Evening everybody.

Only a week since the last post! The Cardi-Bach Society are putting on a film show at the Theartr Mwldan in Cardigan this coming Saturday, but unfortunately the Theatr are putting on so many conditions that it is not going to be the event we hoped it would be.

They have stopped taking bookings, capping it at the 65 already booked... no entry on the day, and negative flow testing required. Makes you wonder if it's worth bothering.

On a happier note, we had a good Chufferduffers meeting last night here at Pentrecagal - the only flow testing was two vintage bottles, both 5 year olds, a Rioja and a Cabernet Sauvignon from Argentina. Equal points for both. They washed down a chicken Madras, and the obligatory sausage rolls (prior to the curry)

Show and tell from Patrick is remarkable this week. He had acquired an 00 gauge white metal kit of a horse and cart, but really wanted it in 0 gauge. This are the white metal parts:

Without further ado, Pat painstakingly measured all the components, doubled the dimensions, and then created the pieces out of plasticard.

This it what he brought along to show us last night:

 

 

 

 

The horse was bought as a separate item, and has yet to be painted and have the harness detailed.

Several more pieces yet to be made, including the two front wheels, which Pat admits he is not looking forward to doing!

 

 

Colin has added some more detailing to his latest 009 project - it now sports a sand-box and spectacle frames for the windows - these are minute slices of brass tube inserted into holes drilled in the cab body.

 

 

We now turn to our latest layout, the one that we started a couple of years ago, back in the conservatory in Ty-nant, at Llechryd. When I moved, it was stored at the back of Pats lock-up garage for a year until we resurrected it a month or so ago.

 

 

 

 

 

We are still unable to come up with an appropriate name - I'm tempted to call it 'Tref Ddienw' which loosely translates as nameless town - but we are open to suggestions...

I took a quick movie of one of Pats locos pulling a freight train around the layout - in fact Pat made all of the locos bar one, which Col made. Pat also scratch built all of the carriages and wagons. Come to think about it, very little has been actually purchased, apart from the track!

There you have - last nights Chuffers. We played trains, watched Mark Williams on a DVD talking about old railways, and enjoyed a drop of wine, bit of food, and each others company.

'Til the next time,

Cheerio,

Shaun.