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Thanks both. These little films are always enormous fun to make.

The trains all come through the middle of the house since the company bought the land.

Lonsdaler wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2024 2:32 pm Very enjoyable. I can't wait for episode 2!

Thank you. Episode two is going to take a few weeks.

BertieB wrote: ↑Tue Jun 11, 2024 12:10 pm Wow! Very clever.

It's amazing what can be done on a computer in post production these days.

Wonderful - transported me back to my relative youth watching Thomas and friends on TV. :D :D :D great storyline developing. In Oxfordshire we must have missed the worst of the rain earlier in the year, some flooding but here at WIRL the tracks were never flooded like yours. How did the point motor...

This is the third film featuring Devious Diesel's shenanigans since he arrived on the Wychbold and stoke Prior Garden Railway.

Overnight it rained heavily and this morning some of the railway was flooded again.This afternoon the sun broke through and I couldn't resist running a train.

Thanks both. All of the filming was done on the one dry day this month. The green screen stuff took half a day and the facial animations half a day - I'm getting quite slick at it now. The editing took 3 or 4 hours. The thing that takes the most time is coming up with an idea for a film. All great f...

It's approaching the 2024 operating season for the Wychbold and Stoke Prior Railway (WASPRly) and there are lots of jobs that need to be done before trains can be run.

ge_rik wrote: ↑Mon Aug 14, 2023 9:30 am Another fine story. You're becoming a master of special effects!

Rik

Thank you. I think I need to be a little less ambitious when I make the next video. This one took a-g-e-s.

Ianm wrote: ↑Mon Aug 14, 2023 8:56 am Brilliant episode. My grandson is waiting for the next episode!

Very clever video.

Best

Sorry, but I'm all out of ideas at the moment!

Diesel is in disgrace. Not only had he destroyed Sir Topham Hatt's new paint store, he had also damaged himself so badly that he needed to be sent away for repair. His replacement is Paxton, another class 08 diesel electric shunting locomotive. He is a friendly and helpful engine. If he has a fault,...

Lonsdaler wrote: ↑Sun Jul 02, 2023 1:50 pm Hee hee. The tension builds - looking forward to the next episode.

I managed to do some filming this afternoon. Just checking through the rushes now. Lots of derailments and crashes. I hope I can salvage something from it.

Thank you.

Thank you.

A lot of work is being done on the Wychbold and Stoke Prior Garden Railway in preparation for Thomas and his friends next adventure.

Ianm wrote: ↑Mon May 29, 2023 3:16 pm Excellent - good fun video. And fancy video editing too.

Thank you. At times I wished I'd never started it. I've probably spent days editing it.

There’s a new kid on the block. He's an oily character and doesn't mind who he upsets. Unfortunately poor Toby is the victim of his cruel tongue. Sir Topham Hatt has had a brand new shed built and he's very proud of it, but with Diesel's couldn't-care-less attitude it may not stay in pristine condit...

Your lawn is almost bowling green standard. Mine is, at best, golf course rough. As Greg says, an interesting track plan. I like the junction for the branchline. Rik Thanks. There's still lots to do to fully integrate the railway into the garden, especially on the branch line side. The plan is to e...

gregh wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 11:11 pm That's an almost perfect GR. Some double track, plenty of stations and passing loops, lots of wiggly track and a sunny spot to sit and watch trains.

Thanks Greg and, as you can see, there is plenty of scope for further development.