I've always thought painting models to get them looking right is a hell of a lot harder then building them in the first place.
Thus, I was impressed on my latest 'inspection' - having been away on holiday - to see Himself put the paint brush between his teeth and had a go at getting some colour on the undoubted centrepiece of the new layout project, the arched stone bridge which carries the FR above the Cambrian at Minffordd.
Things like this are so tricky because a structure made out of natural rock, like this, will always look slightly different depending on the weather conditions on a particular day - how bright the sunlight is or whether it is wet or dry.
It's looking pretty good to me, so far.
I think perhaps it might still require a little more weathering - perhaps some vague hints of brown tones here and there to contrast from all the shades of grey - and even maybe some invasive vegetation creeping in, although structures like this benefitted from a little more 'gardening' care in the 1960s than they get today.
On the other side of the layout he's mostly completed the track laying in the yard - with just the NG spur into the goods shed remaining to be fixed down - and he's been able to conduct some shunting tests with the Kadee couplings and magnets which are a new adventure for us on this project.
Hopefully this means we can have some hands-free fun shunting the daily pick-up goods from Pwllheli.
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