Raising Steam

Trust a close-up photograph to highlight a few things yet to be done - like the brake hose! Anyhow, work on the Decauville engine draws to a close and attention turns briefly to my Type H Balladeuse. The couplings need figuring out before going too much further on that: more anon.

042T Weidknecht Decauville

Above the Parapet

Back in January I mentioned that I wanted to raise the track bed across Chelfham. The result is shown below with the quick-and-dirty replacement 0-16.5 Peco track and Chivers Manning Wardle, just prior to the Wiltshire 009 Group's Open Day on 10th August in Pewsey. What a Gibson Manning Wardle and hand-built 014 track will look like - watch this space.

Mettre en Boîte out of the box

Low-Relief Station Building

When I retrieved the station building from its storage container - a First Aid box! - I discovered that the main walls were not finished in textured paint as I recalled. By virtue of the fact that I have 'weathered' a space left of the door where a poster supposedly once hung, I spent some effort on completing it, but scribe marks to help position the qoins are very obvious. This is going to take some effort to mask and spray.

I must admit I'm very happy with the way the guttering and downspouts have come out, but they probably need some more vegetation.