Seven Mills Sidings, from TOPS to the POD, Page 169 and Bench Road, Stabling and Fuelling Point from Page 245

[Baggies1961]

The bass player in Cheap Trick plays a 12 string bass, lovely it sounds too.

Andy my drum kit cant be played in the house!! 

[Andrew P]

1 hour ago, Donw said:

I have never seen a twelve string bass though. I enjoy a good bass riff

 

Don

First time I've seen or heard an 11 string Bass Don.

 

[Hal Nail]

9 hours ago, Andrew P said:

First time I've seen or heard an 11 string Bass Don.

 

I reckon in the time it would take to find, buy and learn to play one of those, you could just make friends with a guitarist!

Edited April 16, 2020 by Hal Nail

[Andrew P]

This mornings Blast from the Past is still from Blackwater Riverside in 2005, but this time with the Blue period in evidence.

 

 

Sorry about the quality of this one, but it's about the only overall shot I have.

 

You do have to admire the quality of my Track Laying and Point control back in those days, haha.

 

Edited April 16, 2020 by Andrew P

[Andrew P]

And back to Seven Mills we see Rat 25054 and 37206 on the Fuel Roads with the pair of 20's hidden behind.

Edited April 16, 2020 by Andrew P

[ianwales]

I Think what Andy isn't saying is that the guitars had 12 strings, but, he used 6 of them for O gauge handrail wire and fencing!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Andrew P]

I've managed to finish the Yard entrance this morning, so that can be all re bubbled again once it's dry, and then forgotten about until such time as I have the Garage conversion finished and it can all be re assembled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Andrew P]

2 hours ago, ianwales said:

I Think what Andy isn't saying is that the guitars had 12 strings, but, he used 6 of them for O gauge handrail wire and fencing!!!!!!!!!!!!

I saved one for my G String.

[Clive Mortimore]

1 hour ago, Andrew P said:

I saved one for my G String.

Now that has put me off my lunch.

[Andrew P]

5 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Now that has put me off my lunch.

Think Spaghetti.

[Donw]

20 hours ago, Andrew P said:

First time I've seen or heard an 11 string Bass Don.

 

 

No idea ow to rate that post there doesn't seem to be  a 'bl00dy Hell' option. My short fingers would not cope with that. You can also get fretless bases, having learnt cello for a while that would be a real pig  knowing where to place your fingers needs a really good sense of pitch.

 

Don

[Clive Mortimore]

48 minutes ago, Andrew P said:

Think Spaghetti.

No that does not help. I now have a vision of a wrinkly old man in a string vest and pants made from spaghetti.

[Andrew P]

7 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said:

No that does not help. I now have a vision of a wrinkly old man in a string vest and pants made from spaghetti.

We'll have a little less of the OLD if you don't mind.

[Andrew P]

And to bring us back on track this evening, we see 56047 waiting for a clear road to the Top Yard.

[Baggies1961]

Have we seen a road give way to the railway Andy?

[Andrew P]

Moring all, this mornings Blast from the past once again looks at Blackwater Riverside from 2005, but now we have moved forward to the 2000's with EWS and Freightliner to the fore.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 17, 2020 by Andrew P

[Andrew P]

I wonder if any work will get done today?

[ianwales]

21 hours ago, Andrew P said:

I saved one for my G String.

 

Can you play "Hair on a G String" on guitar then

[Andrew P]

This morning after my early morning walk, I started to do this after we lost Lady Lala a few weeks back, as I missed the exersice I was getting almost every day taking her down the Park, then my breakfast whilst I watched the 8 O'clock news, then out to TOPS to finish the  corner and Platform end. The Buffers have to come off again to fit a red LED and paint and weather it once it's set up down Souf.

 

 

The Layout has now been RE BUBBLED ready for the move.

[jcarta]

Great job there Andrew...... Who would have thought there was once a level crossing there 

[Donw]

Is the move still on Andy? I suppose you are just waiting for an easing of the Lockdown.

 

Don

[Andrew P]

1 hour ago, jcarta said:

Great job there Andrew...... Who would have thought there was once a level crossing there 

Yes mate, It's come out a lot better than I expected, I was concerned that I would ruin the feel of that end, but it's stayed fairly prototypical in many ways, the original line has gone, and it gone back to Farm Land.

[Andrew P]

8 minutes ago, Donw said:

Is the move still on Andy? I suppose you are just waiting for an easing of the Lockdown.

 

Don

Still all on target Don.  I was told on Tuesday by my Solicitor that we are on target, and the Lady in the Bank said she exchanged contracts on her sale / purchase last week and is moving next week.

We have our fingers crossed, but even when there we won't be able to have the Family around for a while, but at least we'll be closer.

Edited April 17, 2020 by Andrew P

[Andrew P]

This mornings Blast from the Past brings us up to 2006, after the move from Hampshire in late 2005.

 

I decided to build a Layout based around a Viaduct, just for watching Trains go by.

It never got fully connected to run around.

 

 

[Andrew P]

And back in the here and now, well almost, we see 37183 moving the Catfish into the Top Yard where they will be formed into an Engineering working to Stoke Gifford Yard. 47199 is on the Fuel Road and resident 08, 08173 moves along the other Fuel Road.