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I'm hoping to get some more done tonight and will post some more pics. I got a lot of plastcard for Christmas so some of it will go towards finishing the lighthouse

Lighthouse update fixed some mirror plastcard inside the part that will turn .iv also fixed some mercarno to the end that will attach the gearbox. The gearbox is from an tamiya rc car with the diff locked on one side and iv got a model boat motor that should turn slowly on very low volts.the builbs ...

That's a great looking church

Merry Christmas to you all .happy New year.

That's a fantastic look loco Peter.

I sprayed waterd down chilly powder to get rid of cats in my garden and this helped loads.A very old gardener who I used to help told me to chase off the squirrels from the garden and this would stop them returning.i tried this in my own garden and it actually did work.

This looks good already Peter look forward to seeing more

Very good idea I hadent through of that my garden gets the sun and gets very hot

This will go inside the lighthouse top part and turn .iv got a rc car gearbox and motor that I will modify to turn this part with a very bright led bulb in the centre I also have some mirrors to go inside to help reflect the light .

Started to make the revoveing light for the lighthouse. I bought some credit card size magnifying glasses off e bay .

Yes it's going to be very big I think it's going to end up about 4 and a harf foot high

Very nice peter

Thank you all for the kind comments. More progress tonight roof is on its way

I recently built my daughter a totrod it's like a little go kart that you push along with a rod .it's all from scratch and all from wood .

The lighthouse I started this last night it's going to be a little complicated to build but I like a challenge

Thanks for the tip Peter I will get some black next time I do a roof.the reason I used cheap tile grount/ adhesive . I used a small pot at home for a small job in my kitchen. I left the pot in my shed and it set like concrete so iv used the same stuff again it goes off very quick.this building will ...

There are a lot of thatched cottages where I live and that's spot on

Sorry this is the North avenue light railway office. As you can see the office has seen better days and is looking tired .this is the first time iv used plastcard for the slates and very pleased with how they look .I will make a jig at some point to make cutting these easyer

This is the both avenue light railway office made from plastcard and then renderd with very cheap bathroom grount

Not been on the form much as my daughter work and life in general is taking up time but started this building a few mouths ago iv finished it tonight