Bill

the moggie rebellion

vaigloriously fighting Vogons

with sandalwood shampoo

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When the band

doing highland dancing

smoking hot, reminded

climb mount Everest

visiting her mother

his wife having

Things slowly grind on, I'm a thinking about getting a Tower Models B set... My mind is going around in circles with the folowing... Should I go for GWR livery and mix it in with the early BR? I do like the GWR but its not going to fit... I should really get Blood and Custard - I much prefer Bachmann's paler custard colour on their MK 1's rather than the Hornby as they used on the maunsells... But BR Maroon is a much neater colour - did the B set ever appear in all over crimson? That would be useful - but I do like the GWR livery and on it goes full circle... And nowhere is the cash available to buy three sets.. If I go the GWR route then that would be good excuse for getting a GWR Prairie or Manor to pull them. Meanwhile back on the farm a cheapo plastic shed that came from somewhere in the states has been painted to resemble a creosote finish to serve as the Coal Merchants office and in this instance, doubling up as the local filling station. (Wattoncombe is a very small village somewhere close to Dartmoor) - Some enamel signs were designed in photoshop, printed on a laser printer and then stuck on to provide a garagy feel - the petrol pump comes from Corgi. The guy in overalls is a Preiser off duty US train engineer, who is currently selling coal in Devon whilst enjoying a cup of joe The Coal truck is a Vanguards 1:43rd (so they say!) NCB Morris Commercial, which will need to get a new livery - does anyone know how to remove the lettering from the sides of a diecast vehicle?... Its all a work in progress, so it is suck it and see time, nothing is as yet written in stone. Which reminds me, to find out the prices of a cwt of different kinds of coal and coke in 1955, to chalk on a blackboard on the outside of the hut. P.S.Why is it that primer always seems to feel tacky even weeks later?

Thanks for the help - border miniatures has some very alive and realistic models, I shall be getting some from them. With regard to the backscene - thanks for the advice - maybe a simple plain light sky blue background is all it needs? It could be one of those many stations planted in the middle of the fields miles from any settlement... Its worth thinking about and it would make life a lot simpler.

A maroon auto coach W38 and a class 6400 Pannier Tank number 6421, shed plate 83D - Laira, have arrived from Lionheart... Goodness knows if they ever worked together in the real world - but in this alternate universe they are about to... They are lovely models - at least I think so - but beauty is in the eye of the beholder - A standard BR van kit is on its way from Slaters so some real modelling will also get done. The planning for the backscene has started - The plan is... (unless someone comes up with a brighter idea) First - Draw up some plans for a fictitious village or small town on the border of South Devon and Cornwall in which this layout is set. Secondly - Make sure the village/town map extends way beyond the edges of the layout. Thirdly - When something exciting has been developed, do some research to get the right style, look and feel of the various buildings, trees etc in the proposed setting.. Fourthly - Paint the panoramic view of what someone leaning out of a coach window or standing on a platform might see of it. The whole thing when finished will be 24" high and extend around three sides of the layout Maybe it will painted somewhat in this style? Any ideas? Some vehicles other than cars and tractors are still needed, I can't belive that Corgi makes British outline coaches, buses and large lorries only in 1/50th scale which is completely useless (its almost 1/6th or so too small), Some sellers on ebay routinely try to pass this stuff off as 1/43rd - which it isn't. The decent large sized stuff in 1/43rd scale is all continental and left hand drive - so, unless my researches come up with something unexpected - there will be a group of German tourists visting from time to time in an ancient Mercedes coach ( probably made by Minichamps.) Vanguards and Oxford make some passable models of light trucks in 1/43rd, but so far they have not got round to doing the heavy stuff in 1/43rd.. On the ready made miniature people front - which seem to be an inescapable component of any layout - Preiser do some very charming figures but they don't yet do something specific in the way of BR railway staff. US train drivers really don't seem to meld with steam engines...

something strange happened

turn into cakes

delayed by fog

Front. Meanwhile dirty...

with rubber truncheon

or a 4VEP

bits fell off

all along the watchtower