I can never quite believe how long it is between blogs. Doesn't seem like 5 minutes since I posted the last one. Mind you I suppose it isn't 5 minutes is it?

I must say thanks to the gent who sought me out at Wells last weekend and kindly gave me a load of photos of Cheddar goods shed taken in the 1970's. Must have been just after the branch finally closed in 1969, by then nothing more than a long siding operated from Wells. I didn't get your name but the photos have wealth of information, especially as some of them are in colour and have a ranging pole in them, perfect for scaling dimensions.

Anyhow, I'm in track mode at the moment, particularly with the down mileage sidings and cattle dock spur. Sleepers are all ply and I'm using a mixture of C&L chairs and brass rivets. It's funny how you forget how to make things like switch blades, then after the 2nd one you remember what on earth you were supposed to be doing in the first place. I'm starting to get a real sense of scale of the place. I suddenly twigged tonight that the mileage sidings are about the same overall length as the whole of Wheal Elizabeth. Hmm.

Anyway I've got a bit of time off at the end of the week so the plea is to carry on and get as much done as I can.

I'm also going to be having a play with some sheets of Palight I've acquired. Palight is foamed uPVC and is quite a bit harder than foam board. It's used by a number of model makers for making buildings since it can be scribed like Das but weighs a lot less. I think scribing is the only way I'm going to achieve the stone work effect I want.

I'll be really happy if I can get results anywhere near what Iain Robinson's achieved in his blog. Quite inspirational:

http://iainrobinsonmodels.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Goods%20Shed