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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

Chin up tom hope you find some inspiration again.its a funny time of year at the moment the nights are drawing in and it steams to be dark and wet foggy all the time well it does here in suffolk. Great opportunity to stay inside and build some buildings etc .a far few bits on my railway took some in...

Very sad news hope you can rebuild it one day always liked your line espesaly the rusty bits .

Someone who is a builder who iv done a lot of work for over the years is moving out of his old unit .I went and meet him the other evening to photograph bits and bobs he wants to sell .he has a vintage bicycle that was his dad's iv looked on eBay and googled this make of bike it appears they used to...

Looking good Peter if used SBR to seal a badly layed concrete floor it seals the floor completely. You are right thurmalight or soft blocks are not used outside in buildings as the frost gets to them and render dosent sick to them very well.thay are very rearly used inside now too they are considere...

Very good Peter how did you ge5 the paint effect