WMD - Woody's Modelling Diary

One of the great things about living in a rural area is the chance to cycle along quite roads in traffic terms. However there is occasional ...

It has been a busy few days of vegetational butchery for me. Not that I have been to the rocks By rail Museum where my skills at the butcher...

The last few days have been a little like each other with gardening and control panel building being the main focus of activity. Not exactly...

It is mid June and the Summer is here which is obviously why Mrs. Woody turned on the heating today! I must admit I was happy that she did a...

Well, the end is looming on work with the control panel to My Last Great Project layout! Just 5 wires to finish the last of the seven wiring...

It is a bit of a case of spot the difference with todays picture of the control panel compared to yesterday. However, observant viewers may ...

Ploughing along with the control panel to my Last Great Project layout and this is the fourth wiring loom of the seven I need to make to be ...

The control panel slowly fills up with wires! It may look complex now but by the end it will look even more complex! I just keep in my mind ...

 Work continues on the control panel with the jig saw of wiring growing but not to the extent of needing a picture to illustrate - yet! Hope...

Work on the control panel continues. Having got the main track power feeds wired in and proven to work the next stage is to get the four sec...

I have made many a jigsaw over the years and usually enjoyed them. However, the current jigsaw is not quite as enjoyable as it is the contro...

In the exciting World Of Woody, I have not only been wiring and soldering switches but also making wiring looms! This is the first and simpl...

Nothing too exciting today, well most days in Woody's life are not that exciting anyway, but I have started to wire up some of the switc...

Progress on the control panel! The track plan was coated on the rear with some spray mount and mounted to the top of the control panel and t...

When I last posted about the control panel for My Last Great Project layout I did say I needed to find a sharp 6mm drill bit. I actually fou...

This glacial progress but with other things to do other than model making any progress is good progress! And todays progress is that the tra...

If you are a regular pursuer of this blog you will probably realise my bike rides take me past a canal on occasions. It is always a nice to ...

A few more hours working on the control panel diagram that I posted about yesterday. It took some time as I had to move some elements around...

Its all in the planning as the experts on various things always explain. Well, for once but don't tell Mrs.  Woody, I have heeded that a...

 Back to building my control panel for My Last Great Project 00 gauge layout and I have had to put together a track plan so I can position t...