I’ve just returned home from an enjoyable day at Stafford Model Railway Exhibition. I was helping out on Phil Greave’s lovely Ellesmere, and after some morning hiccups, settled down nicely. I have to say shunting is becoming the thing I really enjoy, and on Ellesmere it was no exception (especially with a 57XX at the …
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Operating the full layout….properly!
Today has been an eventful one! This afternoon I took delivery of the Cwm Prysor Fiddleyards from Tim Horn. Things didn’t go as smooth as hoped initially, regarding mating the boards to the main layout…..eventually though, we got there. Here is how things look now! Blaenau Ffestiniog/Trawsfynydd Fiddleyard below. The cassettes are split into loco, …
Enjoying the Hobby
Apologies for the rather ‘basic’ title of this blog, but it sums up how I’m feeling at the point. I have now finished the landscaping on the other board that runs behind the railway. I’m rather pleased with the results from this, which was probably the hardest task landscape wise. The landscaping in front of the …
Back on Track
‘Schools out for summer!’ the lyrics go, and my start to the Summer has been a nasty stomach bug. One week on, and I’m still not quite over it, but I’m getting there. It’s funny the psychological effect something like this can have on you. Last weekend I felt like giving up the whole hobby, …
Mineral Wagons – Part 3 ‘Planked ex POs’
So from the 16T, I have moved onto the planked ex Private Owner. The RCH design is most familiar to ex railwaymen and modellers a like. When we tend to think of POs, it’s easy for our mind to only think of the brightly coloured wagons supplied by model railway manufacturers. I think we have …
Trip to Stafford and Cwm Prysor’s future
Last weekend I took the trip to Stafford Model Railway Circle’s Annual Exhibition. I was in two minds about taking the trip with the stormy weather forecast. I took the decision to go, and I’m glad I did. I had visited Stafford two years ago as an operator with Gresley Beat, and didn’t get chance …
Modelu 3D printed Lamps-Review
As I mentioned the other week, I was sent Modelu’s prototype lamps to give feedback on the design. When received, Alan already told me he was working on a V2 which would have subtle improvements. The Production samples arrived on Friday, so this weekend was spent preparing them, one for review and two….for my Panniers! …
Cwm Prysor is born!
Evening all! Quick blog post showing that boards for Cwm Prysor have been cut. Tim has laser cut the templot plan, which has then been fixed to the baseboards. More work to do as one can see, but hopefully the boards will be delivered in the coming weeks!
Picturing the scene….and another 74
Short blog update tonight. A modelling friend and fellow blogger suggested a pose my E147 paired with a Pannier. How could I refuse! 😉 The Coach is pretty much finished minus painting. I’ve ordered paints for the interior, which is what I’ll address first. In the meantime work is underway on another 74XX, this one …
Building E147…progress continues….
This wasn’t what was originally planned as an entry today. Instead I was going to be doing the follow up post to the visit to Wales, and location spotting for the Cwm Prysor extension. I’ll do an entry on that later in the week. In the meantime, I recently visited Mr Tony Wright for some …
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