Pen y Bryn

[phil.c]

"Come on, put your backs into it!"

 

 

 

 

 

[MrWolf]

What is the Welsh for: "Instead of standing there @££&# watching, give us a @££&# hand!" ?

 

 

[phil.c]

No idea, not many people speak Welsh here!

[John Besley]

It proberly contains a lot of Ff and Ll Gr

[MrWolf]

31 minutes ago, John Besley said:

It proberly contains a lot of Ff and Ll Gr

 

It does in English too....

[phil.c]

A bit of good news as Railway Modeller are going to feature Pen-y-Bryn in their magazine in the New Year, a photoshoot in August.

[john dew]

That is, indeed, good news - and richly deserved.

 

Well done, I do hope we will see photos of the photo shoot.

 

Best wishes

[phil.c]

Thanks John, it is now decided that I do the photo's  🙂

 

Phil

Edited June 10, 2022 by phil.c

[john dew]

I am not in the the least surprised!😀

[Andrew P]

8 hours ago, phil.c said:

Thanks John, it is now decided that I do the photo's  🙂

 

Phil

 

41 minutes ago, john dew said:

I am not in the the least surprised!😀

And you can take your time over doing them, re check them several times on your computer before submitting a short list.

That is what I normally do, and with Seven Mills sidings I had about 50 and got that down to a short list of about 20 to finally submit. 

I'm looking forward to seeing and reading the results Phil.

[phil.c]

Thanks Andy!

[phil.c]

Full wagons leaving Pen-y-Bryn Colliery.

 

[phil.c]

Pen-y-Bryn goods area.

 

 

 

Edited October 17, 2022 by phil.c

[MrWolf]

That looks very good indeed, I think that you have the balance spot on there, the place is obviously busy, but not cluttered. 

Those Airfix type telephone poles still look well when given a thoughtful paint job, I have been working on upgrading some for my layout, it's interesting to see how they look in situ. Some very inspiring photos again.

[phil.c]

Thanks 🙂 The poles are what they are but fit in ok.

Edited October 17, 2022 by phil.c

[John Besley]

Very nice, reminds me of Newtown in 1967

[phil.c]

🙂🙂🙂

[MrWolf]

3 hours ago, phil.c said:

Thanks 🙂 The poles are what they are but fit in ok.

 

I still think that they're much better than the Ratio ones, that aren't particularly round and the insulators look like pine cones. The steps are a little better, but that's all. 

 

These are Airfix / Dapol with a bit of hacking about and plastic card weather caps.

 

 

 

[phil.c]

Looking good but better without the bases.

[phil.c]

The blocks on Wills Course Stone can sometimes be to big, here's a modification the same sheet but the circled area has been modified.

[MrWolf]

10 minutes ago, phil.c said:

Looking good but better without the bases.

 

They are just jammed into the bases which makes them easier to paint. They'll go in the bin as the poles go onto the layout.

[phil.c]

That's good news 🤣

[MrWolf]

I remember taking one of those old hand drills to the chipboard when I was about ten to plant the first batch of Airfix telephone poles! 

I even threaded a single line of copper wire between the tops, salvaged from an old speaker winding.

That was a project that ended in disaster at the first high speed derailment! 😆

[phil.c]

I've done the copper wire thingy but no derailments 😯

[MrWolf]

It's unlikely that either of us will be having a tender drive Hornby Brittania flying round at a scale 200mph nowadays though!