Limpley Stoker

2 minutes ago, spamcan61 said:

Would be a tad expensive but I guess if you created a consist / double header of the loco and a sound chip equipped woofer that might work.

Using the 6000 system my iphone will drive a Bluetooth speaker while the App drives the train. I use a tiny Bluetooth nano speaker in a van behind the loco for sound.
If the 7000 system could do this for a Bluetooth bass speaker while the loco chip drives  it’s mini speaker that would be a game changer. The only problem might be in synchronising the sound.

Could there be a possibility for the Bluetooth signal being transmitted to two sound chips simultaneously, one on the loco the other under the baseboard driving a woofer. This would transform the tinny sound of small speakers giving the missing bass ‘punch’

Plan B would to declare it to be Sunday every day so the garage doors can remain shut, as long as there is a small door for the petrol attendant to get to the till. Less activity on the railway might be expected though.

34 minutes ago, Harlequin said:

 

Sorry to go against the flow, Kevin, but that lettering doesn't look right to me. The stroke weight should be similar to the van number but it's much thinner. And the actual letters should be close to the normal GWR lettering that they used in many places. Some good examples are here: http://www.gwr.org.uk/nobrakes.html (Look at the DLE of "Ferndale" and compare to "Muddle".)

 

Obviously this is a tiny detail that only shows up in photos, so...

 

 

Easily explained, rather than sending the van to Swindon for rebranding the local sign writer was called to do the job.

Those coaches look so much better for  that weathering . You’ve already made me buy some !

Clearly there’s been some very windy weather in Stoke Courtenay. As always great close up views of some excellent stock. Is the Hornby Castle in its original green, varnished and weathered,  or was it repainted first?

I see the sheep are still social distancing,  Lovely view and that grass looks good enough to eat - 

Excellent - it looks  to be a very successful operation by the plastic surgeon:  that doesn’t look anything like a 14xx anymore. You certainly hit the ground running in 2023 and have even fabricated those pesky rear steps!  

The SNP have the best fish joke.

sorry Nicola and Scots who care.

Kevin has proved to be a dab hand modelling that bloater, it’s getting to be a haddock.

I’m a bit worried that if the day’s catch from Little Muddle needs to go to Billingsgate in your Bloater it might not be very fresh when it gets there !

If Hattons commission a new chassis for the DJM body it would be an open goal.……with an ash pan

35 minutes ago, KNP said:

A loco!

 

Just my sort of local. When is it opening?

‘Sometimes, Jim, I wish I hadn’t trodden in  that sticky wax’.  … ‘ so do I ! ‘

A delivery of fireworks for the Encombe Town New Years Eve Party!

4 hours ago, MrWolf said:

Fiddly!!

 

Nice beading !

2 hours ago, KNP said:

The 'new' corner in all its glory

 

I’ve always wondered what the edge of a flat earth would look like and now I know!.

Looks as though we won’t miss Coopercraft so much, but at a price. They do look splendid but I hope those tie bars are sturdy !

2 hours ago, Siberian Snooper said:

 

Have you issued a contract on Mr Putin?

 

Merry Christmas,  to you all.

 

Yes, a Zero hours contract.  No benefits.

I would choose picture No 1 for the forthcoming Little Muddle Calendar. ?2044

Or will the steam rail motor arrive first?

Happy Christmas John and the folk of Encombe - and thank you for your pictures of  a spacious and convincing GWR. I wonder what will be passing through in 2023  - a Steam Railmotor?

Happy Christmas Rob, and special greetings to Miss RRH for supporting your hobby with such humour.

Your thread has been a masterclass in productive displacement activity, so as Kevin McCloud would say about the crew of 530, will they be in by Christmas ?

Happy Christmas to Nodders all and here’s to a Putin free 2023 -and thank you Rob for making me buy yet more stuff thanks to the idyllic setting of your photos !