BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION, This is an article I wrote for The Burnt Journal Issue 14 No. 10

Ron Watson helped me plumb the Bridge in and I think I should name it after Him !  This brings back memories, its amazing what you find in your files, when in lockdown with the virus. Posted 30-04-2020.

Model Gum Trees from the Garden.

 29-04-2020  I was looking at my Sedum Autumn Joy in the garden today and my miniture gum trees are nearly ready to pick !  This plant is a succulent & very easy to grow, it just likes plenty of sun.

Below, making Gum Trees out of Sedum Autumn Joy. Get out the spray can & experiment !

Making Switch Boards

29-04-2020 Last week I made some switch boards for my indoor layout in the roof. I cut up an old plastic towel rail & drilled a few holes, I think they look good !

THE LAST OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE E. B. R. Preservation Society !

My O Gauge Layout in the Roof "Where the Narrow Gauge Meets the Broad Guage."

Recently I was rummaging through a box of old model railway bits & pieces, at the local Club & I came across a set of three yard lights & I thought "I could save these!" So I took them home & installed them on the Emu Bay Preservation Railway in the attic.

They are working very well keeping the vandals & graffiti artist out of the railway yards on the E. B. R.

While I was at it I installed a turn table, which I am still working on. It is a lazy susan I picked up from the Op-Shop for $5-00. Most things on my railway are recycled. Most of the timber & base boards came from the Senior Citz Library, when they closed it !  It came at the right time, when I was remodeling my railway in the roof, from just above floor level to a a more workable height, for my old age ! I now have an O gauge oval of track the full length of the house, which gives me over 30 feet of straight running, with a nice curve at each end & numerous sidings and a turn table. Now all I have to do is get the On 30 up & running !  The scenery is giving me a head ache just thinking about it !!!  The corona virus is keeping me at home to do all this exciting stuff.....