Rainy day

The weather has been rotten today so all diy in the garden has stopped. Gave me time to do a few modeling jobs instead.

The bench completed and ready for action

One of the lamps almost ready to be fitted to the station building. The other one is also being built.

Warning sign ready for use.

Working on the Details

As well as DIYing in the garden I have found time to work on the goodies I got a week or so ago. The Beware of the Trains sign and the post box are both now complete with the post box affixed to the inside of the station buildings waiting area.
The bench is almost ready to be glued together, a job I hope to do tomorrow, and the fisrt of the station lamps is now well under way.

The following pictures show my progress

The parts all with their first coat of paint

The bench support all painted with the GWR highlighted

The beware of the trains sign just needs to be mounted on a post

The post box ready to be mounted to the inner wall of the station building

The post box in place

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Station Progress

I have finally finished building the block base to the station and have put a layer of earth in the bottom to even it up. Once tamped down a layer of hardcore will be added followed by a few bags of sub base to give a nice level surface ready for concrete.

The base wall ready for infilling with hardcore and concrete.

Goodies in the post

Got some new things for the railway today, all for the station area. They are:

From AnDel Models a station bench

Another AnDel product, a nice neat Beware of Trains sign

An AnDel post box to go inside the waiting area of the station building

A Brandbright working station wall lamp. I have two of them and they will be fitted on either end of the station building to illuminate the platform. Bulbs will also be put inside the building all powered from batteries in the office area.

So I now have a lot to be getting on with if the weather is bad

New video added

A new video taken in July of this year at the North Bay Railway in Scarborough has been added to the video page.

Progress on the station

Today I started mortaring the blocks into place. My bricklaying skills are awful but hopefully they will stay in place.

Dont look too close. They are level but not completely in line!

Fendyke Kits

The kit for a small van wagon. Got everything but the couplings

and what it should look like

The brake van kit. I show it here with axle boxes and wheels but I might just convert this to a tram engine with a powered chassis.

What the brake van should look like

A small open wagon. This may use the wheels and axleboxes from the brake van

And finally, what the open truck should look like

All the models will give me something to do when the weather gets rotten plus I still have several plastic models to complete.