As I've posted in the exhibition thread, the Weston Clevedon and Portishead railway Group are holding another exhibition in Portishead, some 5 years after the last one.

Details here: https://www.wcprgroup.org.uk/exhibition2022.html

It's the only time I'll contemplate exhibiting my EM Weston and Clevedon layouts simultaneously and probably the last time Weston will go out ever. It hasn't been operated since the last exhibition so I've got a little over a month to get both layouts out and dusted down. In the intervening period they've been moved numerous times, been put into storage and relocated to my new home. I've yet to locate one of the lighting rigs. It'll turn up somewhere...

One of the to-do jobs that's been niggling me for some time is the ex LSWR set of 4 wheel coaches, these being numbers 15, 16. & 17. For some reason when I built these many, many years ago I painted them the wrong colour! Green instead of a darkish brown. Many exhibitions later, I've finally got round to correcting it. Nothing drastic, just hand painted with Vallejo acrylic. Transfers are a mixture of HMRS and some custom printed WC&PR lettering from Railtec. I've no idea where the colour photo came from. I think it's from a slide at the Weston museum I scanned 20 odd years ago.

It is funny when you look at your previous modelling efforts. Two of the coaches are scratch built, the other is a Bill Bedford kit. All are about 20 years old. I think they've held up well.

I've also increased the wagon fleet with another Slaters ex MR D299 5 plank, again with Railtec transfers. Well it would be rude not to, wouldn't it?

If you're of a light railway persuasion, please do pop by and say hello. I'll be the one looking worried.