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More tales of the river bank.............
Despite the distractions of the fine weather, and gardening duties, I've still managed to squeeze in the odd modelling session. Â First of all I painted the new scenery around the river bank with a mix...
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A little more progress....
Having recently returned from taking a break in the sun, I still find myself in holiday mode, which, when I come to think of it, is a bit rich, coming from a man of leisure. Â To make matters worse,...
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Some simple EM conversions........
Converting models to 'EM' gauge isn't really difficult, the worst part is plucking up the courage to dismantle your latest pride and joy, Â Items of rolling stock present few problems, as in most cases...
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Lazy River......
Its been far too pleasant to be stuck indoors lately, so apart from applying another fifteen coats of varnish to the river, little else had been done on the layout, that's unless a little ballasting...
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Ballasting blues,
Ballasting is not one of my favourite jobs, and it would appear that I'm not alone. Â Ever since the days of 'Penhydd' I've been using 'Carr's' ash ballast, which I reckon looks just right for use on...
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Track, the finishing touches......
The past few days have been spent working on the track......After several washes of Humbrol 'Light and Dark Earth' enamels, plus a little 'Track Colour' thrown in for good measure, the track is coming...
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Laying foundations, and experiments with station buildings, updated....
I had planned to start work on the point rodding this week, but unfortunately I've mislaid an etch for the cranks, and other bits and pieces. Â So whilst I awaited replacements, I've been working on the...
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Groundwork Days.....
The point rodding has been postponed yet again, as I didn't really fancy the idea of firing up the soldering iron in the current heatwave. Â So I switched my attention to completing the stonework on the...
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Developing the goods yard.......
Llangunllo goods yard, if you can call it that, is as simple as they come, being typical of those found out in the back of beyond. Â The local coal merchant bags, and weighs his supplies direct from the...
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News from Llangunllo....
My modelling time has been severely restricted over the past week, in fact other than a little pondering and experimentation hardly any progress has been made. Â On the pondering side, I've decided that...
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Well and truly plastered.....
Life has been getting in the way of my modelling for the past few weeks, home improvements, outings, and the task of converting my vast selection of slides into digital form taking up most of my spare...
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Slowly going Green....
I've started to experiment with the 'Heki' and 'Noch' landscape mats that I purchased a few months ago, and so far so good. Â Though I still prefer Silflor, so seeing as I can't get hold of what I want...
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Track
I rather enjoy building my own track from sleeper strip and plastic chairs, as for me, its far more satisfying than using off the shelf flexi track. Â Not that I'm knocking the flexi, as I used it to...
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Messing about with the river............
Seeing as I'm no longer building a new layout, I've finally got around to modifying the last section of the old one, Â I started off by removing the existing river bridge, then diverted the course of...
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Well changing to Wordpress appears to have been a mistake, for its created far more problems than it solved. Â I won't go into details here as I know many people are more than happy with Wordpress, and...
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More News From Llangunllo...
In truth not much has been happening on the modelling front, and that's been down to a major DIY project, gardening duties and a holiday. However the goods inwards department has been busy, a recent...
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The green, green, grass of home...........
Well here we are back on Blogger, and my experiment with Wordpress is over. Â Talking of experiments I've been exploring the world of 7mm scale modelling, but having done an awful lot of planning, and...
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Backscene...
Well as you can see the new backscene is in place, its the same one that I used last time, and has been modified in the same manner by cutting most of the foreground away. Â Following the manufacturers...
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Ditch or Leat ?........
Earlier this year I was out and about with my camera looking for features to model, and came across this ditch, which isn't far from where we live. Â I've walked the path alongside it with my old canine...
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Talking Toads....
When I returned to the world of 4mm scale modelling after many years in the wilderness, Airfix and Mainline had just arrived on the scene. Â Both had a GWR 'Toad' brake van in their range, and I ended...
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A brief update.....
Well I've finally got around to removing some of the old Wills point rodding, and the ground has been prepared for its replacement. Â In fact the first section has since been installed, some photos...
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Another look at point rodding, Part1
Its almost two years since I installed Wills point rodding on the old layout, but since then Modelu have arrived on the scene with a rather nice Blackall's/GWR point rodding stool.  I took a look at...
View ArticleA New look, for a New Year.......
Towards the end of last year the spammers and trolls struck again, why they picked on me I wouldn't know. In truth I've grown tired of it all, so after plenty of pondering I decided to make a New Years...
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From mock up to model........
Welcome to the new look Llangunllo blog, I've been given a free hand to chop and change things as I see fit. By way of introduction my name is Simon, and I intend posting updates of the layout until...
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