I picked these up from Modellers Mecca on my last visit.
A tad expensive at £10 a pack but very nice indeed.
Made by Noch, they are supposed to be garden Veg, but I can only recognise the rhubarb and leeks!
I decided that I would just use them as random plants/weeds around the layout and this is an example of how they look when "planted".
I would like to add more of these but at that price it will be a long wait!
More soon
Cheers
Frank
Those that are good at carpentry look away NOW!
I've just spent a few days "wood butchering" the new baseboard for the long delayed extension to pen Y Bont.
setting the layout up has to wait for decent weather as It's too big with the extension to erect indoors!
Anyway here it is! the long awaited extension in place but, about 2years from finishing!
Looking towards the fiddle yard, track and turnouts just placed on the board for checking the "fit"
A little closer to the
I thought I would share some of my bench work via this blog.
Starting off with this Coopercraft cattle wagon kit.
Sold as GWR diagram W1 / W5 it is a little too early for my layouts era. So, I decided to modify the kit slightly to make it look more like the BR standard 8/12 ton cattle van.
Using Paul Bartletts picture gallery as a guide this is the assembled kit before painting.
This is the second one of these kits I have done in this way, learning from my mistakes on the fi
If the entry title sound familiar, then it is!
Some time ago on the previous incarnation of RMWeb Neil Ripley of Walker Marine fame produced a model of a burnt out BR brake van.
I was inspired by his modelling to have a go myself. Here are the results.
