Compton castle
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Now with a loco prep load 
7mm Cardiff Canton
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That’s a 1.1 scale garden paving slab it’s photographed on so a little out of scale
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Canton out for the first time this year 
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A few hours hand laying individual 7mm scale bricks for the floor between roads one & Two at Canton. I’ve run out so I’ll order another 500 to complete the hard standing.
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A little reminder of Canton MK1 
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Awakened Canton from its long slumber, my bridge has gone a little wonky but the real one was a rickety affair. 
I’ll dig out a little more of the ground cover to extend the brick floor up to the end of where the shed side building will be.
I’ll dig out a little more of the ground cover to extend the brick floor up to the end of where the shed side building will be.
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Brick floor in place, I’ll build up the ground cover once the last of the bricks are laid 
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Made up this nice little kit from Railway laser lines today , 
It will live under the footbridge steps
It will live under the footbridge steps
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Arriving this morning only a week after ordering are the footbridge steps for Canton from York model making. Laser cut out of styrene and assembled in 10 minutes with EMA. The little building underneath is from Railway Laser Lines and is actually based on a building that was at Canton. It’s not 100% correct for this location but it’s fits just right. No painting today as it’s raining again !
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I will be moving home in the next two weeks, not by desire more by necessity as my current land Lord has put my house up for sale.
My new property is a lot smaller which in many ways is better but it also means I don’t have room to store Cardiff Canton so I’m going to reach out to a few local clubs to potentially see if they have room to store it so I can finally finish it off.
My commission work will go ahead as planned as most of that is completed in Bristol, there may be some slight delays to current projects during the transition period.
Canton will be 8’ , 3’ once complete but for now it’s only 6’ X 3’ as I’ve yet to build the cassette boards.
Failing that I’ll offer it for sale as is and will only look to get back what I’ve invested in it material wise.
My new property is a lot smaller which in many ways is better but it also means I don’t have room to store Cardiff Canton so I’m going to reach out to a few local clubs to potentially see if they have room to store it so I can finally finish it off.
My commission work will go ahead as planned as most of that is completed in Bristol, there may be some slight delays to current projects during the transition period.
Canton will be 8’ , 3’ once complete but for now it’s only 6’ X 3’ as I’ve yet to build the cassette boards.
Failing that I’ll offer it for sale as is and will only look to get back what I’ve invested in it material wise.
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Canton is now safely stored at the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway model club. This means I can finish it off and hopefully have it ready by their model show event next year
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Canton footbridge now secured in place. 
I’ll finish off the little building and fit the last of the pit sides next.
I’ll finish off the little building and fit the last of the pit sides next.