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is still working down the gloat box. Skytrex garratt now in black and running nicely. No idea what I am going to do with it,. Rule 1 current era railtour stock perhaps 8)

I wanted to 3D print a saint but his halo kept snapping...

Nice one England

Either its Kareoke night or the band in the pub over the road today are truely terrible

line ponds not coaches

is back from Prague, there and back by train, much fun and the Dresden - Prague route is beautiful. Now where did I put the spare Z scale track...

what is it about paint and telephones ? How come the mere act of beginning to paint something geta you two calls in five minutes

tis done.. last piece of work for my degree course submitted and in. Now I can catch up on other stuff, look forward to Wales v Australia in the Rugby World Cup final and possibly get slightly drunk

head hurts. Writing software to produce 3D meshes for 3D printing systems is worse than school geometry lessons

main boards finally in place, join 'adjusted', points in the post

a happy day banging and screwing ! three baseboards cut and screwed together ready to test it all fits properly then glue anf varnish. One to go

blargh, all I need to do is another spray of primer, yesterday it poured with rain, today its lovely and sunny but blowing too much to spray stuff in the back yard

was going to do some modelling but seems to have accidentally spent the day learning to play an Eluveitie song on the whistle 8)

's wife is out so he can now deploy the superstrip and use the bathroom sink for cleaning up, providing the evidence vanishes before she returns anyway

has the main parts of the second attempt at a C.80 coach assembled, all plasticard so far - now can I make the battery boxes that way

"The internet is very very good"

has the body of the GWR C.80 cut out and assembled.

1306 partly lined, think I'll skip trying to wrap lining around the cab corner and the very tender edge though

is still working down the gloat box. Three coach roofs needing ventilators and detail bits next up, about my most hated job

finishes assembling a bit of history - one Skytrex N gauge Beyer Garratt ready for the paintshop

is slowly working down the gloat pile, trouble is I now have things like LMS n/c brake 3rds and a flatiron but I don't think I;ve got room for another layout 8)

curry lunch complete, back to building a 2mm scale 54' Bain

is working through things from the 'pile'. Next up filling and tidying a part finished white metal flatiron acquired in a box of bits from ebay

yay track finally complete between Wadebridge station board the back (Bodmin) fiddle yard and through the other scene to the second fiddle, Tomorrow hopefully it'll even have power

oops.. time to dash and buy a card