hornbyandbf3fan

Already attending Mallard 75 on the 3rd, but thinking about booking another day off the following week to go again...

10 minutes in the sauna/loft/railway room

3 Stunning A4's and a rather woebegone A3 in one afternoon - marvellous!

3 Stunning A4's and a rather woebegone A3 in one afternoon - marvellous!

Today I have decided: enough. All the companies who sell awesome stuff which soon turns out to be excrement just think "oh, look, there's Jawfin, I'll go and screw him over with my damaged, low quality products, and when he complains I'll just send an embarrassing email back he'll be too embarrassed and frustrated to take action." Well NO MORE! I SHALL FIGHT BACK!!!!

Has had many fruitless attempts today to make my live steam loco to move forwards.

GCR Loughbrough just announced that the proposed new bridge linking the two halves of the railway will be in within the next two years and trains running the complete 18 mile length in 5 years

GCR Loughbrough just announced that the proposed new bridge linking the two halves of the railway will be in within the next two years and trains running the complete 18 mile length in 5 years

Day off work,modeling!!

Bittern out on the GWML this morning doing 90+.....

Bittern out on the GWML this morning doing 90+.....

6111. It's always there. When you're swigging your milky brew. When you finally get round to finishing that whitemetal kit. When pull the plugs out at the end of the day. 6111 is still there at Inchicore. Staring with its unblinking marker lights. Staring. Watching. Waiting...

Fingers crossed that the rain will have gone by 5 in time for me to film a freight train and the sleeper tomorrow morning. But, this is England!!!

Fingers crossed that the rain will have gone by 5 in time for me to film a freight train and the sleeper tomorrow morning. But, this is England!!!

Fingers crossed that the rain will have gone by 5 in time for me to film a freight train and the sleeper tomorrow morning. But, this is England!!!

Debating whether to get up early tommorow to see the sleeper again or hope I get a good shot on Wednesday when I'll set it after a freight comes through. This is in Cornwall by the way!

Debating whether to get up early tommorow to see the sleeper again or hope I get a good shot on Wednesday when I'll set it after a freight comes through. This is in Cornwall by the way!

Day 3 of a 5 day weekend. Too much sun. Not enough modelling.

"Here comes the rain agen...."