Tuesday night come and gone - only three of us last night, as Pat has gone off 'glamping' somewhere down South...
We made some progress on the Login layout, but at the moment it's a bit too messy to show, so you will have to make do with this comparison photo (minus the platform staff and loco!)

Colin brought along some up-dated bits of the Fairground Gondola Ride. In fact he brought up all of it!
The prototype that he has taken inspiration from had an imitation mountain in the centre with a waterfall (it was actually billed as a scenic railway)
Anyhow, Colin true to form made a mountain, complete with a waterfall:



And here it is in place in the Roundabout:
 




In front of the mountain is the pipe organ, yet to be painted. For travellng between fairs, the organ is towed along on its own dedicated trailer:


The whole roundabout will have been pulled along by these two showmans steam engines, which after setting up on site will then provide the power to run the ride and all the illuminations:





I've run out of superlatives for Colins work - bear in mind that that one pound coin used for comparison is just 22 millimeters across. That makes those traction engines less than an inch and a half long...

Regards to our followers,
Shaun.

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