People forget that you can do it all to scale so scenic alterations or breaks have to be a compromise as long as the main station is scale then they shouldn't complain. I wanted to build my old station its okay with a bridge to east but the west is 2 miles of straight track I'd need to use bushes and trees at some point to hide the end for the fiddle yard I can't go 2 miles in scale to the next bridge.

@Steve Bluesbury: Hello Steve, As a frequent visitor to Sidmouth I have watched old films of trains at Sidmouth. My first impression from the model was that the station looks too big, but your comment indicates that my impression was wrong. Was the station ever as big as the model indicates? I would love to study them more closely if you confirm that the buildings are an accurate representation.

@@johntimbrell Hi John. Currently a lot of the site is taken over by industrial/commercial buildings extending out from the original station buildings now so it’s hard to judge but it looks ‘right’ to me. In the presentation I seem to remember Richard Harper saying he visited and took measurements. There’s also the entrance to the old goods yard on Alexandria Road. Quite a large area there. Some of the old films and photos are taken from within the site so you never see what’s behind you. It can be deceptive. Anyway, for me it just seems to capture what I wasn’t around to see at the time and fills in the old photos and films.

@@johntimbrell Hi John, apologies I missed your question. The station is absolutely to scale as are all the buildings, The track layout is to scale up to the Signal Box. Thereafter I had to compromise to (a) for space reasons - the headshunt was much longer in reality (b) I needed a scenic break to hide the fiddle yard (c) I wanted to include the two sidings to the J.P. White Works but had to flatten the curve behind the SB, once again for space considerations.

Thanks Richard E, hope to see you before too long! Steve

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Probably the same people who criticized it for not having enough trees!

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12% is quite a lot, and to my eye very noticeable except when looking across at a very low angle. Driving wheels (steam) going into the boiler?? Each to his own of course. Steve

@Mark... The big difference between OO and P4 is not the scale. It is the gauge standard. OO uses the HO gauge of 16.5 mm. P4 uses the correct gauge related to the scale (4mm to the foot) of 18.83 mm. Note, P stands for “proto”. I myself (try to) model in P87 which is the “finescale” standard for HO (half O). Regards from the Netherlands.

@@nicokremers7150 Oh OK I get it now. Thanks for explaining.

This is the second video I've been on and found you commenting on the ballast not being shitty brown enough in colour.