Not the sort of discovery you want to make!
It has lasted since 12th June 2019, when I poured the resin in the canal in the morning, and discovered the original 3 cracks the same day.
Not sure why this has happened now.
We have had colder nights than last night.
I will leave it for now and see if it moves before attempting to repair.
I know I still have some resin leftover, not sure about the catalyst and the murky water tint though.
Keith
0-6-0's 'Oliver' and 'Becky' double-heading a ballast train below the long retaining wall, in preparation for the winter program of track maintenance.
Keith
I have had this wagon long before 'Hadarford' existed.
Today I liberated it from the box it was hidden in. I just have to decide which loco to assign it to as a shunters truck?
Life can be really hard at times!
Keith
Recently I purchased and added these 4 silver birch trees to Hadarford.
However I was not happy with the, as supplied, glossy grey trunks they had.
This morning I removed them from the layout.
Weekend restoration work in the engine shed.
Some arc welding on the underside being carried out along with some work behind the rear buffer beam.
Keith
Cattle off to market day today, and the farrier is in to shoe some of the horses of Hadarford farm.
Keith
0-4-0 'Emma', passing through the PW depot below the castle ruins on its way to Hadarford with a mixed freight train.
Keith
0-4-4-0 'Paddy' emerging from fiddleyard tunnel, heading towards Hadarford ahead of the Sunday morning up passenger service.
Keith
Back in January I made a further 2 ground signals to add to the 2 existing ones.
Today I got round to fitting them.
I know they are on the wrong side of the track, when I fitted the original pair I assumed they went on the left side, I spent some time this afternoon trying to remove the original 2 to reposition them, but they are too well glued in and as they are made of plastic I didn't want to run the risk of damaging them.
Keith
Last of the summertime open carriage trains for this year waiting to depart Hadarford station.
Keith
It's that time of year, the Pumpkin Train on it's way, 🚂🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
#Halloween #halloween2021 #pumpkins
Keith
Following successful test runs yesterday, D041 is brought into more heavier service today.
Keith
On Friday 8th Oct I made a start on my next project, this diesel loco I picked up on eBay.
0-4-0 'Leo' heading along under the retaining wall with a mixed traffic train.
Keith
With the success of the new bus stop road markings I attempted to add the "LOADING ONLY" markings, not too successful, but will have to do.
Keith
Having left the asphalt paint to dry overnight, this morning I added the bus stop boxes.
Having fixed them in place, I then weathered them to reduce the bright yellow glow and to disguise the new and old paint joints.
Keith
When I 1st painted the road markings on Hadarford I was not impressed with the result of the lettering 'BUS STOP' in the bus stop boxes, so I removed them and I have lived with only the boxes since. As I have buses parked on them the missing letters was not obvious.
But as I don't always want to have buses there, some time ago I purchased some vinyl road markings, but because of my issues with prolapsed discs and facet joint arthritis since then, I have left fitting them until today.
I have added the letters, but having done so, the original hand painted boxes did not match, so I have painted both boxes out and will add the vinyl boxes supplied on the sheet tomorrow when the asphalt paint has dried overnight. The whole road section will need weathering once everything has set to disguise the difference in the new and old asphalt paint.
Keith
The 3 vehicles my wife Jo bought me for my birthday today, a Bedford CA crew bus and a Commer Q25, both in the adopted British Railways livery alongside my other BR road vehicles.
Keith
Found these on eBay a few days ago, they arrived this morning.
This evening I have distributed them at various locations around Hadarford.
Keith
