Lights: I was able to install two station platform lampposts into Kensington Hill station through the week. I also temporarily wired them up to a couple of 9V batteries so that the lamps would glow to show the effect. On the subject of the station, I was also able to scratchbuild with the help of a software package, a printer and some styrene the station nameboards with a BR Western Region totem. They look pretty good in my opinion.
Camera: How else to show this blog! Also what I forgot to take to the running session yesterday!
Action: I was invited over to my good mate Craig's place on the other side of town (see Craig's Shed blog link) yesterday arvo for a running session on his NSWGR based layout "Cassino". My other mate PK was also in attendance. I thoroughly enjoyed taking the three trains from Grafton to Acacia Ridge, Acacia Ridge back to Grafton, and a final return trip to Acacia Ridge. I used Craig's radio handset which was a godsend for moving about his large layout. A cabled handset would have been a pain. Thanks Craig!
The only other thing I managed to do last week was paint the farm gates prior to installation. Hopefully this week if I can, but it is starting to get busy on the pre-Christmas social calendar front!
I only have the stairs to go on the station's rear before I will be finished, but I am also thinking of putting fencing around the rear 'platform' and some handrails on the stairs, but this will depend on how fiddly this may be. I will hopefully have something ready to enter into the Club's Christmas Competition on the 11th but time will tell.
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| Farm gates |
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| Side closeup of lamp and nameboard |
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| Station front with nameboards and lampposts |
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| Station rear nameboard |
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| Station rear with nameboards and lampposts |
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