Yesterday Mrs. Woody and myself had a day out at Belton House and gardens. A wonderful place to walk around and of course there are some shops run by the National Trust, one of which is a second hand book shop. Always worth a look round even if you don't find anything to buy but on this occasion I did and one is a bit of a niche book that I did not even realise Hungry had a system of forestry railways. That should be an interesting read.
Recording my progress, or usually the lack of it, in building kits, creating model railways and other related and sometimes unrelated matters!
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Thursday, July 4, 2024
Film set and reading matter!
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Something new!
Something new arrived at the WMD HQ the other day unfortunately when Mrs. Woody was in and able to it before I could secrete it and claim later that I had had it for years! However, being busy with the building of the monster sized log store, which is slowly being filled....
I have only just had the time to look at the new arrival and it is this.
With prices for models going up a lot recently I tend to buy second hand. However, every so often there is a bargain that is irresistible to me and this was one of them. Hornby had it discounted on their website from £458 to £275. Now whilst £275 is a lot of money and I was lucky that my modelling piggy bank had some funds in it, it is a saving of 40% and as I had some Hornby points on my account the cost was even less to me. £275 could have bought me a DCC sound fitted loco but with this pack I get a Class 67 diesel, four coaches and a DVT (Driving Van Trailer) with lighting all in matching Transport for Wales livery. It is actually a scale length train as I found out when I visited the Transport for Wales website here. I think that, at todays prices, is a great bargain. I just need to find time to get the loco DCC chipped and get it on the track and running!
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
That took some effort!
Well that took some effort but the log store is finished!
Todays jobs were the roof, sides and floor - simple!
The roof was made of five used floor boards that had been the roof on my old conservatory, edged with some donated 2 x 1 timber.
With that in place just the sides and floor to do. The sides are some old pallet wood and the floor the last of the floor boards.
Monday, July 1, 2024
More log store building!
Last week I was sweating in the heat and today I almost had to put another layer on as it was getting cold but the log store build progresses!
Additional uprights and cross members have been fitted to make the structure more stable.