Adrian Stevenson

She looks brilliant. Nice work. I am really looking forwards to getting my 58xx now. Cheers, Ade.

The printed backscenes with the MK I's is a really good trick. Cheers, Ade.

Hi Peter, I am determined to make the most of the time off work! The boss recons it will be June before we go back... Cheers, Ade.

Once again decorating today, (wallpapering the chimney breast) so modelling time very limited. I have been working on the body sides tonight. As I mentioned before, the sprues are heavy. The guards ducket window frames are very thin about 1mm thick around the window at one point so extreme care is need taking these off the sprue. These are now glued in place (before taking the body side off the sprue as recommended). I have also cleaned up the body ends and compartment panels. Door vents glued in place and the seats are now made up. One body side has been freed from the sprue and cleaned up. Cheers, Ade.

Try Railtec. Cheers, Ade.

Nice work John. I like the Art Deco looking Creamery building.

Hi, well this afternoon I started the build on the first of the carriages, the T34 Brake Compo. This is my first Slaters kit. Everything is fairly straight forwards. One comment is the carrier sprues are quite thick and the joints to the parts are rather substantial. So the parts require careful snipping of the sprue and then cutting and filing. The brass etches are nice and easy to remove. Here is a pic of today's progress. The chassis comprises of the plastic spider underframe, solebars and buffer beams. The vac cylinder assembly is a bit fiddly and requires several half mil holes drilling for the brass rods. What you see in the pic represents about 4 hours work. Adhesives used were Mekpak from Slaters and Gorilla superglue. No soldering done yet. I am enjoying the build. Cheers, Ade.

Hi Dan, thanks for the kind comments. We will try and do another video with two engines running next. Sounds like you have a lot on your plate. One of my Grandsons had a heart problem at birth. Various op's, pacemaker fitted, then aged 3 the big op to turn his back to front heart around. He is fine now and aged 8. Living in a rural enviroment we are very lucky and I don't know of any Convid19 cases locally. Stay safe and don't take any chances. Cheers, Ade.

These were first annouced at the Dapol club members open day last year. Nice to see more details about them. I will be up for the GWR version. Cheers, Ade.

Nice video. I like the weathered Black 5 very much. Cheers, Ade.

Hi Phil, as I said to you at the show, this is a really neat bit of design work. I hope your solder turns up! Cheers, Ade.

The GWR 4 wheel carriage kits arrived today from Slaters. These will be a long term project. But I will post updates as I go along as usual. Cheers, Ade.

Hi Rod, I am flitting from one job to another too. But progress is coming on with all the different projects, be it railway, decorating or gardening. Keep us posted. Cheers, Ade.

Hi Ken, she looks great. Cheers, Ade.

Hi Duncan, thanks. Talking of space.... Today after a painting the picture rail in the living room, I went outside to enjoy the sunshine over a cup of tea and then ended up working in the garden all day. We have now had a re think on the position of Lez's proposed hot tub ( a pre condition of me having the cabin ) so instead of it being a few metres in front of the cabin we are now changing it's place. In order to take advantage of any late afternoon sun, it is now going on the left side of the garden closer to the conservatory. So my garden line will now run about 40 feet along the fence line and radius permitting make a right turn to go down the left side of the garden to the hot tub. (To deliver Gin ) This will involve some kind of lift out section as it will cross the conservatory doors. All a long way off in the future. But nice to plan ahead. Cheers, Ade.

Llareggub. First saw it in RM back in the 1970's then finally saw it for real at GCR Model show last year. Cheers, Ade.

What did impress me was the haulage capacity of the Jinty, as there was a fair old bit of weight to the load.

The trackwork flows nicely.

Thanks Andy. All down to Lez. Cheers, Ade.

Hi Andy, I am sure it will! I have done a bit of measuring up today re my fiddle yard. I was considering cassettes due to space. (I know these have limitations having spoken with George re length and weight) but I now think I might be able to fit in a three lane traverser. My main issue is the main line will eventually carry on into the garden. So one line will be the main line and the other two as storage for other rakes. Max length would be loco and two carriage or about 6 wagons. Cheers, Ade.

Hi Rob, all looking good. I would really consider the DCC option for the future. It makes a big difference to slow speed running I have found. I have still to buy an class 03, but will once finances allow.... Cheers, Ade.

Hi Duncan, the weather worn and flaking paintwork looks fantastic. Cheers, Ade.

I think it is a nice addition.

Cheers, Ade & Lez.