well filled baps The Sheep Chronicles. The adventures of a Sheep, the Works Forecat and the Works Apprentice, George.

[NHY 581]

Oh and..........

 

 

 

 

 

 

[NHY 581]

 

 

 

 

 

[Winslow Boy]

Look just stop it will you. There's only so many pictures of perfection i can take.

[NHY 581]

Um.........

 

You're too kind, Winners. .......Perfection ?

 

I don't think so. 

 

But I'll keep trying. 

 

 

Rob 

[Peckett52]

Rob your Peckett is stunning. The weathering of the loco is so real.

[03060]

8 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

Oh and..........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's like an Industrial version of the Flake advert !!

[NHY 581]

Morning all, 

 

Thank you for your kind comments and likes etc. 

 

When the Peckett was damaged at the Cardiff show, I was more than a tad disappointed and it's taken me a long time to do something about it. I'm therefore quite pleased with how the little chap has turned out. 

 

I'm going to add a few more details to it, oil cans on the footplate etc. Main thing is checking the layout itself over as in nine days time it's got to be ready to go. 

 

One thing I must do is sort out the engine shed, specifically, improve the fit of the water tower to engine shed join. 

 

Right, I'm off to the Room of Doom. 

 

The game is ahoof. 

 

Rob. 

[NHY 581]

Well, I've been sidetracked............

 

Norman Lockhart has kindly forwarded this image.......

 

 

 

 

I'll stop now and get on with some work....

 

 

 

 

 

[NHY 581]

Just had a thought.................

[Ruston]

14 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

Um.........

 

You're too kind, Winners. .......Perfection ?

 

I don't think so. 

 

But I'll keep trying. 

 

 

Rob 

Such a shame that it ended up being scrapped after the closure of Sheep Dip.

[JustinDean]

Just now, NHY 581 said:

Just had a thought.................

Steady on lad. 

[NHY 581]

Just now, Ruston said:

Such a shame that it ended up being scrapped after the closure of Sheep Dip.

 

 

 

[mullie]

19 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

Just had a thought.................

Is it that time of year already?

[NHY 581]

14 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

Just had a thought.................

 

12 minutes ago, JustinDean said:

Steady on lad. 

 

 

Well............

 

I have two Pecketts that currently frequent Sheep Dip....

 

Dodo. 

 

 

And 560. 

 

 

Given 560's nose dive, I'm considering having some nameplates made up for 560. 

 

LEMMING

 

 

I think an allegedly suicidal rodent would be good company for an extinct flightless bird. 

 

Rob. 

 

 

 

[Winslow Boy]

1 hour ago, NHY 581 said:

 

 

 

 

Who let the sheep out -shouted out over the low drum beat 

[PaulaDoesTrains]

2 hours ago, Winslow Boy said:

 

Who let the sheep out -shouted out over the low drum beat 

Beat? Did you mean bleat?

[Asterix2012]

On 26/12/2022 at 07:48, NHY 581 said:

In other news, darling Nesta arrived courtesy of Santa. 

She's a delightful little thing. Sadly, the poor dear wasn't particularly photogenic yesterday evening......or perhaps Norman was adversely affected by more port than we thought but the photos were simply not up to scratch. 

 

A second attempt to secure some suitable images will be made later on.

 

However, I can confirm that the little woolly cells are ticking in respect of a suitable tableau where Nesta can frolic. 

 

Rob. 

 

 

I must confess I also succumbed to a purchase of both Charles and Nesta when the mainline Hunslet was announced.

 

This has lead to the purchase of some meridian kits for Penrhyn slate wagons as a try out.

 

What exactly to do with these things is unclear at this stage.

 

How is your planning coming on Rob?

[NHY 581]

Mange tout, Asterix. 

 

Quite well.......ish

 

Do I go big ( usual 4ft x 16ins )?

 

Do I go bijou ( Er....smaller ) ? 

 

Shunty (probably )  or roundy roundy (not keen)

 

Definitely weedy. Probably slate buildings as per The Dip plus a bit of wriggly, rusty tin. 

 

Maybe a bit slopey, possibly docky or a bit mountainy/rocky slate stuff. 

 

There, sorted. Thanks for the prompt. 

 

Rob. 

 

 

[New Haven Neil]

Weedy and slate-y  sounds good, with a hill-y heap-y slate-y theme rising towards the rear, making a change from the marshy flat lands you usually depict so well?

[Captain Kernow]

I saw virtually the whole set in the display cabinet at Expressway Models, Buckfastleigh today.

 

I resisted.

 

I was feeling strong today.

 

Goodness knows what will happen if I go back in there and haven't had enough Weetabix for breakfast, though.

 

[steve45]

On 21/12/2022 at 17:41, CotBob said:

While we are on the subject of baseboards, has anybody used Model Railway Solutions boards?  I could build them myself, but know the limit of my skill in cutting and assembling bits of wood, and want the single board I need to be flat and level.

They are excellent, and they aren't laser cut, they are properly machined

[NHY 581]

Happy New Year to all you lovely Muttoneers. 

 

Here's to a spiffing 2023. 

 

 

 

Best wishes, 

 

Rob. 

[Gilbert]

Laphroiag for me.... HNY NHY..

Chris

Edited January 1, 2023 by Gilbert

[St Enodoc]

18 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

Happy New Year to all you lovely Muttoneers. 

 

Here's to a spiffing 2023. 

 

 

 

Best wishes, 

 

Rob. 

Slàinte Mhath.

[NHY 581]

2 minutes ago, St Enodoc said:

Slàinte Mhath.

 

 

Bless ewe !