… well possibly more annoyance. Much of the Rhiw stock roster has grown quite organically, and even this has moved around date wise. The upshot is that the stock is stored in random boxes. Post Eastbourne some of this stock jumped out of the bo…
I don’t do many show these days. Not sure why this is, but they do seem to be problematic at times particularly where the bump between entertainments happens. Anyway…Rhiw2 appeared at Eastbourne for Pevensey MRC to great applause, ‘simpli…
Oh yes, there’s more! On a roll and once more into the box. Well I may as well do the whole train now I’m 75% there. This is a mixed bag, and this is what I have. As per usual it came off a club stand at not much money. There are risks involved h…
And so to paint. The whole lot was given a coat of Humbrol 62 orange as a base. Then, slightly paler than normal, the body outer, a coat of Citadel Corax White. Photos of 16 tonners often show an almost white finish, so I could dare to be pale.Th…
The last piece (for the minute) for Rhiw is a skip; one of those that sits by the lineside with a mix of gash inside and seemingly has no means of being retrieved.The root is one of a pair from the Peco Modelscene range which is stamped Leafdale Models…
Yes more crazy old stuff. ref. the post below, a tally hut for the private siding. The cognoscenti will recognise this as not being an expensive etched brass kit, and for me points out exactly what is wrong with the hobby; we’re getting so the hi…
Catching up.After a week in the sun, where I actually got some modelling done, it’s back to the workbench. However this is not all moving in a linear fashion and I was minded to move away from the new project for a bit and get a couple of things done o…
Until I pick up some scraps of track from a well known West Sussex scrap box, the FY is essentially complete with running from both the off roads from Rhiw2. A bit of a departure having a running layout up in the house. This does have a slight te…
Striking while the iron was hot… literally. Time to get at least a couple of bits of track down. No outlandish methods here, all classic stuff. The board were lined up and bits of sleeper-width thin card stuck in place, followed by pairs of EM copper…
Further to the last missive; a little work today, dancing between other things, on a quick baseboard build for the new short FY for the home running of Rhiw. A ferret around in the huge pile of old baseboards and MDF off-cuts in the garage turned up en…