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April 15

The Railcar nears Blackney.

April 15

haven't shown the Railcar recently Approaching Blackney.

March 23

I can't believe, afte all this time, we are still talking about this subject, perhaps it says more about us than our partners whether girlfriends or wives

March 22

I painted my backscene with grey and white primer with afew areas of very light blue painted before being sprayed with the primers. See my thread Blackney a glimpse of the Forest.

March 21

I do like Hymeks and come to think of it "Baby Warships" as well as panniers.

March 20

3775 has been to the colliery and is now leaving Blackney for the rest of the world.

March 11

Looking at Panniers, another visit to the Forest as 3775 comes under the old bridge.

March 11

March 11

And is that Rob and a few mates in the field in front of it

March 10

No, its owned by the Forest Furniture and Sawmills Co.

March 10

A few more details as 3775 meanders its way to Forest Furniture and Sawmills sidings.

March 10

You can't have too many panniers.

February 22

An 0 gauge dive in again, nothing to with building kits apart from weathering the Beware sign fom Intentio.

Glad we are not in the USA and having to wait an extremely long time for a very long freight to go passed.

February 22

Just crossed the crossing.

February 22

The sign across the railway looking towards Blackney.

February 20

To slightly correct Hal comment about my layout Blackney. The fiddleyard now sceiced is 3ft 6 and the main layout is 7ft 6.

Sceniced fiddleyard

Main layout

Track plan

February 20

I've always liked the Brush A-1-As

February 18

A bit of a delay whilst I've been awaiting a delivery from Intentio models.

D9502 makes its way over the ungated crossing on its way back to Bullo Pill and then on to Gloucester.

February 7

One can never be too busy to drool over panniers, unless you have spam in your name.

February 5

Can you spot the subtle changes on the backscene?

February 3

1 hour ago, NHY 581 said:

Well, thanks to some generous folk, the H has gone as has a Peckett, the class 14 and maybe an 03 plus the quicky layout.

All very good and already has freed up a bit of head space.

Rob.

Will this new found wealth go towards a new 0 gauge layout 😁

January 31

A pair of panniers.

January 30

Excuse me interupting againb but I have spent the last month or so slightly changing my 0 gauge layout Blackney. I wanted to some of my sort of modelling ie scenery, but the layout is all but finished and I have no room to expand or extend. What to do????

I've got it Make the fiddleyard scenic. It will keep me out of the pub, fill a modelling need and give me somewhere else to pose locos and stock for taking photos. Now whilst the layout is set in the Forest of Dean, it is not all trees. many of the lines pass through open areas. So that's what I would do. Problem!! the fiddleyard has a sector plate, answer have a removeable scenic section that can be taken out whilst the layout is operated.

I must admit I'm more than happy with the result considering it was done when my right eye was suffering from PCO which meant sight through that eye was rather hazy to say the least. That problem was dealt with last week (laser treatment) and i can see properly again or at least as proper as a man of 77 should be able to see. and I am still happy with my efforts.

Any way some photos

Fiddleyard as originally built.