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Hello again, With plenty of work to do bringing the railway up to scratch I thought the Permanent Way Department could do with some assistance. I quite like building a quick kit between lengthy scratchbuilds too, so over the last week or two I put this Swift Sixteen kit together: http://i35.photobuc...

Those are very nice - and they do look lovely behind your loco. Even behind my Bertie mine look tiny - not as tiny as they look behind one of these though!



Cheers,

Andrew

That's looking really lovely...

Wow, those doors are amazing!

Andrew.

That's looking really good, keep the photos coming!

Andrew.

You have your wife locked in a tunnel! Oh my goodness, I fear you may be in trouble! :oops: That's the least of the (WH)WHR's problems today! This morning my neighbour and I got stuck into replacing the broken fence. I'd hoped to retain the ivy that covered the panel that stood behind Penlan statio...

Very kind words chaps, I'm grateful. It's a shame that the fence will be going back up on Saturday, it'll limit the photographic opportunities again! The line does have lots of grotty and/or unfinished bits, but a bit of springtime growth should cover things up! The "bird in the guards van"...

ge_rik:116999 wrote:Nothing beats the look of tailor made pointwork.

Rik

I agree - I'm not usually one for drooling over pictures of pointwork, but those are beauties! Lovely to see the train pottering about too, it's turning into a very characterful line...

All the best,

Andrew.

Hello again, Today I received my RH Bertie back from Rhos Helyg. It had been rostered for services on Good Friday, but the Royal Mail had other ideas so I ended up collecting it from the sorting office this morning. Luckily my new employer deem it necessary to give us a 5 day Easter weekend (and who...

Yes, I think it is also too shiny. Yes, I agree with you both, and I really like weathering, BUT, the loco's named after my late mother-in-law and it doesn't seem quite right to cover it in grot! That's why I chose the dark green and yellow colour scheme - I thought it looked like an army loco, and...

Hello again all! I'm really very grateful for all your suggestions - I've tried most of them to the best of my ability but in the end had to ask for professional advice... I've just received the loco back from Tony at Rhos Helyg where the dodgy timing and one or two other problems have been resolved...

Hello all, It's Easter weekend and the sun's shining - time for a train! I had the additional incentive that a large part of our garden fence is down, opening up new views of the line, both from our garden and from next door's - with their permission of course! Margaret checked that the line was cle...

Looking good! I think it'll be nicer in maroon, less shed-like than varnish I reckon. Not that I've got anything against varnished carriages, I just reckon paint will suit this one better...

Looking forward so seeing it take shape - I always like the bit where 2D becomes 3D...

Cheers,

Andrew

That's very neat! I'm tempted to try it at my upper terminus where the point at the entrance to the loop is in a very awkward location. It looks like it would work brilliantly for 90% of my operations but would rule out passing trains there by running one straight into the loop while another is in t...

Hello! Glad you like my efforts! I feel I ought to clarify that the back stories you've been enjoying relate to the original figures - I've not been crafting strange science fiction epics linking the goings on a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away with those of inter-war Snowdonia. Although I am...

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I've never tried it, but do you think pressing chalk dust into the render as it dries would work? I just had a look at some chalk pit pictures - I reckon I'd try to leave some little pockets for planting...

Good luck,

Andrew.

Hello again... This week I've been painting the figures for the WHR Summer Car. I've done loads of these before, but I'm still surprised how long it takes... Here's a pleasingly surreal view of work in progress. The plate and knife in the foreground are not the remains of my dinner (I'm lazy, but no...

Keith S:116861 wrote:It is desirable that you should capture a video record of this test, so that we might enjoy watching it as well!

Yes please! That tank wagon's a beauty...

Andrew.

Thanks for the comments chaps, much appreciated. Yes, I've been dressing up my little Regner a fair bit, and there's more to come - I've got a tender under construction and it will gain a new coat of paint at some point too. I figured that because it would never look much like anything that ran on t...

Some wonderful photos, thank you! Those last photos inspired me to run my own Regner today - I must get on with repainting mine! I agree with the others too, beautiful rolling stock...

Cheers,

Andrew.