As ever, thank you for the nice comments. Glad it encouraged some to join the forum.

My response was delayed by a business trip to Ireland. Sadly it coincided with Arthurs Day:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur's_Day 
Is this the longest ever thread in LAF?
Will it ever end?
I hope not, as it's truly wonderful 
Not yet.
Maybe.
I've not finished yet....

(As a brief aside, do people mind the thread being so long? It seemed sensible to keep it all together rather than create a new topic each time I added something to the layout, meaning older items would eventually "get lost" in the depths of the archive.)
I wish somebody would come up with an idea for another competition build I wouldn't mind entering
I would definately be interested. May we should start a seperate thread for suggestions/discussion.
This whole project is superb - the only thing that needs adding now is more clutter. Those streets look awfully neat and barren on that tabletop!
I'm very aware the table needs "cluttering" (Hello David

). I have added piles of cardboard boxes and dustbins recently, but need to create some discarded newspapers etc to give it a less pristine look.