RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted May 5, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 5, 2018 Typically flamboyant American..........note the far more restrained British combover. Far more manly. Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted May 7, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 7, 2018 A few more photos from t'other night. Again, my apologies, they're not the best but I hope they give an idea. I think this will work out okay you know. There will be a fair amount of green dotted in between the buildings and I am hoping this will give a nice open 'coastal' feel to proceedings. Rob. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted May 7, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 7, 2018 Will there be seagulls? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted May 8, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2018 Will there be seagulls? No. May well have a Dodo though. R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted May 8, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 8, 2018 This BH weekend we was mostly in Welsh Wales. Made a subtle adjustment to the car. Think it helped us blend in... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted May 8, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2018 (edited) You did well to catch and hit that. They are normally quite quick on their hooves, especially up North. Hats off to the driver Spams old chap. Edited May 8, 2018 by NHY 581 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted May 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2018 Can't really be a proper Welsh one - it isn't wearing wellingtons! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Can't really be a proper Welsh one - it isn't wearing wellingtons! It does have the usual surprised look on its face though... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted May 8, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 8, 2018 This BH weekend we was mostly in Welsh Wales. Made a subtle adjustment to the car. Think it helped us blend in... rps20180508_063028.jpg Did you go to Bala? P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted May 8, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 8, 2018 Did you go to Bala? P Baa laa? Yes, on the way back. The A5 was closed yesterday afternoon so we had to make quite a big diversion across country to Shrewsbury. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted May 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2018 I've sailed on Bala Lake. Very, very cold, due to it being over a mile deep. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted May 8, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 8, 2018 I've sailed on Bala Lake. Very, very cold, due to it being over a mile deep. Very wet too, due to it being made of water. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted May 8, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 8, 2018 I've sailed on Bala Lake. Very, very cold, due to it being over a mile deep. Is there a Lake Bala Monster? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted May 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2018 Not since I stopped sailing there... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tove Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Is there a Lake Bala Monster? There is,and he/she /it is called..... Teggie! Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted May 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2018 My family camped by Lake Bala in 1966. It rained most of the few days we were there. Including the day all five of us sat in the car with my small transistor radio pressed against the side window to get the best signal, as we listened to the World Cup Final. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted May 8, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2018 My family camped by Lake Bala in 1966. It rained most of the few days we were there. Including the day all five of us sat in the car with my small transistor radio pressed against the side window to get the best signal, as we listened to the World Cup Final. It's still raining there now and you have to do the same with a mobile phone. Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted May 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2018 Baa laa? Yes, on the way back. The A5 was closed yesterday afternoon so we had to make quite a big diversion across country to Shrewsbury. Did you go through Knockin? And is the village shop still open (that is called, obviously, the Knockin Shop....)? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted May 8, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 8, 2018 Did you go through Knockin? And is the village shop still open (that is called, obviously, the Knockin Shop....)? Yup, but it was for sale iirc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted May 10, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 10, 2018 Morning all. No reports to make at present. However, I did antucipate a second Peckett coming my way soon but I see Hornby have put back the two I was looking at until Aug and Feb19 respectivly. So, with the B4 likely to arrive in the next eight weeks, I think the focus will be that of Somerset and some plucky Midland types. In terms of run arounds, these will allow for a 3F tender loco ( maybe a 2P...) When I start/finish the Pug this will form a stategic reserve but will see occasional service. Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted May 11, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 11, 2018 I've sailed on Bala Lake. Very, very cold, due to it being over a mile deep. So you were in a submarine, were you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted May 11, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 11, 2018 This BH weekend we was mostly in Welsh Wales. We were in Shropshire from Monday to Thursday and were passing close to Llangollen on Tuesday, but the nature of the trip meant that it wasn't possible to go away from our route. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted May 11, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 11, 2018 Glad to hear that Welsh Wales is most agreeable to you types. In a fair swap type of way, this Welsh type finds certain railways of the West Country most agreeable. And scones.........pasties..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted May 27, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 27, 2018 These have been posted on the main thread but I pop them here for continuity. The photos are of the latest mock up of Bleat Wharf and probably not too far away from how it will look. Rob. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted May 29, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 29, 2018 (edited) I have revised the back story to Bleat Wharf. As follows; Bleat Wharf { Ex-S&DJR Goods only branch } British Railways 1955- 1962 Bleat Wharf is a small inland quay 'somewhere in Somerset' and is at the end of a spur off the Highbridge branch of the S&DJR, set in the 1950s. Goods only, the area is run down and approaching closure. Traffic is mostly vans or covered carriage trucks serving the few remaining quayside businesses. Services run as required and haulage is provided by wheezy ex-Midland 3F tender locos with the occasional 4F or 1P 0.4.4T. The origins of the name' Bleat Wharf' are not what you might expect. The name evolved from the original name for the area, 'Scheepswerf' which is Dutch for 'Ship yard or boatyard'. In the early years of the 19th Century, Jan Van Der Plank, a Dutch shipwright set up a small boatyard in the area. The boatyard closed when Van der Plank returned to Holland following his retirement in 1840 but the name for the area was adopted by the locals. With the arrival of the railways to the area in 1850, a short branch from Highbridge Whard was created to what later became known as Bleat Wharf, named after Ebenezer Bleat, a local business man and importer of manufactured goods. Other cargoes handled early on were minerals and agricultural items, including livestock. Both world wars saw extensive use made of the wharf and few original buildings remain with successive alterations being made over the years. During the Second World War, a number of tin buildings were erected by the Royal Air Force who operated a couple of Air Sea Rescue launches from there to patrol the Bristol Channel. Moving along to the period modelled, the main industry is ' C K Maddocks ', a small precision engineering firm who took over the buildings previously occupied by the RAF in 1944/45. The original buildings of Maddocks were bombed in January 1941 by a lone Junkers 88, later brought down over the Bristol channel by Pilot Officer Stein of 263 Squadron flying a Westland Whirlwind out of Exeter. After the war, things settled down and a general air of peaceful neglect descended on the wharf. Maddocks continued to be a well respected producer of quality engineering but freight traffic was light, running as required by the time of the period modelled. Overall size of the layout is now confirmed and will be 7ft x 2ft. Baseboards will be my now usual IKEA shelfage. Track will be PECO Code 75. Buildings will be a variety of Ready To Plant from Bachmann and Hornby. Locos will, as mentioned above, be ready to run Midland types from Bachmann. Rolling stock will also be ready to run. All stock buildings etc will be weathered accordingly. Rob. Edited May 29, 2018 by NHY 581 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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