Illuminated halo
Tuesday evening saw the installation of the lighting, a pair LED strips in different shades of white. The job needs to be tidied up but it’s a bright start.
Lozenges for all
A quiet Monday, and most work was camera shy, but several of us had recovered from Friday’s exertions to attend.
Seen in the image are series of fiddle yard cassettes where Rob F had fixed the ply lozenges in situ.
Elsewhere work continued on the scenics for Cwmcarno and Andrew J weathered some wagons.
Deadlines approach
With the twin commitments of taking two layouts away on the same weekend the pressure is building.
And speaking of a building (oh! why does he bother?) LBH is slowly progressing the local pub; this evening fixing the newly-slated roof in position. He thought he’d found a pretty wizard way of holding the roof in place with two steel bars flexibly held together by masking tape straps.
We’ll see this evening if it works!
When we were moving ABB to set it up ready for the show, the terrace took a tumble. Obviously the magnets were not strong enough to hold it in place. So now there are some long bolts araldited to the base that pass down through the baseboard, secured by wingnuts. Also, some chimney pots were damaged when it hit the floor. The replacements are on the way from Modelu.
On another hot Friday most decided to stay cool and avoid the clubrooms. However, Mike G called in to drop off some stock he prepared for Cwm Carno. In the Bay at ABB we see 1610 and a more modern autocoach destined for Cwm Carno. For that layout, the long stone wall has had mortar and colour added and is looking better.
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A red halo
Following some preparation work by Andrew N on Monday, Paul 🏅🏅applied the final coats of paint on Cwmcarno’s halo, while Mr C fettled the chassis of Maggie, the NCB loco.
Ammonia in Cwmcarno
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The Two Towers
No, we’re not dragging you off to Middle Earth, but showing a comparison between two water towers, both intended to portray Brecon and Merthyr prototypes. On the left is a printed resin one for Cwmcarno and on the right, the example on Llanastr, which is made up from individually carved plasticard stones (which took yonks to make).
The Newport – Brecon service was either two or three coaches, more often three. The two seen here fit into the short Cwm Carno platform better.
Remember when beer was 75p a pint?
That’s what a pint cost when Llanastr was first exhibited. LBH has dragged it out again in anticipation of its trip to Larkrail next week.
In the meantime work progressed on Cwmcarno, landscaping and building the mount for its lighting ‘halo’.
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Two
Just two at the club tonight, Luke and LBH, and Cwmcarno was the priority Luke continued to test stock and fettle track and fiddle yards and LBH did a bit on the Glan Carno Arms.
More testing
A quietish Tuesday evening but quite productive.
