Christopher’s Hobby Blog

On Thursday I had the honour of returning Jenny Lind to the main line, admittedly 152 times too small and on the London Chatham and Dover rather than the Brighton but no less a win

Trains are running again, cork has gone down at the rear and final place and the front wood has had a second coat of black paint

9800 class doing the posing honours to show the river is finished and the wood base for the layout has had its first coat of black

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A weeks progress as I am about to depart to watch Demon Slayer Infinity Castle a second time a video that combines the situation a week ago when I was about to depart to watch the film the first time with the layout today! Rather pleased with it! @bigbernie.bsky.social

Almost exactly as I hoped it would look! @bigbernie.bsky.social thank you for your amazing help in bringing Tsuru no Michi to life!

Big milestone reached!

The latest view of Tsuri no Michi, most of the grass down, just popped out to get the paint for the river and roads/paths then afterwards it will be the water pour! I feel like the finish line is starting to come into sight for it to be show ready.

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Definitely feels like it is going to come together in time now 🙂

Layout update

15 days to go until the show and 3 days away from a week on since my fine friend @bigbernie.bsky.social built the baseboard, SL Hitoyoshi and SL Yamaguchi are the first two trains to run on Tsuru no Michi!

New Tomytec Farmhouse and Inn the latter to will be home to some Oni for the Demon Slayer Corps to slay fitted with lights Meanwhile the rest of the foam board has arrived and been glued down and weighted until tomorrow and then the board that @bigbernie.bsky.social built for me will see trains run!

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I tried to get reasonably close by and the chain is a known quantity for me 🙂

was it built for the Belgian railways?

Tonights French fancy

Right all ready to come!

colour photo. A hummingbird hovers in front of a drogue-like fitting on a model KC-135, possibly 1:48 scale - suspended from a garage door or porch roof

apparently, yesterday was National Hummingbird Day, and it reminded me of something I saved off the other place a few years ago - someone (I’ve lost who, sorry) made this KC-135 Hummingbird feeder!

It got me thinking about a fighter-sized bird..

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Running Tomix C61 20around the play track, could be the last train before the new layout is built!

Some shots from tonight’s session on the play track with my Tomix C61 20

I am indeed I will be heading to Bovington 🙂

C'est l'époque où personne n'envisageait qu'=> #Ussel (19) puisse devenir un cul-de-sac. Il y avait un dépôt (fermé à la fin des 60's) => #vapeur avec une rotonde : une => #141E à gauche et une => #141TA sur le pont tournant.
📷Guy Laforgerie, source : lettreducheminot.fr

#夜鉄

Well Swanage may be running the loco I want but it is on Halloween specials

A counter offer that has just come to mind is that I could go to Swanage or Bovington on the Saturday after the breakfast rendezvous then meet up again for dinner then still do the air museum Sunday?

Just messaged @bigbernie.bsky.social with this: Re: Poole, having a look at both of the websites for the museums they don’t really have anything that peaks my interest 1/2

The Hartshill Prefecture contingent has to regrettably stand down - M.O.’s orders

I’ll book myself somewhere nearby, my tism can make me a little awkward once done shall report back 🫡