Wintry highland fields

Winter is here! At least in the Northern Hemisphere where snow at this time of year is just a part of life. Here in sunny Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, (best city in the world IMO), I’m going to have to settle for making it snow in model form. After…

Artsy cobblestone platforms

Some people might think I’m strange for taking this approach, (friends included). But this post becomes the point where I stray from my past railway modelling approach and instead introduce some artistic elements into this little project. Starting with…

Cracking on with some modelling

Since running the first train around Bryn Nadolig a few weeks back, there’s been a flurry of work on the layout to complete the scenery and painting.As life would have it, this OO-9 layout project had lingered in a state of slumber since around this ti…

The road to Bryn Nadolig

Although it may be too early to be thinking about carving the Christmas or Thanksgiving turkey, for myself, it’s been a long overdue task to commence work on carving the hills of Bryn Nadolig. Like any project however, making a start on something is so…

Breaking ground on Bryn Nadolig

As the year slowly draws to an end and thoughts once more return to how many days there are left until Christmas, I thought it was about time I broke ground on Bryn Nadolig and got to work cutting the foamboard that will form the basis of my namesake C…