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The castle camps light railway
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2025 10:10 pm
by jim@NAL
Good evening. Iv not been on here in years im starting a new railway in a lot bigger garden so first project a ruined abby
Re: The castle camps light railway
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2025 11:52 pm
by Peter Butler
Hi Jim, welcome back, great to see you again.
Your new project looks wonderful, please show us more.
Re: The castle camps light railway
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2025 12:26 am
by LNR
Yes welcome back Jim, glad your able to start again and with more space.
Looking forward to see where you go with this new railway. I know it will have many interesting buildings.
Grant.
Re: The castle camps light railway
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2025 8:56 am
by philipy
Hi Jim, welcome back from me as well.
I like that abbey building , how have you made it?
Re: The castle camps light railway
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2025 9:42 am
by jim@NAL
It's made from xps foam board .iv carved the stones into it.iv moved in to my parents house and we converted the workshop into a granny annex .iv not got a huge garden
Re: The castle camps light railway
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2025 10:17 pm
by jim@NAL
More progress tonight
Re: The castle camps light railway
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 7:06 am
by philipy
Coming on nicely, Jim.
Re: The castle camps light railway
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2025 10:04 pm
by jim@NAL
A little more progress done the corner stones
Re: The castle camps light railway
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2025 4:04 pm
by jim@NAL
One more lot of corner stones to put on and we are ready to paint
Re: The castle camps light railway
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2025 4:05 pm
by jim@NAL
Got a hot wire tool made it a lot easier to cut
Re: The castle camps light railway
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2025 11:56 pm
by LNR
Starting to really take shape now Jim.
Grant.
Re: The castle camps light railway
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2025 5:50 pm
by jim@NAL
Thank you start to paint it tonight
Re: The castle camps light railway
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2025 6:47 pm
by Peter Butler
Will you be adding a porch entrance at the circular window end?
Re: The castle camps light railway
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2025 8:55 pm
by jim@NAL
No im not .I only noticed tonight iv bulit this with no door .I may add one its going to be placed where plants grow and I want them to grow a lot around it so if I don't add a door you probably won't notice
Re: The castle camps light railway
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2025 12:29 am
by jim@NAL
Started painting
Re: The castle camps light railway
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2025 6:26 am
by philipy
I can just see that old blacked stonework peering out from the ivy etc. Lovely job Jim.
Re: The castle camps light railway
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2025 7:52 am
by LNR
Wow! that looks great. You certainly nailed the colours there Jim.
Grant.
Re: The castle camps light railway
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2025 10:26 am
by Peter Butler
Great job Jim, looks neglected on the outside, fire damaged inside.
Re: The castle camps light railway
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2025 10:10 pm
by jim@NAL
Done final paint tonight. will put outside at the weekend
Re: The castle camps light railway
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2025 8:42 am
by Old Man Aaron
Looks damn good. Even better once nature takes hold of it.
It's amazing how big these things are when indoors.