Sunday, 31 August 2025

Slow train coming


Finally got round to trying my new train for the PLR. It worked! Memo to station staff - please check the track is clear of foliage and sundry debris..

 

Leaves on the line

 

Whilst getting ready to take the bench away for painting and varnishing care needs to be taken to avoid the gigantic falling leaves , heralding the coming of autumn soon to the Penedredfel Light Railway.

Saturday, 30 August 2025

Jan

                                              Remembering Jan who died ten years ago today.







Friday, 29 August 2025

Household matters

 

One of the Household of  the local Lord inquires whether Tom’s wife has finished making his livery armband. Tom says he will enquire when he gets home this evening. Conversation moves to archery matters and the need to find a reliable fletcher at a good price…

Recently

 Wednesday saw me catching up with a friend over coffee. A most enjoyable chat ensued. What better than  chatting about hobby projects old and new not to mention the Sealed Knot. Thanks R it was just what I needed.




In hobby matters l have been working on some VBCW stuff as well as some movement trays.

Warbases make movement trays that need to be stuck together first as above.
A tray painted and ready to receive figures with blue tack to hold them in place. Sophisticated eh?
The figures in section or half section movement trays in their new home. The reason for the movement trays is two fold. One in a big game it helps speed up movement in the first few turns of the game and secondly by securing the movement trays to the box by blue tack it makes for an easier and safer job taking them on public transport.
Finally an excellent display in my local branch of Waterstones-

Eighty years of the Moomins , well worth celebrating in my opinion.


Wednesday, 27 August 2025

Magazine.

 Anyone got a copy of Miniature Wargames 363 I could borrow?

Waiting

 

The station is being inspected to see if it is wind and water tight as the rains are coming…
Enjoying thinking his own thoughts whilst waiting for a train…

It is a constant task to keep the lush foliage from engulfing the line . Here we see a gang of men ready to remove the invasive leaves and keep the line open…


Monday, 25 August 2025

Penedredfel 2

 

The bench has been repaired and given a good coat of green paint followed by varnish.
It has been put back in place and awaits passengers now it is dry.

Sunday, 24 August 2025

Sunday

 

Been experimenting with ChatGPT. Need some advice about how to get more from it. Very quick basic attempts, feel there is potential in this for making posters for the model railway etc etc. Need to learn to supply it with more detailed info perhaps…

Thanks to BC for the kind addition to my VBCW motor pool. A welcome addition to my games.
In South Queensferry for middle daughter’s August swim , she is trying to get in the water at least once a month.

Gorse burnt on walk up to station, don’t know what happened.
New arrival and an interesting read so far
Friday saw the last Festival Fringe Open Day. Another successful year of welcoming visitors and enthusing with them.

Monday, 18 August 2025

On the work bench

 Just finished two sections for a big VBCW game coming up . One comprises volunteers from the Automobile Association and the other is a section of Spode’s Blackshorts.


They have movement trays too. Each section has a tray for each half section, one for the gun group and one for the rifle group.

When l couldn’t sleep last night l thought what to tackle from the plastic peak , found in the vicinity of the lead mountain . They are Perry Plastic late nineteenth century and will be painted as rifle volunteers.

Fine fiddly fellows to build but they look the part. 


Sunday, 17 August 2025

Me and Mrs Traquair…

 It has been a busy but enjoyable week of guiding as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe-

Now as Mrs Traquair ( she was always Mrs Traquair in life never Phoebe ) is becoming better known more people are wanting to see her murals as well as her many sided work in the galleries. Embroidery, calligraphy, metal work and more, she was a multi talented Arts and Craft artist.



Yesterday as I wasn’t guiding l took the chance to book a tour of her work at the Song School of St Mary’s Cathedral. The Song School is still used as a place the choir rehearse , in use a lot and consequently not open that often. I took the chance for a coffee at Cairngorm and a read first-


Mrs Traquair painted the Song School first and it is interesting to compare her work in both places. I had an excellent tour with a welcoming , knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide.






A grand day out with some hobby time pm ( finishing off a couple of VBCW sections in 28mm) a trip to the Virtual Wargaming Club latterly.


Friday, 15 August 2025

Penedredfel

 

A busy day at Penedredfel Station. The broken bench is being repaired and an advertising poster has been added.

Monday, 11 August 2025

Uxbridge Cornish Dictionary

 Readers are invited to submit suggestions for Station names to be added to my garden railway in the future. Names of course must be in Cornish like the rest of the station or halt names.






Sunday, 10 August 2025

Another station

 This small halt serves the village of Pensyve and is situated just beyond the mouth of  the tunnel under Plegel Gorwedh. Unusually there is no platform as a natural rock formation serves that function.