BRON HEBOG

July    As we moved into the second half of the year Livingston Thompson had been painted, lined and weathered and taken for its first test ...

An update for you on progress with the newest stock box, which is now finished and home to most of our Welsh Highland rolling stock. As I ex...

 There's another new carriage in the fleet. Himself has completed the varnishing of WHR saloon 2048 and added the handrails beside the d...

I recently completed an order for 9 (!) sets of resin seats and tables for the WHR saloon carriages, which made for an epic week-long castin...

I love it when a carriage comes together! That moment when all the pieces are ready to be joined together into one bodyshell, which is the s...

The component parts of WHR carriage 2048 are coming together now. I've detailed the door units with the second layer of beading added no...

I was reminded of the perils of building a model when you're tired, or in a rush, or both, when I went to do a little more work on 2048 ...

The title is not a reference to current affairs - some attempt a click bait - merely a reference that the cursed carriage Gwyrfai has fooled...

Himself is reaching the end of the arduous job of lining out a Pullman observation car. I’ve seen quite a few models of Gwyrfai crop up...

We’ve just had our worst case yet of ‘Boston Lodge Syndrome’, which is what happens when a modeller gets caught out by the craftsmen in Wale...

For perhaps the first time since we began modelling the FR back in the late 1980s we’re within touching distance of being up to date with th...

It’s the turn of Gwyrfai for the paint shop, starting with the interior. Something to note is the way Himself has tried to replicate t...

I’ve done my bit on Gwyrfai and it’s been delivered to Himself disguised amid bags of shopping from the supermarket. The reference to ...

Finally I can see the end of the Gwyrfai project - it at least my bit of it. Last night I finished the outstanding jobs on the interior...

So last night I decided to stop faffing about and get the interior fixed into Gwyrfai The tricky bit is always making sure the seat bac...

I’ve got the last of the chairs for Gwyrfai cast, and while the ladies of the house watched a movie I was informed I would find very boring...

I’m on a roll with Gwyrfai with two sessions in a week! The second layer of detail has been added on the end piece including the corrido...

The festive season has been a bit of a washout for modelling, but on the last day of the year I found half an hour to have a go at making th...

It's been weeks since I did any work on Gwyrfai but I managed to get a couple of hours in yesterday thanks to the need to use up annual...

Himself’s occasional trips to Wales to volunteer on the FR have the added bonus of allowing a chance for a little spying in order to find ou...