Isle Ornsay

[Tigger]

"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." - Douglas Adams. ;D ;D

[invercloy]

"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." - Douglas Adams. ;D ;D

I will have to remember that quote for future use! :)

More progress on the layout today, the final rock castings have been added.  I will fill the gaps with plaster tomorrow once the glue fixing them has completely gone off. 

This evening I'm going to get on with building some cassettes for the fiddle yard.

After that it's only very minor things to do to the layout, and painting a few bits of stock. 

I just hope it looks presentable  ???

[tedp]

...I just hope it looks presentable  ???

Do you want to talk about it?   ;D ;D ;D

Don't worry, it will be all right! See you next week.

[invercloy]

It's just me being pedantic about a few things on the layout and making sure they are as complete as possible before the show  :-[

See you next weekend.

[tedp]

Looking forward to seeing what you have done, Tom.

[invercloy]

Today I've been building a West Highland Line style station building, inspired by, not not an accurate copy of, Glenfinnan.

All the cassettes for the fiddle yard are now built.

I've painted the Parkside Dundas T&D vans that I built a while back.

The Ratiobashes have had a few more detailed bits of paint added, and are only left with passengers and glazing to be fitted before the roofs can be permanently attached.

Just lots of Greenwich couplings to make up now to finish off the stock, then it's on to fettling the layout to make sure it's still running ok.

[tedp]

You aren't burning midnight oil, are you????   ;D

[invercloy]

I've run out of midnight oil!  :D

Making the most of an extra few days off work by cracking on with the modelling.  Day off needed tomorrow, though.

[invercloy]

I've now applied some colour to certain parts of the layout, and it's looking decidedly more complete than it was.  Amazing what a difference such comparatively small changes can make!

Going to set it all up in the lounge tonight for it's final test run before Sparsholt.  I've got a couple more things to do, then it's on to coupling construction.... zzzzzzzz

[tedp]

How many times have you cloned yourself to get all of this done?   ;D

Some colour on the scenery makes a huge change. I remember having grey coloured plaster on Rae Bridge gave me a feeling of finally geting there!

[invercloy]

Just me, I wish I had a clone so that I could have been doing other things over the last week as well ;)  :D

Emma has helped here and there and will be at Sparsholt on Saturday too.

More colour has now been added, though not the rocks (sorry Ted).

I've also done the final preparations of the baseboards too, fitting the controller socket to the station board and a shelf to house the main control base unit beneath the goods yard.  I was hoping to have fitted the curved corner to the backscene behind the tunnel, but have just run out of time to get something like that done - just pretend there isn't a right angled corner there if you come to see it on Saturday ;)

[Tigger]

Tom, it all looked excellent yesterday at Sparsholt.  John Gilby and I agreed the rocks are just right.  The buildings on the quayside are coming on very nicely and look very good - and I just love those coaches of yours.  You're inspiring me to get around to building that observation coach of mine!  Well done with everything!

[MickT]

I'll second that. I thought that the overall image looked just right and it will certainly be a very impressive scene when it is finished.

Mick

[tedp]

Similar to the David and Mick, I was very impressed by the rocks despite the fact they were WHITE !!! The sharp edges are just right. The layout itself is very spaciously set up and I like the wide sweep of the tracks around the shore. Obviously running trains on a very new layout still takes getting used to - I admire your courage showing it in an almost untried state.

Anyway it was good to see you and Emma again - hope you got home all right after what must have been a very tiring day.

[invercloy]

Tom, it all looked excellent yesterday at Sparsholt.  John Gilby and I agreed the rocks are just right.  The buildings on the quayside are coming on very nicely and look very good - and I just love those coaches of yours.  You're inspiring me to get around to building that observation coach of mine!  Well done with everything!

Thanks David, it was nice to see you.  You're very kind.

It was a little chaotic as it was the first time the layout had been operated in anger by more than one person, at times a little fraught, but nothing that developing an operating sequence wouldn't solve I think.

Look forward to seeing your observation coach.  Shame I didn't get to see T.I.M. maybe next time.

I'll second that. I thought that the overall image looked just right and it will certainly be a very impressive scene when it is finished.

Mick

Thanks Mick :)  Thank you for the loan of your stock also, it was well used, as was Ted's throughout the day.

Similar to the David and Mick, I was very impressed by the rocks despite the fact they were WHITE !!! The sharp edges are just right. The layout itself is very spaciously set up and I like the wide sweep of the tracks around the shore. Obviously running trains on a very new layout still takes getting used to - I admire your courage showing it in an almost untried state.

Anyway it was good to see you and Emma again - hope you got home all right after what must have been a very tiring day.

Thanks Ted, it was nice to see you and fellow Dutch group members again.  Thanks to you too for the loan of stock.  It helped a lot to fill up the layout, I need to get building before it's next outing!