Chuffers at Col's last night, but first an update on last week - no Chuffers, if you remember, as it was a Cardi-Bach meeting.
Very enjoyable meet, with an interesting DVD on the GWR, and a couple of clips of the C-B, commentary provided by Emyr in his own inimitable style.
A disappointing turnout of members though - there was only eight of us, which included Rob John from St Clears, a potential new member.
Hopefully with will get better attendance at the next meeting, Monday November 11th, when Phil Hawkins will be giving a presentation on the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways.

On to last nights Chuffers.
As usual we started with Show-and-Tell, with Patrick coming up with the little boat we saw two weeks ago, but now painted and partly covered with a tarp'.
(Apologies for the out of focus pic)

This is followed by an updated shot of the mourners carriage, which now sports internal lighting, which can be operated remotely via a magnet and reed switch.

Again I'm sorry about the quality of the photo. However, I got it sorted for the next collection of pictures which show Colins 'Scenic Railway' fairground gallopers and traction engines:

Everything you see is completely scratch built, and to a scale of 2millimeters to the foot. Some close-ups of the traction engine(s):

A twenty pence coin for comparison...


And here are a couple of shots of the fairground ride itself, duly painted and decorated:

To finish Colins 'Show-and-Tell' he is in the proccess of moving up a couple of scales, and is building a 7mm engine for the new layout.
Here is the chassis and the start of the cab:

And the layout in question - a little bit of progress was my contribution to the evening, shown in the form of a short video clip:

Our evening was rounded off with the usual selection of Youtube clips and railway related DVDs, and one of Mariannes excellent pork pie salads, washed down with a Merlot. The salad was all the more interesting with the inclusion of 'Orzo' pasta, something that was new to Pat and myself.

Next week we will be here in Llechryd, hopefully to do a bit more on 'the layout'...

Bora da,
Shaun.