The Liberation of a Normandy Village - and some cheese and wine too!

[Guest]

This is coming along nicely sir.

[spanner570]

I think you've changed this on the sly Ron! I swear I saw fish swimming in the water above the weir last time!

Dave, those are the pictures I've lost!


Thanks to Fernando, Paul and Guy for your very nice compliments. Well appreciated. :thumb2:

[Gern]

Dave, those are the pictures I've lost!

So you've not changed it then? I'll believe you - but only 'cos I don't believe you'd tell porkies about such an important issue.

[spanner570]

Never mind all that, what were you doing up and about at 3.30 am this morning?!

Those bl***y cats, I suppose?

[Gern]

Never mind all that, what were you doing up and about at 3.30 am this morning?!

Those bl***y cats, I suppose?

I already done told you I'm a 'night owl' and not a 'lark'! So is Clyde, my little tomcat - he brought this in for me in the wee small hours of this morning:

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[spanner570]

Moving on.

A small footbridge, rough as you like, made from coffee stirrers and painted in various shades of 'Poundshop' type brown acrylics.

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Trial fit, with a big stone step made from a scrap of polystyrene suitably scribed and weathered. I've also carved some up and down stone cappings to the wall behind the bridge.
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Cheers.
Ron

[Guest]

Another good looking addition to the diorama, well fabricated sir !

[Gern]

Looks like typical council workmanship!

Reminds me of when we moved into a maisonette many, many moons ago. The slats for the shelf in the airing cupboard were about 1" x 1/2" (25 x 12mm in new money). Somebody tried to nail them to the supporting battens using 3" (75mm) oval nails!

[Guest]

Great work Sir , but some of us would like to see the stream bed, always interesting finds in them .
Forget the cheese looks like Andys had all the wine :smiling4::smiling4::smiling4:
Yours
Bodge it and Dash

[Mini Me]

Hi Ron,
Well if this ain't just "Ducky"! I missed all the fun and quite a bit has been accomplished in my absence. Forgive my ignorance but what purpose does a weir wall serve? it sort of reminds me of a dam but the water behind it is not backed up. I could look it up but I think it would be more interesting if one of you chaps could enlighten me.
Cheers,
Rick H.

[Gern]

Remember this from t'other day?



This was at about 2:00 yesterday afternoon:

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I clearly got their names right, but I thought cat burglars only operated at night!

[Steve Jones]

Lovin your work Ron. The weir and bridge are wonderful. If you have concerns around the size of the DUKW, Italeri do one in 1 72 which is easy to get hold of

Steve

[Jim R]

Hi Ron
Weir and bridge are both great additions.
Have to keep watching to see what Dave's cat brings home next!!
Jim

[spanner570]

Sorry for the late response chaps, I've been away at a rather good Beer festival .... :upside::thumb2:

Thanks for your posts.

G.C. Bodge It - Sorry boss, but as I posted, all the pictures of the stream bed construction have been lost. The stream running left to right will have no rocks in it, just paint.

Rick H - I should think you've looked it up by now, but just in case you haven't. A weir is usually built to hold back water for general irrigation of fields or a general water supply to surrounding areas. Also made to allow the construction of locks to by-pass rapids. In the case of the model it is there to slow down the water to prevent bank erosion under the house opposite. I don't understand you writing there is no water behind the weir wall. There is...Although not very murky.

Steve - The reference to the DUKW was just a bit of fun, but thanks for the suggestion none the less.

Jim - Thanks Jim. Keep in tune for 'Cat Report'

Thanks again all.
Ron

[Gern]

Keep in tune for 'Cat Report'

You haven't seen a cheeky little black and white tomcat mooching around have you? Maybe that's where all the fish went ......