SOMETIMES I GET FRUSTRATED !

Some times I get frustrated and feel like blowing things up!

  That's what I did the other day, when things weren't going right.  I nearly started a Fire !  The train came off the tracks & that was the last straw...........
I made a movie of it, but I couldn't get it to play on the Blog !  " MORE FRUSTRATION "

IT"S ALL HAPPENING IN THE ATTIC !

I picked up this plastic kit in pieces in a bag at the Sunday Market in York in Western Australia, where we stayed a few nights in the middle of the town for free. At last I have found a place for it.
The idea is to have the back open, so as you can see the Locos in the shed (Poetic License or is it Modellers License ?)

  My Wife recons I'm mad, but I like watching the trains coming & going ! You can see the cable ties holding the roof together. I am going to re-roof the shed & extend it out the back a bit more. Follow this Blog & see what You think, as I add more pictures & tell You how I'm going !

Today I put in an inspection pit (Not Finished) and all the track into the shed. A lot of work in progress. I forgot the supports for the roof of the shed. SEE BELOW !

A bit of paint outside the engine shed. It needs more roof out the back.

Track up to the next level.

The track is undulating, I'm trying to get away from that flat effect !

The bridge to the nxt level, it might be a bit steep, but who cares; I would like to run a tram up the mountain, like on the Isle of Man.

I have a big area to fill, I'm having fun in lock down, with this bloody virus !

A new station is going in !   Below, just the right height for On 30.

I made some uncoupling tools out of tooth picks.

Maude is my latest purchase from Hattons.

Maude is doing a bit of shunting.....a

A rake of wagons

Looking down the track, a long way to go !  Below:- A tram on the bridge On 30.

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.....