Bron Effans

  I have taken some time to update and amend the details of the motive power on the line. I am also working on a rolling stock page, which will be published in due course.  Please find the updated page using the following link.  https://www.blogger.com/blog/page/edit/2166231028384630191/8580419163129318916

 Notice I am sorry to announce that I have recently suffered a bereavement. I have not been able to devote any time to my layout. Normal service will resume as soon as possible.

  I have had a fairly productive summer break from work. My time has been divided by various jobs on the layout and catchup repairs from the lockdown period. Ultimately, I had set myself some targets for the summer period to improve the running of the layout and to sort out the ongoing issues with the rolling stock. I have managed to finish the vast majority of these jobs and have finished a few other extra things that were not in the original plan. The biggest of which is the new retaining wall at the west end of the line.  I have been trying to give the layout a more unified look and feel that reflects the location that I am trying to model. I found some inspiration from the creation of a group on Facebook concerned with modelling the Corris Railway. I took ideas from this group and set about building a retaining wall along the northern slope to disguise the poor effort on the slope. The first layer of styrene is laid. I used styrene to make thin slabs and built them up with...