ASuitableCase

At Tring & District MRC’s annual exhibition, TaD-Rail 2008, my wife Sheila assisted with the refreshments - how would we manage without them? During a pause for breath she took herself on a tour of the 25 exhibitors present. Her award for ‘Most Enterprising in Show’ was Ian Redman’s exhibit - Small ‘N’ Gauge Working, a series of miniature schemes in Aluminium Cases, Lunch Boxes, and CD Cases. “I could do one of those”, she later related to me. Sheila has long been into ‘Crafts’, including Lace making, Machine Knitting, Watercolour Painting, and Gift Cards. I have on many occasions been very pleased to utilise various elements of her tools and materials for my own layout constructions. Therefore my stocks of ‘Bits and Pieces’ were fully available to assist with her project.

An Aluminium case was found on eBay. The only input I had to the fine result was to cut the plywood, assist with track laying, and solder the connections to the rails. Materials used were from Metcalfe (Station), Scalescenes (Platforms and Shop/Houses coverings), Woodland Scenics (Autumn Tree Kit), Ratio (Level Crossing gates). All the other materials were from my stocks of ‘bits’.

I am really proud of her splendid efforts. Sheila will be in the catering team again at Tad-Rail 2009 on October 10^th. Come along and you might be able to see her effort on show at the exhibition.