Jol Wilkinson

Whoopee, mild weather so it's back to the workshop for more work on London Road's new baseboards

Whoopee, mild weatehr so it's back to the workshop for more work on London Road's new baseboards

Rather cold in the workshop, so I used my wifes holiday in NZ to take over the kitchen table. Nowhere to eat, though.

Cut the end of my left hand index finger badly with a kitchen knife last night. Making holding plasticard for working on the new overbridge a bit difficult.

Contemplating five weeks of batchelor hood when my wife flies to NZ tomorrow.

New baseboards and fiddle yard for London Road now ready for test run with rest of the layout. Time to book the village hall.

A bit too cold for doing much in the workshop, so back to etched kit designing for the moment.

A bad week. had to install a new washing machine, fix the ballcock in the downstairs (staff) loo, fix a wiring problem in the workshop, etc. etc. Got s*d all modelling done on t...

A bad week. had to install a new waching machine, fix the ballcock in the downstairs (staff) loo, fix a wiring problem in the workshop, etc. etc. Got s*d all modelling done on the layout.

A bad week. had to install a new waching machine, fix the ballcock in the downstairs (staff) loo, fix a wiring problem in the workshop, etc. etc. God s*d all modelling done on the layout.

The recent mild weather allowed me to do a bit of work outdoors, so the lighting support gantries are made, control panel supports made and fitted. Now back to working on the platforms.

Hooray, finished wiring the control panel (I think). Now to get on with the platformsand redecorating the spare bedroom.

Still working on the layout control panel and wiring, will it never end?

Back to working on the wiring for London Road, definitely not my favourite job.

Taking a bit of a break from working on London Road and writing instructions for some new LNWR carriage kits by building a 12 wheel LNWR diner.

Trying to locate a supplier for a small piece of coloured perspex for the FY control panel and not having much luck.

Finished the wiring on two of the new boards for London Road, just got to finish the control panel and the fiddle yard.

Just received some DCCconcepts station gas lamps for London Road's new platforms. Really impressed, very well detailed and effective when lit.

Getting bored with wiring up the new control panel.

Horray, got the traverser fully sorted on its four drawer runners. The loco "turntable" is finished so now I can lay the traverser lines.

Despite feeling pleased with progress on the extension to London Road, can't help feeling it's two steps forward, one step back at the moment.

Despite feeling pleased with progress on theectension to London Road, can't help feeling it's two steps forward, one step back at the moment.

The first London Road extension baseboard has been lined up with the rest of the layout and tracklaying has started.