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Thank you Peter yes it's very very big .

The door is a little small for the scale but I think it looks right and after looking a pictures of light houses they had quite small doors anyway

Some more done on the lighthouse. Having some celitex left over from work I cut some up .ct1 it together and having some plasterers scrim in the van I waped it in it.i then gave it all a coat of pva. Iv renderd it in tile adhesive

I hope so peter it looks very bright on the video needs a bit of ajusting but should be ok

https://youtu.be/Br08TTWNR4U It works lights very bright on the video and I need to find a different power surply for the motor that turns the spinging part .it's a old hornby train power pack I bought from a junk shop for 8 pounds and it's not that great it gets very hot .I will change this for som...

Yes they are in revuse order .hopefully il get the light turning tomorrow eve

I find making models extremely relaxing. It's good for the soul .i can spend a howl evening with the radio on and lose myself in making a model I don't have to answer any e mails or phone calls asking me to fix any problems. For a few hours if desconected from the whole world and in a world making a...

More progress tonight on the lighthouse. Thanks for the tip about vanishing the copper bit looks a lot better. Iv sprayed and wheatherd the top of the lighthouse

That's rather great peter

Wow this is looking fantastic looking forward to seeing more

Thanks for the kind comments. Iv got some matt varnish I will try it tonight .Thanks for the tips

Great job

Very slow progress on the lighthouse as works busy at the moment.iv decides to make the roof look like it's Copper. I sprayed it with copper spray paint then iv weatherd it too look green

That's fantastic

That's fantastic how amazing to be 107 .i worked on a house for someone who's mum was 97 .the house was up a long track about 2 and harf miles from where his mum lived one a week she would walk the 2 and a harf miles to see us working on the house .she was as fit as a fiddle ate very well and still ...

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.