Between 265 & 485 SQ/FT My new garage in Wales

[Zebedeewesty]

Another bright, sunny morning in Pembs.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Raining again today as usual.
Spent nearly 1/2 an hour trying to get the shift knob button on the autosleeper to stop jamming in when it was pressed. Think i've got it sorted now, though who knows.
Its still starting OK so maybe i need to have a run around in it, park it on the drive again, switch it off and see if it restarts.

While looking through a post about my old school on facebook i found out my ex died back in November last year. Hadn't spoken to her in nearly 30 years. She's got zero online presence so i've no idea what happened.

 

[Jacko264]

Sorry to read about your ex it’s not nice even after 30 years apart
G

 

[Prospecter]

I'm also sorry. Even 30 years on, that was part of your life. Hard to say good bye.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

They say you never forget your first. Suppose its true. Always wondered what happened to her as she kind of dropped off the face of the planet for a couple of decades.
She had troubles when i was with her, suffering from bipolar disorder but she was the nicest person you'd ever meet.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Seems she was hit by an articulated truck while crossing a road.
Don't know if it was an accident or she stepped Infront of it though.

 

[Jacko264]

Hi mate is this you going out with the dogs 🫣

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Hi mate is this you going out with the dogs 🫣

How did you know?

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Dry and sunny (for now).

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Toilet door on the garage blew open in the gale and hit against the rear 1/4 of the inlaw's prius, making a little dent and the handle chipped the paint off back to the primer. Offered to fill and respray the 1/4 as i can get the paint for £15 ($20), but no, the FIL is taking it to Toyota. £900 ($1200) including VAT.

 

[Jacko264]

Not that I don’t think you could repair it
just a idea why don’t you do it and if fil is not happy then let him have it repaired
at Toyota.

 

[Jacko264]

Just had a thought isn’t it act of god let him pay 🫣

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Not that I don’t think you could repair it
just a idea why don’t you do it and if fil is not happy then let him have it repaired
at Toyota.

Its a 9 year old Toyota but he wants it professionally done (like everything else on it) as its still under the extended warranty he keeps buying year after year.
The thing is the rest of the car is covered in scratches and dents from two 80+ year olds driving it and seemingly having zero spatial awareness while driving.
Over the past 5 years its had over 3 grands worth of bodywork done to it through various insurance claims (all their fault).

Personally, i'd just stick one of these stickers on it and be done with it.

 

[Jacko264]

Im with you on this one it’s a old person thing my dad and FIL were just the same when they where living

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Im with you on this one it’s a old person thing my dad and FIL were just the same when they where living

My dad did everything on his cars. It was only when he bought a Peugeot 206, opened the bonnet and went 'WTF is all this' that he started getting someone else to do work on it.
To be fair i wouldn't want to touch anything under the bonnet on a modern car either. My 33 year old VW T4 is bad enough with everything controlled by one of two ECUs.

I much prefer working on these:

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Dry morning for a change. Had a walk up through the quarry.

 

[Prospecter]

Dry morning for a change. Had a walk up through the quarry.

The dogs probably don't care, but very nice to have some dry weather for you. Beautiful country, as always.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

The dogs probably don't care, but very nice to have some dry weather for you. Beautiful country, as always.

Yeah, the dogs are happy no matter the weather. Me, not so much.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

56 years old today.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Pretty sunset

Sunny morning and warm enough to not wear a jacket too.

 

[Prospecter]

. . . And a ride in the Pupmobile. Life is good!

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Another dry morning, though still a bit grey.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Is it wrong i kind of miss scaring people in the supermarket back during covid when masks were compulsory?

 

[Zebedeewesty]

First part of the medium station building done. I'll mirror the section for the other side of the main building.


Holly didn't want to play so Lucy lay right behind her in the bed.

 

[Jacko264]

So it was you in the supper market I thought I new you

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Another bit of the scalescenes medium station building made. The gentlemans toilet.
For some reason my printer made the ashlar stone a bit more yellow.
Obviously the gents was an afterthought and the stone must have come from a different quarry.

 

[Jacko264]

I like it just like the old days

 

[captain14]

Holly didn't want to play so Lucy lay right behind her in the bed.

Which one is the Alpha? Holly?

 

[Zebedeewesty]

I like it just like the old days

Don't often see an open air pissoir anymore.

Which one is the Alpha? Holly?

I don't think either of them is.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Got another section of the station building finished.

 

[Jacko264]

It reminds me of when I was a lad and I had a mate that lived in a station house .
on a weekend I use to sleep there but before bed time we would go outside and watch the bats flying about They came out the tunnel about 1/2 mile up the track .
The house was very scary with the floors creaky and the windows rattling in windy weather
O and there was a ghost as well All true
G

 

[Jacko264]

There you go

 

[Zebedeewesty]

There you go

Nice looking building. Always thought it would be cool to live in an old station building.

Finished another little extension on the station building last night. Its the same section as the other side but halved in width and with double ventilated doors fitted.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Had a walk up the hills this morning. Due to it being dry the past 4 days you could actually walk along without ending up ankle deep in mud.

 

[Jacko264]

Are you doing a signal cabin. I may have missed you doing one
G

 

[Jacko264]

This is the signal box just up from the station my uncle Ron was the signal man there for many years

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Are you doing a signal cabin. I may have missed you doing one
G

I'm planning on putting one at one end of the platform.
This is the signal box at Nunthorpe on the other side of the road from the station. My mum's house backs onto the furthest away end of the platform. I could just about see the signal box from my bedroom window.

This is the card download which i might get and modify to look similar.

This is the signal box just up from the station my uncle Ron was the signal man there for many years

Its so weird seeing railway buildings still standing when all the track has been lifted.

 

[sawduststeve]

I do love a signal box, they are such beautiful little buildings.
Many years ago I made this for a guy whose back garden railway became his business.
Back garden railways.com
It’s 1/4 size and being an engineer he helpfully turned up with a full set of plans


Steve

 

[Zebedeewesty]

I do love a signal box, they are such beautiful little buildings.
Many years ago I made this for a guy whose back garden railway became his business.
Back garden railways.com
It’s 1/4 size and being an engineer he helpfully turned up with a full set of plans


Steve

Thats a cool bit of kit. I wasn't expecting to see all the levers in the interior.

 

[sawduststeve]

Thats a cool bit of kit. I wasn't expecting to see all the levers in the interior.

Yeah, he’s a proper clever fella , the transport museum commissioned him to make a set for them