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I've been spending some time "supervising" the renovation of our Flagship Theatre's ceiling. The original 1910 plaster ceiling was literally falling to pieces, so the decision was made to use the covid19 "downtime" to pull all the old plasterwork down and replace it with modern p...

found my Kibri UPS 2000 Plasser & Theurer model stowed away in a shoe box.

It looked a bit plain, so I couldn't help myself and "grubbied" it up! (sorry to all the purists whop like things prestine)





it had a very hard day's work!!

I have used polystyrene exclusively for walls, and cut escarpments, on my layouts and use water based acrylic poster paints to protect them. I do, however, cut the styrene on a proper styrene cutter bench. The heat from cutting "seals" it to a degree and I apply the paint liberally over it...

I second Pete's Spares

I agree Geoff, however those speakers are way too valuable to end up in landfill!! and the moving lights are also a tad too pricey to throw away!! It just seems that our technical crew don't look after the Venue gear as well as they tend their own equipment. I bit of housekeeping can save a show.

thanks for your comments gents; Gerald thankyou for noticing these areas were sparse and desolate and needed something to fill the space. Turntable fitted - just, and the refueling area was created, as I was running out of trees and lichen!! So it all came together rather well. Stainsacre & Buff...

its been a while and my health has been up and down. I've had to stop exercising as my left hip has been steadily getting worse and worse. I made an appointment with my GP and she recommended an X-ray of both my hips to see of there was a problem. Turns out I had "severe degenerative changes in...

well I've not posted much on here lately. A combination of health and assisting at my workplace (mainly just being there so they don't have to keep locking the warehouse up) I keep myself busy by cleaning/fixing bits and pieces that I know they don't have time to do, such as these .......... 2020100...

OK it's been a while since I even looked at Tinwald, let alone did anything! Funnily enough, I've been going into work, more or less fulltime, as we have had to "down size" our warehouse and condense our operation, due to this Covid19 marlarkey. So we've gone from 3 warehouse to two, all p...

I was born in the wrong ERA. Would love to be back in the 50's again, all that hat wearing and trench coats, smokey railway platforms, aroma of pipe tobacco mixed with stale perfume in the carriage compartment, the simple life camping beside a brook or sitting in a deckchair with shrilling seagulls ...

....... I used straight undiluted PVA and it worked a treat, just need to smooth it all out with a brush so it wouldn't be "lumpy"- good as gold

nice looking setup there Colonel, I particularly like the rolling stock of TTA you have. They are a favourite of mine to weather.Have been trying my damndest to get hold of the white BP TTA's you have there. So far I've had to satisfy myself with the green and yellow variant. ..... and welcome to th...

a bit late to the convo but here's what I did to hide my surface mount motors ................... DSC_0535.JPG can you see it?? DSC_0531.JPG I have one behind the (matchstick) fence, and one in view, that will be camouflaged later on. You can also hide them under/in buildings and under station platf...

I've been busy again on my other workbench preparing for a venue opening maybe...........sort of...........sometime. Anyway it's been keeping me sane during this lockdown period and an excuse to get out of the house. Ok ok it's not technically essential work per say but I've got away with it so far!...

found this the other day just by chance but gives and incite into what us poor "Southerners" are dealing with re postage from the UK ............ https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SELECTION-OF-3-TREES-OO-GAUGE-TRAIN-SCENERY/373047268613?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2...