Things are leaping forward apace with Paul getting the lighting enclosure fixed in place.
Meanwhile Rhobat made what we believe to be his first foray into 7mm scale building a kit for yard crane for (betcha can’t guess) Tŷ’n-y-Coedcae
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The newly applied timbers to the back of the hut needed staining to represent the preservative applied. Once that wall was done the others needed further stain too so they blended in.
The resin hut just needs the window fitted. It took longer to find the glazing than to clean up and prime the framing. It can be fitted next session, and then perhaps a bit more colour on the brickwork at the back.
Away from the clubrooms TAFKATYS is beavering away on a Goods Shed for Tŷ’n-y-Coedcae and, to help with laying things out in an area where real estate is at a premium he provided LBH with the footprint, which was then transferred onto an Amazon card envelope. In the accompanying images the card indicates the outline of the shed and the position on the track has been drawn on it.
The buffer stop on the middle line is to be removed to provide rail access into the shed (this was always the plan) but there is a pinch point between the corner of the goods shed and the buffer stop on the other siding. Our eagle-eyed chairman noted that the buffer stop earmarked for removal was a bit shorter than its neighbour. So by transferring the short buffer stop over and removing three sleepers of track from the siding the pinch point was eased and the three-wagon capacity could be retained (just!). Hurrah!
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Paul and LBH snuck in the clubrooms to do a bit of work on Tŷ’n-y-Coedcae with its forthcoming exhibition. Paul fitted the new fascia and painted quite a bit. LBH worked on the Tar Works wall and ground surfaces.
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Paul🏅had been doing sterling work building the fascia and lighting enclosure for Tŷ’n-y-Coedcae.
Our resident Wizard has been steadily painting the chairs over several weeks; this view contrasts favourably with that of the grey chairs on New Year’s Day.
Also to be seen here are ground surface work and the new wooden boundary fence.
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Rhobat has been working on this Peco laser cut kit. Its based on Arisaig on the West Highland. The accuracy of the cutting helps with forming the bay windows which can be tricky.
A good day out was had with the chairman’s layout.
The proud creator at the controls.
The well-travelled Cold Tea crate, with its latest destination, Weston 1/24, just added
Leading to the traditional post-exhibition toast.
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Mr Chairman has been busy finishing some huts for Tŷ’n-y-Coedcae. Working clockwise from the top:
The woodwork on an original Pol Sands hut has been repainted to match a the new Edwardian period.
LBH assembled a 422 Modelmaking Timber Platelayers’ Hut kit and Mr C ‘repaired’ a broken batten and painted it.
Finally MrC has revived an earlier model of a scratch built wooden hut. In its original location the rear wasn’t visible, so wasn’t finished to the same standard as the rest. However on Tŷ’n-y-Coedcae it’ll be both viewer-facing and close to the front so an upgrade is needed. MrC ingeniously sourced the thin wooden sheet from Camembert packaging.
Tŷ’n-y-Coedcae fiddle yard and a tale of two glues, Paul🏅manfully overcame the effects of the solvent of the contact adhesive used to fix the formica while LBH was a tad heavy-handed with the Resin W bottle leading to a spill not too dissimilar in appearance to a Christmas cake.
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Friday 5th January we held our traditional Yuletide curry.
Tuesday was a regular Zoom session which featured the second Quiz of the festive season. Quizmaster StephenB teased us with Welsh based questions requiring a bit of in-depth knowledge of minor railway locomotives – which I sadly lacked. The final question – current TfW stations with a k in them – was also taxing. (there are 18 of them).