Week ending 8 September 2024

Monday afternoon showed quite a good attendance at the club but little found its way in front of the camera

Preparations are naturally intensifying before ABB goes to Scaleforum. In a desperate last gasp effort LBH thinks he has fixed the problem with one of his S7 Victory class.

The ABB preparations include glueing in the structure for the long terrace taking care to get everything vertical. The laser cut parts are so accurate that a layer of primer paint has to be filed off before they will slide together.

You can see there are a couple of really early-bird customers in the chip shop waiting for a fresh batch of chips.

Tuesday and a Zoom session. Rhobat took us through the development of Caerphilly Works by the Rhymney Railway, then Steve B emerged from several internet rabbit holes with pictures of various sorts of gear-driven engines.

An extra quick session on Wednesday saw the final wall in front of the semis installed.

By Friday Mr Chairman had completed a lot of work on the terrace, which is starting to look the part ….

And the Chip Shop

A rake of ex-LMS stock, built by Mike G was put through its paces and passed with flying colours.

And the recent work of the cottages was blended in and the fencing given some weathering

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