Andrew Young

Great to see you at Mickleover and to see how much progress you’ve made since we last saw you. 
 

Cheers,

Andrew

Cracking video and stunning modelling. Have been holidaying on the Mid Wales coast for nearly 40 years, your street and back scene captures the Aberllefeni / Dinas Mawddwy / Bala area superbly. 

6 minutes ago, KH1 said:

They are 1/32 and built by Trevor Hughes as part of a major project to model Pendre with no compression! Various bits of the project have appeared in MRJ and NGIR with more articles to come and hopefully the finished article but probably a couple of years away. It is all very inspiring and a great mix of traditional modelling with modern techniques where it is sensible to use them hence the 3d bobbins.

Thanks, I’m aware of that project and did wonder whether they were for that, but always best to ask. It’s going to be an excellent and inspiring model when completed which will probably put me off Modelling the TR completely. But then I do get to play with the real thing... (well virus’ permitting)

Those Talyllyn slate wagons are exquisite. What scale are they?

That's just beautiful! The photographs almost make me feel I'm stood on the platform waiting for a train.

Cheers,

Andrew

Interesting review, I too visited the show yesterday afternoon.

Foreign modelling is not my core interest either, but that part of the show resulted in my 'best in show' and was worth seeing.

I'm not s huge fan of roundy roundy layout, or Irish models, or 3mm scale, but I found 'Balleyconnell Road' to be an exquisite little thing. Well built, well run with signalling and operation that looked realistic and operated by a chap who was happy to answer questions.

The show is much better for being back in the Sports Stadium and from the members I spoke to, were happy with the attendance.

I must declare some interest though, my Dad is a long standing member of the Nottingham club and I was a member in my teens before moving away.

Cheers,

Andrew

Think the lazier cut barge boards has been money well spent.

Only just found your blog and enjoyed reading through it, your layout's looking great.

Cheers,

Andrew

Simply stunning!

Your building and Rock formations are both very impressive.

I know the area well holidaying in Tywyn often and your scenery captures the upland feel of the area between Corris and Brithdir very well.

Cheers,

Andrew

That's an impressive looking man cave!

I'm slightly envious of your base boards too.

Cheers,

Andrew

Fantastic collection of wagons there. It's the private owner wagon that tempted me into standard gauge modelling from narrow gauge, though I've yet to try my hand at hand lettering yet.

Good to see another using privet, on our group's previous 7mm narrow gauge layout we had a timber yard and saw mill and used privet for the logs on that too.

Cheers,

Andrew

That was a branch that came down into the overheads.

Was one of my CrossCountry colleagues based in Edinburgh who had the fatality today, there's now six Edinburgh based drivers off following fatalities at the moment!

That bicycle is exquisite, I like the back story too.

Your signal box looks more Great Westernised with the new roof too, something vaguely reminiscent of a contractor built box on a faraway branch line in a remote corner or the GW empire, reminds me of a photo of one of the Cornish branch lines but I can't quite put my finger on which one. So definitely effective! Plus it looks distinctively different to the out of the box Peco original.

Only recently found your blog and have been working my way through it drooling over your exquisite modelling.

Regarding your comments about double arched bridges. The Cambrian Railways album by C.C. Green published by Ian Allan contains a wonderfully evocative photo of a twin arch bridge at Fronfaith on the Kerry branch taken c1905 which might be suitable.

If you don't have access to a copy, message me and I'll see what I can do.

Thanks,

Andrew