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gregh wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 11:46 am Thanks Rik. It was great fun. Maybe I've been concentrating too much on Operation and not just 'playing'.

As The Cat in the Hat says, "it's fun to have fun, but you have to know how" - I reckon you do Greg!

Thanks for the video,

Andrew.

DonW wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 5:10 pm I enjoyed that. Those cranes look very interesting.

Don

Nice to see Rocket too... Great report, thank you! Andrew

Sorry to hear about the loss of the latest incarnation of your line, but looking forward to hearing about the new version - hoping it takes shape as quickly too!

With best wishes,

Andrew.

I was tweaking a fishplate on the lift-out bridge next to the back gate the other day and wondered what all the strange yellow detritus all over the track was - looking up, I noticed that the box tree above it was a complete mess, which seems to be the work of the box tree moth. I'll find an alterna...

Hi all, Fans of the Ffestiniog webcams might enjoy this film taken in and around Porthmadog signal box - a kind of "day in a life" but edited, sped up and set to music: https://www.facebook.com/will.stratford.7/videos/10214541457593546/ It's on Facebook, but you don't need to be a member t...

Looking good! Love the tall chimney - if you get the cab right she'll look a beauty. Kinda reminds me of the Peckett "Jurassic" and sisters... What colour are you going to go for? I'm amused at the thought of you riding up and down your drive behind her... Don't suppose you can break throu...

Hello all, The weekend's good weather gave me the opportunity to continue with ballasting work. The difficult to reach stretch beneath the deck and swing sofa was lifted, the trackbed cleared of obstacles and the whole lot realigned, before ballasting and leveling with granite chippings. It's been a...

Another thread I'm just catching up with - and that looks great, Rod! Absolutely full of character, and I love all the details, especially the full-length double footboards and handrails... It looks great with the tram and carriage, looking forward to seeing it with a goods train too... Cheers, Andr...

Hello! Just catching up with this thread - and most others, come to that! The carriage interiors are great, thank you! In particular they answer a question I've pondered of late, namely should carriage floorboards be transverse or longitudinal. The answer, as I should have guessed, seems to be that ...

I enjoyed the Inspector's report very much, thank you! The video was particularly good - it's a great little railway that you've made...

With best wishes,

Andrew.

Interesting thread... I'd advise against a Little John (and so too, presumably, a Bulldog or Hercules) in this context. I love my RH Little John, I think it's a fantastic loco, but the one thing that disappointed me when I got it was its haulage capacity. Early ads stated that it was as powerful as ...

Hello! A little more progress on the latest WHR wagons this weekend, with the strapping I made a month or so ago painted and glued on: Wagons with strapping.jpg Nearly there with these two - brake gear and a couple of other details to add, then some weathering so that the ironwork doesn't contrast q...

Afternoon all! Apologies, it's been yonks since I've been on the Forum, partly because I've spent the last two weeks away in the beautiful Orkney Islands... As ever, I got back from holiday keen to crack on with the railway, starting with cutting the grass and tidying the garden in order to find the...

ge_rik wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2019 6:06 am Brilliant! Especially enjoyed the morning after the night before shot!

Me too, most amusing - a great report, thanks Peter!

philipy wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2019 8:57 am Thanks for posting the Inspectors report, Peter.
I think this must be the first time he hasn't found anything to criticise, I'm certainly not looking forward to when he gets around to me!

Ah, well, he's not inspected a "Railway of the Month" before - he's star-struck!

Glad they work well - they look great too! I really like short bogie carriages...

All the best,

Andrew.

Sorry, only just catching up, haven't been online much lately, but a belated congratulations on a fantastic article. The pictures were superb, particularly the full-page shot showing the whole layout. The combination of your article and the wonderful one by Andrew Crookall last month will indeed do ...

I share your frustration about the picture quality and the tendency to freeze, but - much as I love the other lines - you can't beat the FfR for variety. At the moment I'm particularly enjoying watching Linda on the 8:40 from Porthmadog - extra carriages are added when she returns and a Double Fairl...

I'm glad the inspector found everyone in the end! Whatever may not have been to his liking (I can't imagine that he's overly fond on horses on the platform...) he must surely have approved of the wasp-striped gauging vehicle? Something similar's on my to-do list, so I can spot and deal with encroach...

It seems it's not just us railway modellers who find it more convenient to glue their ballast in place. Not my photo, but I spotted this at Paddington yesterday: https://live.staticflickr.com/5179/5494892385_35123b681a_b.jpg Quite realistic, don't you think??? I'd like to see the size of the syringe...