David Bell

Looks brilliant

Very atmospheric, very Aberdeen!

That is phenomenal modelling.Hats off! Cheers David

That is great news Andy. Onwards and upwards now! Cheers David

I think you are right. I remember there was a lever in the Fouldubs box I could not even move. The signal was a long way from the box. The signalman seemed to move it quite easily.

Outstanding work Brian. Cheers David

The signal is all in one piece now.

The spectacle plate for the signal, made of laminated ply and MDF

Much enjoyed the latest video. The chalk embankments are particularly effective. Cheers David

Wow, there's mojo on a plate right there!

And a sterling job you are doing. What a lovely collection of locos. Cheers David

The street extension is complete and primed ready for painting. The white paper is the footprint of the tenement. Cheers David

Your rendition of Mallaig is coming on a treat. Brings back long distant happy memories. Cheers David

That is all looking rather splendid Mr P. Cheers David

I have started to put the full size signal together. They are bigger than you think! The semaphore arm is 4 ft x 11 inches. The length of the whole thing including the spectacle plate is 70 inches.

Back on the model I have started extending the scenic section above the tunnel mouth. The original plan was to have a low relief tenement but I have since decided to model a full tenement, front and back and to extend the street further back to include a further building. Brian at Braeside is working on the tenement now so I thought I should complete the base on which it will stand. Cheers David

The shed is finished!

Not that I ever drink the stuff, honest!

Heaven Forbid!

I am not sure you have really seen the view from our house. We overlook the Dornoch Firth and can see all the way from Dunrobin Castle to Portmahomack. Our visitors are diverse. Sparrowhawks, Buzzards, Kite, one resident hedgehog, Herons, House Martin's, Swallows and bats to name a few. Oh and most of my good lady wife's relatives! We are very lucky to live where we do. Other visitors include the daily visit from the RAF. Eurofighters practising their bombing runs to the weapons range at Tain. So a daily air display. We have 8 acres, mostly mature Birch wood, so does not need too much looking after. Some is cleared out to garden.

The gradient post is finished and in place next to the almost completed! shed

You can't have too many Class 27's!

You have really made a good job of those figures. Cheers David

I thought it would be fun to put some railway items around the shed. One will be a full size signal. I say full size but I am thinking around 12ft tall which is quite short, only 4 ft or so higher than the top of the shed. Another idea perhaps a little easier is a gradient post. I thought this would be a couple of planks nailed to a fence post but having done some research some are more complicated than that. This is based on a Caledonian Railway example and they rebated the cross boards into the post. In truth it is about 3/4 scale but suits the size of the shed. Here is the post with first coat of primer

Two weeks in, here is where we have got to with the shed. Cheers David