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In August the South West Wales 16mm Group meet was at the Merlins Castle Line. The project was to make a cliff out of concrete using wire, mesh, bedsheets hessian and cement etc. It now has to be continued around and more layers of concrete applied for it to be finished. The loco was owned by Simon ...

Wow, The village is brilliant Peter, it looks so realistic. I can’t believe how fast it has come together. Brilliant pictures

HI I have only just seen this thread about your thatched cottage, brilliant, and the garden and witch what a great idea. I thought I could have trimmed the broom on the cottage I built to have the proper effect, but it didn't work so I left it as it is. I used waterproof gorilla glue so it will be i...

Hi, I have just found this thread about a passenger railbus purchased from North Pilton Works not arriving. I was wondering if Roger and Gloria ever received their refunds or railbus. I have also ordered and paid for the railbus but have not yet received it. It was ordered in early June 2018 and is ...

Thanks for doing this thread Tom, I now know not to put on too much SBR and to cover it over securely. I haven't ballasted the outside track yet, but I am hoping to do so in the next few weeks. I have started to ballast inside the shed track using pva mixed with water and it turned out fine. :thumbr...

Brilliant Peter,

Hi Mikael, I am a newbie like you. like everyone says this forum and the 16mm association is the best for information. Best piece of advice I had was from Peter Butler of this forum who said Don't rush and start building, have a look around the forum and 16mm association magazines for different idea...

Met a friend the other day,, and he handed me a little package. Inside these beautiful turntable locking levers appeared. What a work of art. Amazing hand made. I haven’t fixed them to the turntable yet They were based on an American Narrow Gauge Railway.

The picture in the shed was bought from the well known auction site. Type in Tuscany landscape mural wallpaper and you should be able to find it. It just resembled the view behind the shed, so I was very pleased.

Really effective Peter, looks great

Lovely

Line is now up and running. locos are Peter,s having the maiden run. Buildings are Cain Howleys purchased from a retired gentleman. The journey has started to the future, thinking cap is now in overdrive

lovely

looking forward to see you line develop.

Brilliant that you are now back on track, and the fairy's now have a new garden. Love it

Really good, Love the dog

That looks really good Peter, if I had known I would have come and helped you. Don't know if I could have pushed the barrow up to your track tho.

I am so lucky to be living in this beautiful spot, in this weather it is great. Winter is very different heavy winds and heavy rain. But we stay indoors as much as possible then, or this winter in the shed.

Some more pics.