Once again several weeks have passed since the last posting, although we have only had two meetings since the last blog, so not a great deal has happened to report on.

One bit of good news - the Cardi-Bach Society is at last going to have a meeting, after a lapse of eighteen months or more, due to the intervention of the Coronavirus pandemic, and the associated lock-down hooha. 

Anyway, its back to the Bont on October the 12th for the first meeting of 2021. We can't meet at the Museum in Login just yet due to several restrictions imposed by Covid rulings, plus the Museum is in the middle of repairs and overhaul.

Back to Chufferduffers -

In the last post I posted pictures of the new layout from Whitland to Llanglydwen. I have since started on the other side with a model of Kilgerran:

Not a lot of detail, but at least it gives the basic representation of how the station was back then. A start has been made on Boncath, and then the final build will be Cardigan. I have already made the station building and the goods depot, whilst Colin has come up trumps with the turntable and water tower:

We stay with Colin for the rest of this post, and move away from railways for a short while.

In the previous post I showed you Colins showmans Traction Engine in it's raw state. It has since been sent to the paint shop, and has come out resplendant in various colours.

As you have been made aware, Colin is quite a fan of traction engines and fairgrounds, dating back to his youth in East anglia when he actually drove and fired a traction engine, and he also frequented the travelling fairgrounds.

We have shown (shewen?) in the past the scenic 'Galloper' and it's construction. To go with it Col has now made a helter skelter. Pre Health and Safety days, we hasten to add. This has all been scratch built from card, and photos and rough plans gleaned from the internet.

Here is the start:

The pound coin to give some idea of the scale.

Another view of the construction:

This week the Chuffers had a meeting at Colins, and he showed us the progress so far. The Helter Skelter together with the galloper (with it's roof off to show the mountain and steam organ inside)

A shot of the slide on it's own:

and to finish, a couple of other shots of the Galloper, slide and traction engine:

 

 

 

 

 

DVDs followed, as usual, together with an intriguing bottle of wine made from Carmenere grape, long gone from Bordaux, but thriving in the valleys of Chile. You can find it in Aldi, but limited...!

Salad and pizza from Marianne ended a great evening (though one member did fall asleep...!)

Hwyl fawr,

Shaun.