Barry Ten's Blog

That's very effective Al, a very good illustration of how clever scenic work can make a natural transition to the backscene. Neither the bridge nor the 2mm fence look like they are in fact right up against the backscene. The open area/low grass in front of the farm also plays a role, I think, as it attracts the eye away from the backscene.

I like that. I’m working my way through your blog, and I thought the grass around the barn was too orange before, and looked like late August to me. This is much fresher: late May or early June.

 

I’m enjoying the blog. I usually only read threads, but I looked this up because I liked your American thread and your involvement with Grantham.

 

Alan

Thanks, Alan, much appreciated. I can't claim any involvement with the fine Grantham, though, although I do post quite a bit on Tony Wright's thread, where there is some involvement by the Grantham modellers.

Hm, I may be confusing you with an actual Barry. May I ask, who are the Barry 10? Should I be campaigning for their release?

 

Or have they been scrapped?

 

Alan

More like "Free the Aberdare One".

 

The name was one of those seemed like a good idea at the time things! Originally (Back in 2006) I signed onto Rmweb as Barry Boy, which was fairly self-explanatory (and everyone was using nicknames back then). Then, if I remember rightly, there were a couple of occasions where the forum moved server and it was necessary to create new accounts, so I went from Barry Yob (clever anagram, see) to Barry Ten, and there it stayed. You may or may not know who (or rather what) the actual Barry Ten is/was, so just in case:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Ten

 

My family knew Dai Woodham so that's the connection!

Thanks. I suspected a Barry scrapyard connection, but didn't think it would be sufficiently notorious to have a wikipedia posting. It's an interesting connection. Thank you for taking the time to explain.

 

Alan