well filled baps The Sheep Chronicles. The adventures of a Sheep, the Works Forecat and the Works Apprentice, George.

[steve45]

13 hours ago, MrWolf said:

Well that's true,.

 

Nobody ever got torpedoed in Smethwick...

Ah, but nobody got mugged at sea!

[MrWolf]

Probably a lot more people been mugged than torpedoed...

[NHY 581]

Still ballasting. 

[Gilbert]

23 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

Still ballasting. 

No weakening...

[JustinDean]

31 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

Still ballasting. 

Thoughts and prayers. 

[Stubby47]

1 hour ago, NHY 581 said:

Still ballasting. 

Stone by stone is the best way...

Edited February 19, 2022 by Stubby47

[Captain Kernow]

12 minutes ago, Stubby47 said:

Stine by stone is the best way...

First stone is always the posh one.

 

[Oldddudders]

45 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

First stone is always the posh one.

 

"Let him who is without sin cast the first stone." Rules some of us out....

[phil_sutters]

9 hours ago, steve45 said:

Ah, but nobody got mugged at sea!

They got mugged to go to sea in the press-gang era!

[MrWolf]

2 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

Still ballasting. 

 

That makes me feel guilty for cheating.

 

Well, a little bit. 

 

I did the fiddly bits around the points.

[Winslow Boy]

33 minutes ago, phil_sutters said:

They got mugged to go to sea in the press-gang era!

 

The more preferred option was to wait outside pubs after merchant ships tied up. A bit like policing today I suspect.

[NHY 581]

2 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

 

That makes me feel guilty for cheating.

 

Well, a little bit. 

 

I did the fiddly bits around the points.

 

 

I do not blame you, Wolfie. I've stopped now. Not finished though, maybe a third of the way. 

 

A chum called around mid afternoon and we diverted to a spot of motorcycle mechanics. 

 

I did however resume for an hour after he left and did a little bit more. 

 

It's a job that I can't rush but also struggle to do for long periods. At the rate I'm going and knowing of a few likely distractions tomorrow, I anticipate it will be finished by Monday evening. 

 

That will herald a big sigh of relief. 

 

Other modelling stuff needs then to be attended to so that will probably have to do for now. 

 

Rob. 

[MrWolf]

I can understand that. Even with a little ballast spreader the straight track progress was about three feet per session. Applying the glue without disturbing anything was the hard part, lots of concentration needed.

When I ballasted the points, the most I managed was two at a time.

As you say, it's a job that can't be rushed, but the change it makes to the layout is huge.

 

KBO

 

Rob

 

[St Enodoc]

12 hours ago, steve45 said:

Ah, but nobody got mugged at sea!

I thought that was called piracy.

[NHY 581]

Evening all, 

 

A small celebration this evening following the completion of the £@!%ing ballasting. 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 4, 2022 by NHY 581

[JustinDean]

2 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

Evening all, 

 

A small celebration this evening following the completion of the £@!%ing ballasting. 

 

 

 

How’s your sanity?

[NHY 581]

15 minutes ago, JustinDean said:

How’s your sanity?

 

 

On the beer.......

 

 

[JustinDean]

2 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

 

 

On the beer.......

 

 

Very wise.  

[NHY 581]

A very rubbish image of the back siding. 

 

 

 

Quietly drying off and will be tidied in the morning. 

 

 

 

Rob. 

 

Edited April 4, 2022 by NHY 581

[JustinDean]

18 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

A very rubbish image of the back siding. 

 

Quietly drying off and will be tidied in the morning. 

 

Rob. 

Nice weathering on those sleepers. 
 

Jay

[St Enodoc]

1 hour ago, NHY 581 said:

Evening all, 

 

A small celebration this evening following the completion of the £@!%ing ballasting. 

 

 

 

Blimey. That's the sort of thing I got up to circa 1975. My platform soles were thicker, though.

[MrWolf]

2 hours ago, JustinDean said:

Nice weathering on those sleepers. 
 

Jay

 

And very neat ballast too.

[NHY 581]

Morning all,

 

Well, it could be worse. A few bits of errant ballast need to be admonished by the Skewer of Removal and then I can clean the track and test. 

 

 

 

 

 

More weathering then to the sleepers and rails with a bit of paint to touch in here and there. 

 

 

 

 

This will obviously include the point levers and tiebars etc. 

 

 

 

 

Not 100% happy but it is however a decent starting point. 

 

 

 

 

Rob. 

 

 

 

Edited April 4, 2022 by NHY 581
Sausage hooves

[NHY 581]

Edited April 4, 2022 by NHY 581

[Gedward]

Looking great from here Rob.