The castle camps light railway

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The castle camps light railway

Post by jim@NAL » Mon Aug 25, 2025 10:10 pm

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
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Post by Peter Butler » Mon Aug 25, 2025 11:52 pm

Hi Jim, welcome back, great to see you again.
Your new project looks wonderful, please show us more.
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Post by LNR » Tue Aug 26, 2025 12:26 am

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.
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Post by philipy » Tue Aug 26, 2025 8:56 am

Hi Jim, welcome back from me as well.
I like that abbey building , how have you made it?
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Post by jim@NAL » Tue Aug 26, 2025 9:42 am

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

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Post by jim@NAL » Wed Aug 27, 2025 10:17 pm

More progress tonight
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Post by philipy » Thu Aug 28, 2025 7:06 am

Coming on nicely, Jim.
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Post by jim@NAL » Wed Sep 03, 2025 10:04 pm

A little more progress done the corner stones
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Post by jim@NAL » Sun Sep 07, 2025 4:04 pm

One more lot of corner stones to put on and we are ready to paint
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Post by jim@NAL » Sun Sep 07, 2025 4:05 pm

Got a hot wire tool made it a lot easier to cut
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Post by LNR » Sun Sep 07, 2025 11:56 pm

Starting to really take shape now Jim.
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Post by jim@NAL » Mon Sep 08, 2025 5:50 pm

Thank you start to paint it tonight

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Post by Peter Butler » Mon Sep 08, 2025 6:47 pm

Will you be adding a porch entrance at the circular window end?
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Post by jim@NAL » Mon Sep 08, 2025 8:55 pm

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

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Post by jim@NAL » Thu Sep 11, 2025 12:29 am

Started painting
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Post by philipy » Thu Sep 11, 2025 6:26 am

I can just see that old blacked stonework peering out from the ivy etc. Lovely job Jim.
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Post by LNR » Thu Sep 11, 2025 7:52 am

Wow! that looks great. You certainly nailed the colours there Jim.
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Post by Peter Butler » Thu Sep 11, 2025 10:26 am

Great job Jim, looks neglected on the outside, fire damaged inside.
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Post by jim@NAL » Thu Sep 11, 2025 10:10 pm

Done final paint tonight. will put outside at the weekend
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Post by Old Man Aaron » Fri Sep 12, 2025 8:42 am

Looks damn good. Even better once nature takes hold of it. 8)

It's amazing how big these things are when indoors.
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