The developing scenery of the ANLR

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Sun May 24, 2009 12:04 pm

I've told you, you really need to go and see a doctor about that, that's a nasty infection you've got!

SLRmidge · Post by **SLRmidge** » Sun May 24, 2009 12:06 pm

Hasnt Formula one started yet?

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Sun May 24, 2009 12:08 pm

Couple of miniutes yet....

ps you've bungled my topic

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sun May 24, 2009 7:51 pm

Carm down, it's only the first one.

SLRmidge · Post by **SLRmidge** » Sun May 24, 2009 11:28 pm

laalratty wrote:I've told you, you really need to go and see a doctor about that, that's a nasty infection you've got!

Doctor who ?

Second Bungle point please

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Sun May 24, 2009 11:46 pm

Midgely you should know that it's a RiverEsk point

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SLRmidge · Post by **SLRmidge** » Sun May 24, 2009 11:53 pm

sorry

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Mon May 25, 2009 10:20 pm

Tut tut Midge, i'm afraid you will have to be stripped of that point for mis-indentifying it

Anyway to debunglyfy and de-rivereskify this topic, heres a pic of the new border on the upper loop a few months after planting

As you can see, most of them are quite established, however the middle conifer is rather a funny colour, and appears to have died

This is despite the plant 2 to the right is the same plant species, planted at exactly the same time

I have also planted a hebe in towards the back, behind the first conifer on the left.

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 9:35 pm

Been a while since an update to this, but recently dad has decided to improve the one really shockingly bad area of the ANLR (scenecally), and so has been putting down concrete and suprising me every time I go out there (which isn't often at the moment

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As you can see, he has built a road which crosses the railway, and an area of concrete. This will have a couple of buildings on it, chiefly a model of a typical Welsh chapel which he has been working on. There may also be a house or 2 if there is room. The soil patches will have a couple of plants, although there will have like living in shady areas because this most certainly is one. The level crossing will have 4 gates (that will open and close allegdly), and is based on a certain manually operated one on the Ffestiniog Railway that Will knows quite well...

The level crossing gates. Not sure when dad will have this little project finished but hopefully it won't be too long, and hopefully it will be a massive improvement on what was there before, I might even start using the location for some of my videos

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 10:41 pm

Good job you have a dad who does interesting jobs on the railway like that!

Sounds good!

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:04 am

seconded!

Sir Clothem Cap · Post by **Sir Clothem Cap** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 7:53 pm

If he has some spare time my railway could do with a visit too.

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 8:47 pm

Wow, long time since I've had cause to update this, but dad has decided to work on another unloved corner of the garden. This is a small triangle of grass by the upper terminus next to the back fence. With the upper station of Nant Llywyd being close by, this is an obvious spot for a station building. Dad was about to start on a model of Beddgelert in the 1920's/30's, however this was vetoed by me, on the basis that the railway archtecture has enough Welsh Highland features. Instead, I challenged him to make a model of the Duffws terminus of the Ffestiniog Railway (the one that still exists in a car park) Dad complained a bit, did some rough sketches and came up with this...

I was more then a bit suprised by the size, I thought it was a small building!

Anyway, I like it very much, and should look great at Nant Llywyd. Its only waited 3 years for a station building...

LMS-Jools · Post by **LMS-Jools** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:05 pm

Huwwah

taliesin001 · Post by **taliesin001** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:08 pm

looks very good, I've wanted to build a model of this for a while now but decided against it as i have no use for it. It's a very attractive building

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:33 pm

taliesin001:58473 wrote: It's a very attractive building

I quite agree, seeing it come together I'm rather glad that I managed to change dads mind about the model to build. Not that the WHR tin stations arn't attractive, but the victorians did know what they were doing

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:51 pm

Construction method?

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:58 pm

Plywood shell, with plastic sheeting glued on top. My buildings normally live indoors and get put out for steamups, dad hasn't exactly cracked building wetherproof buildings yet

SLRmidge · Post by **SLRmidge** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:37 pm

Very nice. The goods shed your dad made is still standing & its out in all weathers......

LMS-Jools · Post by **LMS-Jools** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 5:46 pm

SLRmidge:58485 wrote:Very nice. The goods shed your dad made is still standing & its out in all weathers......

Probably entirely covered with Moss ! lol

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