As I mentioned previously, there was a model exhibition being held at the Sunderland Trust Museum in Pembroke Dock today, and we were invited to exhibit there.
We decided to take Pats excellent 'Maes Y Gof' 7mm narrow gauge layout depicting a smith at work in his forge, and the station and environs that grew up around the smithy.
Pat and I also took Pats N gauge 'Western' themed mini layout.
Plenty of room at the venue - here is Pat making the final adjustments to the Western layout. This layout ran faultlessly without any attention for a solid five hours...

To the left of Patrick 'Maes Y Gof' was already set up and running. This proved to be a big hit with old and young, particularly the 'animal' spotting... this could lead to some kind of competition with small prizes - something worth thinking about...

Lots of familiar faces amongst the exhibitors - Ron Weatherall came across the river from Johnston (now that the toll has been lifted) and brought along part of his collection of Silcox busses and coaches:

And hot on our heels all the way from North Pembrokeshire was fellow Cardi-Bach member Roger Howells with his model aircraft collection. I managed to snap Roger setting up before the hoardes descended...

A most enjoyable and busy exhibition - full marks to Pembroke Modellers for organising the event, and the venue is well worth a visit should you venture down that way.
Thank you, Peter and your Club.

Next week Chuffers are at Herrington Light Industries, so who knows whats in store...
Prynhawn da, Shaun.

Just a quick post for this weeks ChufferDuffers, as we met once again at Llechryd, following hot on the heels of the last one.
We had left the turntable at Cilgerran up in the air, as it were because we ran out of time (actually the curry was ready and the nan breads were starting to burn).
Straight to work this Tuesday evening, aralditing the turntable into position, and fitting the 'table' bit so that it lined up with the rails. I had already prepared a double pole double throw switch, and all it needed was wiring in, so that one hand-held controller did everything - control the trains on the track, and at the throw of the switch control the turntable.
A dry test before soldering up, and everything worked according to plan!

Last weeks post trying out a video did work after all, so to end this post I'm going to try again, showing the turntable turning - which is what its all about, I guess.
Holding the camera in one hand and trying to manipulate the controller with the other... At least it gives you an idea of what we (mainly Colin) have achieved:

 

Elated with success we repaired to the dining room to feast on barbequed chicken joints and garlic bread that Patrick had brought along, together with the mandatory sausage rolls courtesy of Colin.
This Saturday we are off to Pembroke Dock Sunderland Museum where the Pembroke Modellers are holding an exhibition we are taking Pats 'Maes Y Gof'' - first time South of the County! Passports at the ready...

This Tuesday saw us gathering - if three people can be called a 'gathering'- at Llechryd, where the order of the day was to fit the Herrington Light Industries new electric turntable (patented) to one end of the Teifi Gorge layout. I had previously prepared the wrong end, so a quick shuffle around and we had the Cilgerran board up-ended on the operation table, with its nether regions exposed.

SMALL CHILDREN AND PEOPLE OF NERVOUS DISPOSITION LOOK AWAY NOW...

After quite a lot of butchery and some interesting utterances the turntable and motor were fitted and found to operate successfully. Wiring it into the system will take place next week (watch this space)

Onto show-and-tell, Patrick had completed the slate wagons that we showcased in the last post, and fitted them with appropriate loads:

He also showed us a selection of lamps that he had made out of plasticard and tiny crystals. I forgot to include the customary coin for comparison, but they measure out at a mere 1/4" in width.

For my part, in the last week I have made a couple of cottages and a goods depot, which we hope to offer for sale at forthcoming exhibitions to raise money for the Cardi-Bach Society.

Meanwhile over at Login Peter has not let the grass grow under his feet (well, he has, but its too wet to cut..) and has been busy on his Lynton and Barnstaple layout. I called in yesterday and saw for myself the excellent track work that Pete has laid so far:

I also managed to snap a 12 second video clip of one of Peters Manning Wardle locos running.
Apologies if this video doesn't run - I'm trying to find out why!

 Anyhow, enough for this week - more next...
Shaun. 

This Tuesday we met at the home of Herrington Light Industries  AKA Colins home and I managed to get a snapshot of the factory floor, so to speak. More projects seem to be going on than you could shake a stick at.

The main one that Colin has been working on is another motorised turntable, seen here with 'Cilgerran' being given a spin:

The next loco to be given an airing is Colins tram engine, which has just undergone a paint job. The fleet is now gradually being treated to a slight weathering to take away the 'newness'

Also spotted amongst the various works-in-progress was this N gauge GWR 4-6-0 locomotive that Colin is in the process of building from bits of brass and copper tubing and Plasticard:

Chessboard House Engineering has not been idle either, in the past few days since our last meeting.
Moving up to the bigger scale, Pat has produced a couple of slate wagons - one for holding cut slate, and another that is designed to take large slabs of slate to the cutting sheds:

We have pointed out to Patrick that his layout, Maes Y Gof is a little on the small side for all of the locomotives and rolling stock that he is coming up with. Perhaps a larger layout may be in the offing?

Along with the slate wagons, progress has been made on the railcar. It now sports headlights,

 a driver,

 and a rather dapper gentleman who appears to be engrossed in his newspaper, and seemingly oblivious to the large green snake slithering along under his feet...

We repaired to the lounge to watch an assortment of videos, and were treated to bowls of Marianne's delicious soup, with hot garlic bread and sausage rolls.
All in all a most enjoyable evening!

Shaun.

No ChufferDuffers last Tuesday, as I think I mentioned previously, we had a Cardi Bach Society meeting. This was once again at the Society's museum in the garden of Login Station.
While there I took the opportunity of slipping into Peters 'Man-cave' to see how he was getting on with his layout of the Lynton & Barnstaple narrow guage - being modelled in 009 gauge to protype scale.
The line, bordering Exmoor in North Devon ran for over 40 years, before closing in 1935. There were several stations on the line, and Pete has chosen to model a section from Lynton to Woody bay.
I put a couple of pictures up on the blog a couple of posts ago, but here are a few more.
This first one is a mock-up of Lynton Station:

The building just poking its gable up in the bottom L-H corner is the goods shed, pictured here:

Stepping back we get an overall view of Lynton station, with the line meandering away in the distance before curving into Caffyns Halt. (You have to imagine this bit, as it's still to be sorted!)

From Caffyns Halt the line continues around to Woody Bay station and environs. Although described as Woody Bay, the station is in fact just over a mile inland from the actual bay...
This is Woody Bay Station, which I featured in a post a while back.

From here the line carried on for 15 miles or so before reaching the terminus at Barnstaple, where it met up with the L &SWR main line from Waterloo.
Running out of space, Peter is making his line disappear under a bridge and finish in a fiddle yard, where other locomotives and trains can be exchanged.
The fiddle yard shown below (without track fitted yet) is on an ingenious sliding mechanism utilising drawer brackets - just visible in one of the pictures.

Thats it for this week folks - next week we visit Herrington Light Industries. Who knows what Colin has in store? (and what Marianne is cooking up for us?)

ATB
Shaun.