Adrian Stevenson

Just read this. Cannot believe it. I am so sad. Condolences to Neil’s husband and family and his many friends. RIP my friend.

LMS Jinty doing some shunting on a winter’s evening.

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Hi Jay, my wife Lez is currently planning on building her first ever layout which is going to be housed in a vintage trunk which I got from work (still has some original railway luggage labels on it). Size is 87cm x 48cm. Still very much at the planning stage at the moment but she is thinking of doing 009. So depending on progress, she might be up for bringing it along? Cheers, Ade.

Hi Neal, sounds another good place to stay. We loved the site we stayed at. Very laid back lady owner. Rang up and made the booking, she didn’t want any money up front or any vehicle details, just name and phone number. Turned up and paid and she said park where ever you wish, but recommended the little paddock where we pitched up. We will certainly go back again. Cheers, Ade.

Hi Jay, I would certainly be interested in coming along. Cheers, Ade.

Short video to demonstrate some of the sounds on the Railcar. Also done some more work to the coal store . Not finished yet but getting there.

Got back to the camp site to find a seagull waiting for us. He had helped himself to the rubbish in the bin liner outside the van the night before and had come back for seconds 😁 Really enjoyable weekend and certainly worth another visit. Cheers, Ade.

Some more of the exhibits.

After another cup of tea and then we went around the narrow gauge museum. Lots of items on display.

A few detail pic and back to Tywnn Wharf.

A few shots of “Douglas”.

We got off at Dolgoch Station in order to see the waterfall which is just a short walk away. This also enabled us to then travel behind “Douglas” back up the line and then for the return trip to Tywnn.

Got on the footplate

The train stops here for 25 mins which ensures the cafe is busy 😄

Some detail shots of the locomotive.

We bought tickets for the day so we could get off the train to explore plus get chance to travel behind each of the two engines in steam, “Tom Rolt” and “Douglas”. Tip: we paid £50 for our two adult tickets as I rounded it up to include a donation, I also made it “Gift Aid”. When we presented our tickets via the phone, we got a £4.60 voucher to spend in one of the cafes. This meant we got a tea and a coffee for a quid. We started our journey at Tywyn Wharf Station. Saturday had been very nice weather but yesterday had started with rain but cleared up to be fine all day.

This is a line I have wanted to visit for many years. Having the motorhome has allowed us to visit places a which are a bit further afield. Staying at a great site just a short walk from Tywyn station.

This site is ideal for the Talylln Railway which is about a 10 minute walk from the site to Tywyn station. Pitches for tents, motorhomes and caravans. Water and electric hook up £30 a night. Toilet block is very modern and clean. Views are superb and even had the main line running past in the distance. http://www.vaenolcaravanpark.co.uk/

A new arrival at Malmesbury in the form of a Dapol Flying Banana diesel Railcar. Very impressive model. I have the factory sound fitted version. Good range of different sound and light options and the volume is good too. These retail at £408 all in. Which I think is good value for money. No connection just a happy customer. Busy this holiday weekend but I will try and do a video this week to demonstrate the sounds. Cheers, Ade.

The GWR wagon now with decals and weathered.

I would say same colour as the body.

Very nice indeed 👍

When Patch wants to sleep without disturbance he puts his paw over his good eye.

Having been away in the van to Statfold Barn for a weekend and the Nene Valley Railway for Easter, modelling time has been limited. However I have been doing some work. First off, I have sprayed the LMS Brake Van and the LMS Meat Van in LMS Freight grey and hand painted the chassis’s in black. So today I got the decals in place. The roofs are just plonked in place for the photo as glazing has got to go in the brake van plus weights need adding. I have also got the GWR open wagon sprayed up in grey. I have got a Peco tarpaulin for this one. Another project I have started is scratch building the coal merchants tin shed. This will be divided into three bays, which were conveniently each the width of a sleeper going from a period photo, so that gave me the rough measurement for the size of the building. Constructed from Slaters Plasicard and coffee stirrers.