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Latest venture; Corris guard’s van. interior a little conjectural, but then most of my models are. Going with the GWR look again. Guard with ‘I love mum’ mug as usual. Maybe I should start mixing it up a little bit with the mugs! bacon and eggs on the stove, of course! wheels, buffers and a roof, next!

Love it, excellent layout

Some of the kits - there are lots of slate wagons about, from various sources, too. first loco is Phil Sharples, messed about with by me, second is using his lister parts and a chassis of his to do a 45mm gauge bodge. The local home guard seem happy enough with it!

A few of the back catalogue, focusing on the card models…. powered chassis by Phil Sharples and IP engineering- both excellent suppliers- I have a fair amount of their products on my shelves! Tin turtle and small England loco have sounds too, thanks to locoremote units. The semi closed workmen s coach is a kit.

And a Corris 2 plank open wagon, again card, with wheels from swift sixteen. First GW wagon ever, after 50 years despite dad still being a lover of all things Western, and being brought up on green locos… rivets are self adhesive rhinestones. I bet Brunel is spinning at generating speeds!

Latest card loco, on a nice wooden chassis from Houston Gate, using locoremote gubbins. Based on Corris no 5 fimo figure, as usual, with a working fan from a computer. Not really scale, but will look ok trundling along!

I must ask that we keep this decent and do not discuss folk dancing, barn dancing or line dancing. It really is most upsetting. As to the other, it happens up here, too, reputedly. Always pays to check that the locals don’t have extra fingers and so on. there is a song- “I’m my own grandpa” which I can highly commend to the house…

Definitely a financial aspect to this; losing parishioners would have had a massive impact. However there was certainly a religious zeal to save the ungodly and do good works at them, should they wish it or no. I rather hope we are over that these days, although I’m not sure. As someone very new to official preaching, I’m impressed when I read of those who gave addresses to 100s outdoors for hours at a time. Neither talent nor bladder would allow that in me! the relative who provided the pictures is doing further research, so I am hopefully going to have more to share..

Latest update.. the gentleman rejoiced in the name of the Reverend Ivor Hyndman. The wagon was used around Teesside (we think) so are there other photos? I seem to remember one of a preacher in Hutton Rudby. After the Great War, he traveled to America, where he lived until the 1960s.

As an Anglican god-botherer-in-training, I feel I should support the non-conformists, although the wagon I have is episcopalian, which is our lot, to my surprise- much like Edwardian’s picture. However, the term hit-and-run service is also very appealing, and will be used at college tonight. I’m just off for an evening of church history with an exceptionally fascinating lecturer. Maybe a few changeable boards and a selection of different ministers and I can ring the changes!

Soooooooo, a new project for the railway (because I haven’t enough half finished things to do…) A friend showed me these pictures of a distinguished-looking relative, knowing that I have a fondness for harmoniums and travelling preachers. My immediate feeling was that the railway needed some godly presence (it will get a church, but only in time). A quick look on Ebay has resulted in this purchase, which will hopefully result in a fine little wagon, and a model of the gent with the admirable facial furniture… next step is measuring up and having a play with the card cutter to come up with a few bits. A speaker under the wagon with some good salvationist hymns might help, too! Better tell my choir to gird their loins for some uplifting Victorian music. A little Caleb Semper, I think…

Good to see the consumption of beer is still an important element, not just virtual beer… as an aside to such pressing matters, very, very nice models!

mum going to have to have an allotment and a few bikes, aren’t I? Actually, in this scale, that would make a great model. Maybe with a pigeon loft…

First try at laying out some track- about 6’ here. 00 gauge church and pub underneath for scale…

View of the station building, think there will be space for a small goods shed, loco shed and maybe a bridge. Was aiming for an island layout, but it feels enclosed, so perhaps mills, canals and flat caps.

First chance to see what the layout might look like… about 6’ of track balanced on a plank, nothing special but feels good

Recent developments… a move has resulted in a new home for the railways.. and instruments.. and books.. not sure I will fit In as well! railway to run along the left hand wall; 20ft isn’t much real estate in G scale, but I like adding detail, so… inside of a Ffestiniog guards van. Mostly invisible with roof on… Vertical boiler loco, excellent and cheap chassis by Phil Sharples, who seems to be supplying more and more of my stuff. Jolly good it is too. The pistons don’t work, but otherwise the loco looks happy with a few skips or slate wagons.

glad you like the people. I can’t make specific characters, I just have to go with however they look when they come out, but that’s more fun. They are slowly acquiring names, personalities and back-stories. I’m hoping the layout will be show worthy, and this is part of the way I want to present it- as an moving story.

the steampunk inspired locomotive, designed and predominantly built by my son… real junk box splendour… needs more random pipes and so forth at some later date…

The last picture is another thing on a Phil Sharples’ chassis, built by my 10yo son, as was the slate wagon. Figure from my usual fimo

Closed and open carriages card, semi open a kit Phil sharples basic chassis with a card body.. card gunpowder van - really needs some weight. That’s a major problem with the card stock, especially with the ones using wooden axles running in card bearings. On the positive side, it doesn’t roll on my less than level track.

Some more recent stuff… again mostly card, although bought wheels and a simple bought power unit in the tender for reliability.,, Workman’s wagon from card, figures fimo 2 card slate wagons, one simple kit..

Two wheel drive, but easy to add 4wd with delrin chain and gears

It certainly makes it cheap and easy. The kits are robust, and the scale means it doesn’t derail... much! They are all controlled by my phone using Bluetooth and some clever gubbins I don’t understand. So no issues with dirty track, either. Hard to make a micro layout in this scale, but not impossible with the tiny locos. They are surprisingly controllable, too. I have sound too in the larger ones, which is fun. They can really crawl along, too, as they don’t find dead spots on my rubbish track!

A few updates, with the Ffestiniog 1 plank wagon to follow soon... I have been building kits, unusually, but have found the range by Phil Sharples to be excellent: a modified version of a hunslet, some slate wagons with knobs on and a bodge-up of a lister rail truck...