Past Times
Our blog posts started at the very end of 2023, before then we had separate pages for various periods, follow the links below to see what we’d been up to.
Tŷ’n-y-Coedcae Backscene
The backscene has been printed and here it is held up more-or-less in place behind the layout,
Luke has sourced the lettering for the station nameboard.
And Paul has fitted the mounts so the panel can sit on either side of the layout.
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Tŷ’n-y-Coedcae Fiddle Yards and suport
Paul (S) primarily and LBH worked on the baseboard and support modifications on Tŷ’n-y-Coedcae.
The trestles have been extended in to raise the track level to approx 4’1″
When LBH laid out the new bases for the cassettes on Tŷ’n-y-Coedcae’s fiddle yard it became apparent that more space would be required to accommodate anything like a decent train so PaulS set to to extend them by 15″. Here’s the start.
In December Paul assed the extension to the West fiddle yard
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LBH gets destructive on Tŷ’n-y-Coedcae.
LBH has had a rethink and the revamped Pol Sands will bear the name Tŷ’n-y-Coedcae (rather than Y Draethen). Th halt will retain the name Rhyd-y-Gwern though
LBH has started some re-modelling/vandalism on Tŷ’n-y-Coedcae.
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LBH buys a second-hand layout
LBH assembled his new acquisition, a S7 layout built (very well too) by Ian Roll. Plans are to add a halt and give it a bit of a south Wales flavour. It may be rechristened Y Draethen.
Apart from the name change LBH is planning a few modifications including a second fiddle yard.
With the new layout bein equipped with electrol magnets LBH added droppers on to some Alex Jackson couplings on a few wagons.
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