Wednesday 14 September 2016

Brambleton Open Day

On 10th September the Merrytwit visited the Brambleton Model Railway Clubs garden railway in Harpenden (www.brambleton.co.uk) and run trains all day in the rain.

The Fowler and No. 8 both put in sterling work in some horrible conditions. Titch and Wallace and Gromit both had their time in the limelight.

A short video taken on my phone with a dying battery can be found here -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkC64sm3hBk

An empty railway in the rain. Time to get the trains out

The flower train

The Fowler on a short goods. This loco ran for over 5 hours on one charge of its 6 AA batteries, very impressed.

No. 8 is dwarfed by the huge line

Titch delivering the whisky

He made some friends



Monday 12 September 2016

Open Tub Wagon build

Another excellent Phil Sharples kit that will be joined by more examples as time goes by.

The kit in all its glory

The chassis with the glue setting

The body complete

Body and chassis are united

Wheels added

Couplings added and paint applied to the chassis

The wagon is now painted

Weathering is added

A false floor is put in place

Stone load applied.