honest I wouldn't be able to tell unless told, looks just like a factory finish to me . May look odd in the photo but doesn't look like it on the model

Ordered number one, just pondering on another.
As @njee20 mentioned 5 and 7 appear popular, now down to 4 of each left, whilst all the others are showing 5+

Five seemed oddly popular; with only 1 left when I ordered. I actually forget which one I got! The number looks a little odd in that photo. I'm presuming these have been finished by Rainbow in part, like the bespoke models. Interested to see what the quality is like.

Quote from: cookiescrumble on January 27, 2026, 03:09:26 PMAnother Class 66 from Rainbow Railways turned up today ...

Seven. Noice. I'm mulling over one from One to Six.   Maybe all six.

Just had my 2yr review of my Prostate treatment, PSA score now down to 0.02, has steadily dropped every test since the treatment.       

Yeah, when I rode the Ffestiniog a few years back it stopped for half an hour on the way back because a piece broke. Luckily the crew had a spare bit on board.