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Point rodding the Wills way..........
Would you believe that its a year to the day since I last mentioned my experiences with the Wills point rodding components? http://radnorailways.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Point%20Rodding Since then...
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Christmas and train sets, ( Take 2 )
For the past couple of weeks I've not made much progress on the layout, in fact until yesterday it was a tight squeeze to enter the railway room as I've been working on a simple first train set for two...
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The Last Post.......(well for this year)
Did I say something about the die being cast a few weeks ago ? If so I apologise because after a few twists and turns the layout now looks like this........Yes I've come full circle and modified the...
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Modelling the Culm Valley Light Railway........
Just a quickie to bring this new blog to your attention in which Steve Cook will be will be sharing his experiences of modelling the Culm Valley Railway in EM........
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Couplings and Llangunllo in 2015
Its no secret that I've been using the S & W coupling in one form or another for more years than I care to remember, yes it has its faults but its robust, reliable and relatively easy to install...
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Cottage industry.......
Towards the end of last year I actually completed the cottage that stands beside the signal box.It was one of those projects that I started two years ago during the early planning stages of the layout...
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Crossing gates
Modelling was strictly limited over the Christmas holiday but I still managed to do a little research and take a crafty look at the MSE level crossing gate instructions. It was in May last year when I...
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Llangunllo Goods Crossing............
I've been suffering from a winter chill for the past week or two so rather than spend my time upstairs modelling I've been content to sit in my favourite chair in front of the fire with a glass of...
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This, that and the other
Modelling activities have been a bit hit and miss of late but now I've recovered from a few health issues, none of which are serious I hasten to add, I'm firing on all cylinders. As usual my workbench...
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Allotment Challenge
During the days of the steam operated country branch it was not unusual to come across a station garden, competitions were run to find the best kept example and awards presented to the winning...
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Due to dwindling page views and yet another attack by the spammers I have decided to close 'The Chronicles of Penhydd' down. All the post, photos and your valued comments have been saved and some of...
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Experimental Trees and Scenes....
Over the past couple of weeks I've been experimenting with different methods of tree construction. I've avoided large trees because they would have dominated what is a rather small layout so I've...
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From The Penhydd Archive....The story of 1455
This is the first of the edited and updated 'Chronicles of Penhydd' posts to be transferred here, it covers the conversion and upgrade of my old Airfix 14XX tank engine into something a little...
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Llangunllo Signal Box and Cottages
This is yet another post which first saw light of day on 'The Chronicles of Penhydd' only to be continued here where I've done a little editing and updating as I've gone along. I first became aware of...
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Lazy River..........
Over the past few weeks I've been busy working on the river scene, a variety of trees, shrubs and bushes have been made from seamoss, horsehair, lichen and even some decent looking twigs. Various...
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Fencing and other distractions..........
In between other projects I've been slowly working my way back down the branch towards the station adding fencing and working up the scenery as I've gone along. This view of the riverbank is only...
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Another look at the goods yard.......
Since my last update there has been plenty of good news for the 4mm finescale modeller, first of all Brassmasters announced that they had bought Martin Finney's range of 4mm kits, castings and etches...
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2217
My first encounter with a Collett Goods engine in model form took place in George Mellors (GEM) factory / showroom at Rhos-on-Sea in North Wales in the early sixties. By rights I should have been...
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Stokes Cottage a Feedstore and a Fergie.........
Stokes cottage is finally complete and another job on the layout comes to a close, though it appears to be bedded down it can be removed to aid layout photography, as can the feedstore beside it. The...
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Poles apart
I spent the weekend finishing off the telegraph poles, I wasn't sure how far they should be spaced apart so I dug out my copy of 'Rail Model Digest No.6' for within its pages there is an excellent...
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