Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd

[Peter Butler]

Yr Hen Felin shunting puzzle will be at the West Wales Railway Modellers show next Saturday, June 1st from 10 am. It is in Bronwydd Arms Village Hall. Come and say hello if you are in the area,

Phil

I'll be exhibiting there too, along with other West Wales Modellers from our own group.

[FWLR]

Hope you all have a brilliant day To far unfortunately for us for one day and it's a little bit short notice, other wise we may have booked a place to stay for the night.

Still I'am sure the day will be successful..

[gilfachphil]

I finally bit the bullet and ordered another Cliff Barker point so I could connect up the two yard siding that was not connected to the rest of the system (it was the spare track I had left from the forty yards I bought). The point came yesterday afternoon so I went out in the garden and this:-

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became this:-

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Phil

[Andrew]

Very nice - I like the gentle curves.

They're a decent length too...

Cheers,

Andrew.

[gilfachphil]

Thanks Andrew,

they are a little bit longer now and have hi-tech buffer stops as in between showers this afternoon I just tidied up the ends that don't show in the previous picture,

Phil

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[SimonWood]

Very nice - I like the gentle curves.

Me too. A useful and attractive addition to the line!

[gilfachphil]

The nearly completed guards van at the end of the new siding. It needs door knobs, and looking at the photo I will probably glue the roof down.

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Phil

[Lonsdaler]

I didn't realise Cliff Barker made points for 32mm NG. Interesting.

[FWLR]

That is a line to be proud of Phil. I just wish I had a little bit bigger garden and I would have nicked you idea of having it that tall also, my old back kills me now...

[gilfachphil]

Very nice - I like the gentle curves.

Me too. A useful and attractive addition to the line!

A bit more space if live steam locos visit!

[gilfachphil]

Progress on the Plateway Models Fish Van:-

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I'm not entirely satisfied with the paint finish. It had several coats of grey primer followed by lots of coats of matt white. It has not filled all of the corners nor as much of the grain of the plywood as I would like. Maybe I should have done some coats of filler primer first, or chosen a colour other than white!

I've now fitted handles so the white will have to do, at normal viewing distance at worst it will look slightly weathered I think.

The roof in the kit seems a bit small, the overhang at the sides leaves the sliding door tops and rails exposed. so I am going to glue on a plasticard one which is 7mm wider and a little longer. Once that is done I will move onto painting the underside and handles black.

Phil

[gilfachphil]

After a full day of faultlessly working the shunting puzzle Yr Hen Felin at the West Wales Model Railway show yesterday Porthmadog enjoys the sunshine with a mixed freight. She had enough battery life remaining to do some circuits of the outdoor layout.

The fish van awaits iron work and lettering, the brake van just door handles and a guard maybe.

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and a bit of video:-



Phil

[gilfachphil]

A little later :-

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Yews/ewes in the way!

[FWLR]

After a full day of faultlessly working the shunting puzzle Yr Hen Felin at the West Wales Model Railway show yesterday Porthmadog enjoys the sunshine with a mixed freight. She had enough battery life remaining to do some circuits of the outdoor layout.

The fish van awaits iron work and lettering, the brake van just door handles and a guard maybe.

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and a bit of video:-



Phil

Getting good at your videos Phil. Well done mate..

[FWLR]

A little later :-


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Yews/ewes in the way!

Very funny...

[ge_rik]

I do like a mixed goods train......

Rik

[Lonsdaler]

A little later :-


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Yews/ewes in the way!

Shock! Horreur! Make sure your Ewes don't eat that Yew.

[gilfachphil]

A little later :-


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Yews/ewes in the way!

Shock! Horreur! Make sure your Ewes don't eat that Yew.

It's OK, they did not attempt to get down from their wagon and are now back safely in their shed

[gilfachphil]

The fish van with iron work and lettering

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Phil

[philipy]

Lovely!