Good afternoon. We are into July already, and although Chuffers don't do a great deal during the summer months, we did get to complete the layout at Login last month.
More of that further down the column...
In the meantime Pat found time to resurrect an old plastic kit of a thatched cottage, and put his own inimicable stamp on it. Last night we met at Patrick's, and he showed us the completed diarama.
This is the front view, with man of the house just leaving, his bicycle leaning on the wall outside:
The side view shows the well-kept back garden, with the lady of the house busy hoeing between the cauliflowers. The sun-flowers are in bloom, as are the runner beans.
In the greenhouse the tomato plants appear to be doing well.
On the sun-lounger away from prying eyes (ours excepted...) daughter and son-in-law are getting an all-over tan.
Back to Login!
As I mentioned, we finally completed the track run from Cardigan on the left, through Cilgerran, Boncath, and Crymych:
And then down the right-hand side through Llanglydwen and Login, Colin doing some final tweaks to the wiring at Login...
before the line carried on through Penclipin crossing, Llanfalteg
station, Cardigan branch junction and finally reaching Whitland, under the watchful eye of (a somewhat distorted) Patrick.
The proof of the pudding as they say is in the eating, so we connected up the power, plugged in a controller, and set off from Whitland...
A little bit of help was required initially, but the full length of line was completed without any further hitches - albeit a little faster than the prototype, and without stopping at stations!
I feel justifiably proud of our efforts!
Cheerio,
Shaun.
