Neil
Western Thunderer
Well I hope that you all have had as productive a Christmas as I have. Mrs R and I living the best part of 200 miles away from the family have to be self sufficient when it comes to Christmas entertainment. Hasn't the telly been pants this year.
Anyway in the immediate run up to Xmas, I tidied up the playroom. It had got to such a state that it inhibited work. Here it is with the purple bookshelf moved to back onto Morfa and a tall cupboard cascaded from the kitchen taking its place along the wall.
I've managed to loose the new bathroom suite, which has allowed table chairs and a chest of drawers to be tucked under the layout. Now there's space for all my debris to be put away, and some spare to allow for future accumulations, hurrah.
All this means that I could start work immediately on the kit I got for Xmas.
It's a card fold up model of a cat, the head moves and it looks almost as stupid as our real puss. I had it finished in time for Christmas dinner. After dinner I slapped a coat of emulsion over the downstairs bathroom ceiling (told you the telly was poor).
I've also dragged a couple of items out of the stalled projects drawer. The first is an ex-LMS van, the body being given to me a couple of years ago. I fitted some diagonal bracing then put it to one side to gather dust. Yesterday I sorted some underframe parts out. Not having any 9' underframes I've hacked the middle foot out of some 10' LNER pattern ones. You should be able to make out the splice plate in the photo. I'll fit V hangers while they're still unattached. I hope to get the model on its wheels over the next couple of days.
Last but not least here's a blast from the past. Years ago I decided I'd chop a Triang BG down to scale length. I cut up the sides, stuck them back together then stopped. Today I've dragged the sides out and wafted some primer over them to see what needs attending to. There's some filling and sanding to do but otherwise the main work lies in cutting and shutting the underframe and roof to match.
Anyway in the immediate run up to Xmas, I tidied up the playroom. It had got to such a state that it inhibited work. Here it is with the purple bookshelf moved to back onto Morfa and a tall cupboard cascaded from the kitchen taking its place along the wall.
I've managed to loose the new bathroom suite, which has allowed table chairs and a chest of drawers to be tucked under the layout. Now there's space for all my debris to be put away, and some spare to allow for future accumulations, hurrah.
All this means that I could start work immediately on the kit I got for Xmas.
It's a card fold up model of a cat, the head moves and it looks almost as stupid as our real puss. I had it finished in time for Christmas dinner. After dinner I slapped a coat of emulsion over the downstairs bathroom ceiling (told you the telly was poor).
I've also dragged a couple of items out of the stalled projects drawer. The first is an ex-LMS van, the body being given to me a couple of years ago. I fitted some diagonal bracing then put it to one side to gather dust. Yesterday I sorted some underframe parts out. Not having any 9' underframes I've hacked the middle foot out of some 10' LNER pattern ones. You should be able to make out the splice plate in the photo. I'll fit V hangers while they're still unattached. I hope to get the model on its wheels over the next couple of days.
Last but not least here's a blast from the past. Years ago I decided I'd chop a Triang BG down to scale length. I cut up the sides, stuck them back together then stopped. Today I've dragged the sides out and wafted some primer over them to see what needs attending to. There's some filling and sanding to do but otherwise the main work lies in cutting and shutting the underframe and roof to match.
& yes the TV has been cr@p............. we seemed to get more choice when we had 3 or 4 channels :vista:
