Petermac said

You can't just post a string of photos like that and walk away Graham - we need information !!

You told Ed you build "diorama" type layouts and I can see some similarities between this and your shelf layout - are some elements inter-changeable ?

Second question - does/did Mumps Mill exist in Oldham or is it reflection of a childhood disease ………………………….?

Third - I note the buildings came from the Metcalfe stable but not so sure about the factory windows on the backscene - is that a Scalescenes print ?

And finally (for now) - what are the fuel storage tanks ?  They look excellent.

From “Post #290,882”, 6th January 2025, 4:37 pm

Hi, they wouldn’t be interchangeable because my dioramas are mostly 1/76 scale or 1/43.  Mumps is the are that I have modelled, mumps mill was real and the area contained the Oldham train station and the goods yard extended from there with lots of mills and factories. although most of it was demolished in the late 70’s. The train station survived into the 2000’s until they built the tram station. The buildings are metcalfe and the backdrop is print outs of the original area and station, the sides are scale scenes that came free in a railway magazine ( which I also used on my shelf layout) and I made the corrugated pieces from cardboard painted silver and rust colour. The fuel storage tank was an e liquid bottle painted green with a red paper clip and plastic for the pipes. The other tank was off the back of a kids plastic tractor and trailer given the same treatment with paint and bits of plastic for pipes.