Some new Blogs added to My Blog List

I have added some more British based blog sites to my list.

Stuff all happened this week!

The title says it all. Apart from tidying up the modelling table nothing happened. I wasn't feeling well most of the week and by the end of each day was knackered. As for the weekend, too busy either taming the yard prior to Christmas (our house this year!) or doing Christmas shopping. The nearest I got to anything train related was spending about an hour this afternoon while it was teeming down rain with my sons building a Thomas wooden track on the lounge room floor and trying to get the toddler to understand that sitting on the tracks stops the trains from actually moving! Fun and games!

Well hopefully the two weeks off over the Christmas and New Year period will see some activity on the layouts. Until next week, Merry Christmas to all.

And the winner is.......

ME! Yep I won the Encouragement award for my model of Kensington Hill Station at the club's annual Christmas Modelling Competition on Saturday. I was able to finish the rear stairs and submit it for judging. I must admit I am pretty chuffed at the moment. The effort I put into this model has been justified!

Apart from the station nothing else was done the week just gone. Now that the station is finished, I can start tidying up my modelling table so that I can finish off some half completed projects left by the wayside for the last few months.

Station rear stairs

The trophy for the 2010 RMCQ Encouragement Award

Minimal effort this week

A busy week but not with modelling. However I was able to bodgy up some stairs for the station. These will be glued on in due course before this weekend's Club modelling competition. I have decided not to put fencing on the rear side platform as it would look to busy. Still wondering whether just to put handrails on the stairs.

On the Hill fencing project, I was able to position the farm gates then the fence posts either side of the gate posts. These fence posts will be the start of the fencing run. This will be very time consuming and a more than likely a slow process.

A couple of weeks ago I ordered a few Model Rail DVDs from Telerail. They have a 3 for 2 offer, so three DVDs were purchased: Air Brush Expert (something I want to learn more about), Weathering Expert, and Western Branch Line Modelling. These arrived on Friday in the post but I only had time over the weekend to start watching the WBL modelling video.

This week I have to finish off the station ready for the club competition mentioned earlier.