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

[NHY 581]

4 hours ago, Dunsignalling said:

Not wishing to be picky, Rob, but when transferring those fixtures to my calendar, I noticed that the Taunton dates of 25/26th October are a Tuesday and a Wednesday.... 

 

You may find the audience demographic is not quite what you were expecting.😀

 

Should be 22nd/23rd.

 

John

 

 

Thanks John. 

 

I was rushing to post prior to going to the pub. All amended. 

 

Rob. 

[Gilbert]

10 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

 

 

Thanks John. 

 

I was rushing to post prior to going to the pub. All amended. 

 

Rob. 

Still better than posting after you've been to the pub....

[NHY 581]

11 minutes ago, Gilbert said:

Still better than posting after you've been to the pub....

 

Um.......I just did.....

[Gilbert]

5 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

 

Um.......I just did.....

I mentioned the pub but I think I got away with it.......

[Ramblin Rich]

5 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

 

 

Thanks John. 

 

I was rushing to post prior to going to the pub. All amended. 

 

Rob. 

What - you come back from holiday then go to the pub in the morning....? I can see the attraction of retirement! 😉

[Ramblin Rich]

11 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

Morning all.

 

... both Bleat Wharf and Sheep Dip have a few exhibition appearances ahead of them, as mentioned previously. ...........

 

Sheep Dip-Exeter. Matford centre. 25/26th June 2022.

 

.....

Rob. 

 

 

Strangely the Exeter MRS website doesn't have a layouts listing, but the  UK model shop directory does - and it shows Bleat Wharf in the listing!

https://ukmodelshops.co.uk/event/23512-TheExeModelRailwaySociety_Exhibition

Have they got it wrong? It would be nice if Sheep Dip is in Exeter & Bleat Wharf in Taunton to avoid having the same layout at both shows.

 

[NHY 581]

12 hours ago, Ramblin Rich said:

Strangely the Exeter MRS website doesn't have a layouts listing, but the  UK model shop directory does - and it shows Bleat Wharf in the listing!

https://ukmodelshops.co.uk/event/23512-TheExeModelRailwaySociety_Exhibition

Have they got it wrong? It would be nice if Sheep Dip is in Exeter & Bleat Wharf in Taunton to avoid having the same layout at both shows.

 

 

 

Hi Rich. 

 

It is wrong. Bleat was due to be at both as at the time of originally booking the shows, I only had Bleat.  

 

However, when I was asked to confirm my attendance earlier this year, I gave Exe mrs a choice of Bleat  or Sheep Dip.  They didn't respond so I put Sheep Dip in. 

 

I agree though, no info on the Exe MRS site is odd, especially as we are under two months away from the show itself. 

 

Rob. 

[woodenhead]

Saw this here:

 

and thought of ewe

[MrWolf]

That's an interesting little building and I'm sure that with a little individuality it would form a centrepiece to a minimalist layout.

 

Although they've been around for donkeys years, I've always liked hacking these about too.

 

 

 

 

[Worsdell forever]

43 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

That's an interesting little building and I'm sure that with a little individuality it would form a centrepiece to a minimalist layout.

 

Although they've been around for donkeys years, I've always liked hacking these about too.

 

 

 

Never used the PECO ones but the Wills ones are certainly versatile, think these are all built from the other kit.

 

 

[MrWolf]

A lot of this is scratch built,, but it uses a lot of modified Wills' Peco and Ratio components.

 

 

Sorry I can't get a better photo, currently it's in a box, somewhere in a galaxy far far away.....

[NHY 581]

Evening all, 

 

Long term followers of this thread may remember the occasional diversion in the direction of the Czech Republic. 

 

I have a very long term plan to model a BLT or a through station on a very minor line set in South Bohemia in the mid eighties, prior to the fall of communism. 

 

I only tend to pick up items when there and this is our first visit since August 2020. 

 

A trip to Prague yesterday saw a visit made to a train shop and the roster was added to. 

 

This Bo Bo is still very common though much updated since their build between 1977 and 1986. 

 

I'll post images of the model once back in Blighty but here's an image of the subject of the model. 

 

 

 

Rob. 

[Stubby47]

Will you be modelling the layout in monochrome as well?

[Gilbert]

18 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

Evening all, 

 

Long term followers of this thread may remember the occasional diversion in the direction of the Czech Republic. 

 

I have a very long term plan to model a BLT or a through station on a very minor line set in South Bohemia in the mid eighties, prior to the fall of communism. 

 

I only tend to pick up items when there and this is our first visit since August 2020. 

 

A trip to Prague yesterday saw a visit made to a train shop and the roster was added to. 

 

This Bo Bo is still very common though much updated since their build between 1977 and 1986. 

 

I'll post images of the model once back in Blighty but here's an image of the subject of the model. 

 

 

 

Rob. 

Chunky.....I like Chunky....

[MrWolf]

19 minutes ago, Stubby47 said:

Will you be modelling the layout in monochrome as well?

 

Of course. In socialist republic, colour belongs to state. Anything other than monochrome isn't just theft, it's theft for self enrichment.

 

Which only senior party members are allowed to do...

[Stubby47]

9 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

 

Of course. In socialist republic, colour belongs to state. Anything other than monochrome isn't just theft, it's theft for self enrichment.

 

Which only senior party members are allowed to do...

Hence only black or white sheep...

[MrWolf]

So the sheep on my layout are decadent, subversive, Western degenerates?

 

[2ManySpams]

1 hour ago, Gilbert said:

Chunky.....I like Chunky....

 

Kitkats?

[Worsdell forever]

10 minutes ago, 2ManySpams said:

 

Kitkats?

 

No. Only proper original four finger kit-kats are allowed.  

[MrWolf]

2 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

Evening all, 

 

Long term followers of this thread may remember the occasional diversion in the direction of the Czech Republic. 

 

I have a very long term plan to model a BLT or a through station on a very minor line set in South Bohemia in the mid eighties, prior to the fall of communism. 

 

I only tend to pick up items when there and this is our first visit since August 2020. 

 

A trip to Prague yesterday saw a visit made to a train shop and the roster was added to. 

 

This Bo Bo is still very common though much updated since their build between 1977 and 1986. 

 

I'll post images of the model once back in Blighty but here's an image of the subject of the model. 

 

 

 

Rob. 

 

So ugly it's beautiful.

And that's coming from someone who has driven a Volga M24..

[Worsdell forever]

38 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

So the sheep on my layout are decadent, subversive, Western degenerates?

 

That one's trying too hard. 

[MrWolf]

1 minute ago, Worsdell forever said:

 

No. Only proper original four finger kit-kats are allowed.  

 

Those chunky KitKats have their uses. You put one in a sock and....

[MrWolf]

1 minute ago, Worsdell forever said:

That one's trying too hard. 

 

He's trying to get on one of those channel four reality shows, but he'll never be stupid, entitled or arrogant enough, even if he does manage to get his fleece looking completely orange.

[Captain Kernow]

11 hours ago, MrWolf said:

So the sheep on my layout are decadent, subversive, Western degenerates?

 

Clearly they are the subjugated lackeys of their anti-democratic, imperialist, running-dog, capitalist overlords and surely yearn for the sweet-tasting pastures of the Workers' Paradise.

 

 

[St Enodoc]

1 hour ago, Captain Kernow said:

Clearly they are the subjugated lackeys of their anti-democratic, imperialist, running-dog, capitalist overlords and surely yearn for the sweet-tasting pastures of the Workers' Paradise.

 

 

Pinkos, in other words? I'm sure I can see the Light on the Hill in the background too (other political persuasions are available).