Tales from The Room of Doom. Dipping a toe in various bucolic backwaters.

[NHY 581]

Finished for April I trust.

Bonjour Old Boy.

Yes, that's the plan.

Bleat Wharf is at Edington and the Small Cardiff show in January.

Mutton is at the Yate show in February.

That leaves plenty of time to build Lambston for the end of April.

 

[Stubby47]

April 26th for definite.

 

[NHY 581]

April 26th for definite.

For sure.

 

[NHY 581]

Afternoon all.

The latest chapter in the Sheep Chronicles, Lambstone, is now taking shape.

Track laid this afternoon, wiring to follow.




Hopefully a working layout by this time tomorrow.

The backscene will differ from No1 daughter's suggestions.......


Rob.

 

[Pencarrow]

Your no1 daughter has something. I think a jungle scene would be quite nice, bit of a change from your normal aesthetic.

 

[NHY 581]

Your no1 daughter has something. I think a jungle scene would be quite nice, bit of a change from your normal aesthetic.

I shall consider all options. There may be trees.......without sheep.........but trees all the same...

 

[Pencarrow]

I shall consider all options. There may be trees.......without sheep.........but trees all the same...

Slowly slowly catchy monkey.

 

[Peter Cross]

Talking of jungles just come back from a walk in ours, would be great back scene with an ex L&B Manning & Wardle, running along in front.

 

[NHY 581]

Morning all.

Not much in the way of progress, I'm afraid.

Lambstone is now wired and a few 'test'services have been run.

Things will now go on hold whilst I attend to a few jobs on Mutton ahead of Taunton Railex at the end of the month. It's mainly detailing a bit of stock but there are a few scenic matters to attend to.

Updates will of course follow but here is a view or two of Lambstone in 'test' mode.

Rob.

 

[simond]

If you want trains & monkeys, I guess either Stubby’s Indian monorail project,

The Patiala State Monorail Trainways

or this spectacular exhibition project, both on the other channel

Scratch built HO models for model train project in Sri Lanka

That said, I don’t recall seeing any actual/model monkeys on either thread...

 

[NHY 581]

The monkeys are courtesy of No.1 daughter who felt that the backscene was lacking.......

Stubby's monorail was quite something mind you.

To be honest I wouldn't mind a layout set in India, Fawltey.

 

[NHY 581]

Morning........

 

[Geoff]

What a wonderful piece of modelling, so simple, yet beautifully observed it really takes me there.

Geoff

 

[Alan]

Well said Geoff. I'm taken back to a very hot sunny summers day with nothing much happening. A brilliant photo. Well done Rob. I hope I can get some of that atmosphere on Blakeney.

 

[simond]

Wot they said...

 

[Osgood]

Wow - 32 ply baseboard.

 

[Eastsidepilot]

Well it could be in the jungle...



Col.

 

[NHY 581]

Thank you for the kind words. It is the adding of the little details that really can make s layout. The sign is a lovely etched item which is a little blighter to paint but really repays time spent.

Once Mutton's appearance at Taunton is sorted, I will start adding the details to Bleat Wharf ahead of it's appearance at the S&DJRT Edington show in January. Then it will be full steam ahead for Lambstone 's debut at the RMweb show in April...............

Thanks again.

Rob

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

As you say, it's the often missed small detail which makes a layout and sets the scene.

 

[NHY 581]

A look back at Sheep Lane.

A 3F pauses whilst it's crew have a spot of lunch.