The castle camps light railway
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The castle camps light railway
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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Re: The castle camps light railway
Hi Jim, welcome back, great to see you again.
Your new project looks wonderful, please show us more.
Your new project looks wonderful, please show us more.
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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.
Grant.
Looking forward to see where you go with this new railway. I know it will have many interesting buildings.
Grant.
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Re: The castle camps light railway
Hi Jim, welcome back from me as well.
I like that abbey building , how have you made it?
I like that abbey building , how have you made it?
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Re: The castle camps light railway
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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Re: The castle camps light railway
More progress tonight
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Re: The castle camps light railway
A little more progress done the corner stones
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One more lot of corner stones to put on and we are ready to paint
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Re: The castle camps light railway
Got a hot wire tool made it a lot easier to cut
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Re: The castle camps light railway
Starting to really take shape now Jim.
Grant.
Grant.
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Re: The castle camps light railway
Thank you start to paint it tonight
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Will you be adding a porch entrance at the circular window end?
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Re: The castle camps light railway
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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Re: The castle camps light railway
Started painting
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I can just see that old blacked stonework peering out from the ivy etc. Lovely job Jim.
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Wow! that looks great. You certainly nailed the colours there Jim.
Grant.
Grant.
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Great job Jim, looks neglected on the outside, fire damaged inside.
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Re: The castle camps light railway
Done final paint tonight. will put outside at the weekend
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Re: The castle camps light railway
Looks damn good. Even better once nature takes hold of it.
It's amazing how big these things are when indoors.
It's amazing how big these things are when indoors.
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