I set up 'Teifi Gorge' in the conservatory so that we could give it the once-over before the up coming show at Hermon - more of that later.
The Teifi boards had been stored on end in the garage, and had suffered a little bit from the flooding. Mainly both the village end panels. This was the Cilgerran end:
and below is the St Dogmaels end panel. I had started to clean off the fine coating of mud/silt that had been left behind by the receding water. Luckily not a lot of damage was apparent.
We managed to clean the other end as best we could, and I gave it a quick lick of paint to cheer up the back ground. Pictured below is a shot of the end taken at the Hermon Show:
Pat brought along his 7mmNG diesel loco that we have been featuring on these pages, now resplendent in a paint job, and complete with driver and control panel:
Colins water tower was put in place at St Dogmaels:
This became the most talked about part of the layout on Sunday at the Show - everyone was most intrigued about the realistic water, and a good deal of time was spent explaining how it was achieved!
Colins 'show-and-tell' on Tuesday was his 009 engine shed that he is in the proccess of constructing. He decided that as he had so many 009 locos built, it was time they had a shed!
Built entirely from card, here it is - at the moment lacking windows and various bits, but you can see the amount of work that has gone into it:
And so on to Sunday - the Hermon Exhibition - 'Rogers Rave-up'. Really well attended, with a whole range of modelling on display. Trains, Trucks, Cars, Tractors, Tanks, working models, static models, Zulu warriors and soldiers, WWI dioramas, WW2 dioramas, every aspect of modelling was represented, as well as a couple of trade stands to cater for the needs of the modeller - plus of course the Fantastic Cafe to cater for the inner modeller. Plenty of pictures on various Facebook sites, so I won't post on here. Thanks to Roger and his team for putting on yet another excellent show!
Hwyl fawr
Shaun.
