Most people, when taking a boat along Lake Thun, will take pictures of the beautiful scenery. I did, but then there is this ugly cement works on the shore - and I pointed my camera at this too.
I suppose you can argue it's not the ugly commercial site in the wold, but this is a stunning place, and here we have industry. There's no railway, and the road access doesn't look that impressive, so shipping by boat must be the order of the day. After all, there's no other reason to build it here!
The NEC delivered a very reasonably price R190 Country Cottage. Made in West Germany, by Pola I think, it's a basic model, but pretty much complete apart from some easy to replace chimney pots.
The instructions are amazing though.
That's an exploded sketch, drawn by a child it appears. This isn't a hard kit to build, which is handy 'cos you'd be struggling if you relied on this.
Next on the hitlist - R278 The Bell Inn Country Pub Kit. Another Pola based model, complete with stickers to add the stonework to the walls.
Last weekend, I took a short city-break in Paris. Waiting at St Pancras, there is a display advertising the film Wicked. I don't know that much about it, but on one cabinet, there is this fantastic OO gauge locomotive. Now, this is what Hornby needed in the Steampunk range!
If you want to see the rest of my Paris photos, there is an album on Flickr. Not much train content though!
I've always fancied building a car. But perhaps not this one. Very clever though.
(Hint: Class 25 locos were nicknamed "rats" by gricers)
