The second series of UK Channel 5's Great Model Railway Challenge is currently being filmed, and should probably be broadcast in September/October again. There will be 8 episodes instead of 6 last year, and each episode might be a bit longer than last year.

Some of us 'Basingstoke Bodgers' attended the judging of a heat last week as part of the studio audience:

I've been looking into going to and maybe giving my youth in the hobby clinic at the RPM conference in chicago but so far sending one email a month or two ago through their contact form and again responding to their recent e-blast which specifically said respond here if your interested in doing a clinic I have had no response does anyone here have any experience with this group?

Center for Railroad Photography & Art 

http://www.railphoto-art.org/

Sometimes you stumble across amazing sites while looking for something else.  The CRP&A has beautiful quality images of many roads - work life, main line, still lifes of cities.  Not all the images are online, they have thousands of slides and prints in their home base of Madison Wisconsin, and they collaborate with libraries and learning centers.

I watched Martin’s video on how to model waves using toilet paper and glue while back, and thought I’d use the technique for this corner of my layout.  Really easy, and while my painting leaves something to be desired, as always, I’m very pleased with the shape of the waves.