Himself is migrating North to join me on the west coast of Scotland in a few weeks time.
Aside from the joy of having family within 'popping in distance', as opposed to full-scale visitations once a quarter, as far as this blog is concerned it's going to transform our modelling opportunities.
Quite a lot of what we produce is a joint effort. The carriages are a prime example.
I will scratch build the bodyshells from styrene and make an interior, then, until now, it's been posted down to Himself to complete any aesthetic and mechanical fettling before he does the painting, varnishing and final assembly.
It's amazing that in all that time nothing has gone missing or been damaged in any of these 400 mile trips.
So thank you Mr Postman for being so reliable and careful all these years, but it's going to be wonderful not needing your services any more.
The only downside is that Bron Hebog and Dduallt will have to go into storage for perhaps as long as a year until they find a permanent home, but I'm hoping it will be a case of short term pain for long term gain.
Congratulations on this development! I lived in Largs myself for a very short while and can see a lot positive about life in that part of the world. Perhaps the two layouts will now become familiar to new viewers in Scotland and northern England. I have to say that I regret that we will not see Bron Hebog so much in the south in future; I saw at Woking a while back and was completely absorbed by the excellence of the modelling in every area, engineering as well as visual. But good luck with the move!
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