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.