Much-Piddling Motor Services

The Much-Piddling garage is now open for business

as is the village bandstand

Much-Piddling at War!

This is a trial set-up for a game to be played later this year. This will be my big game for DevLAM '18. The trial is to allow me to judge how many buildings I need and where they are going. So, you will notice plenty of unpainted scenery, much work to be done yet. However, I'm putting the pictures up because I'm quite pleased with the overall layout.

The vague scenario for this game is detailed in my January 2018 post entitled 'Much-Piddling Home Guard'.

Here is a highly-detailed and neatly drawn scale plan of the layout!

An aerial view of the whole table

The old water mill

The road bridge across the canal

A working narrow boat passing alongside the site of Snapcase Hall (under construction)

Much-Piddling from the canal

Pub wall

Much-Piddling village square

The car park at Snapcase Hall

Jack Jones delivering some lovely sausages to Mrs. Kenwood-Chef

(that van's been there a long time, ooohh errr, missus!)

A view of the farm on the Snapcase estate

The pig pen at the farm

Doug's favourite corner, the Much-Piddling Cricket Club

A view from Much-Piddling

Beer delivery at the pub

The village pub

The Much-Piddling Home Guard Mobile Pasty Unit (MPU)

(a Mad Lord invention for keeping the troops fed in times of invasion)

A steam roller on it's way to carry out road repairs on the Market Snodsbury road

The daily pie delivery at Snapcase Hall

Update

Wigmore Hall – A Triumphant Debut

There has been a Press Release from Sir Albert Brock KCB regarding the recent successes of the Wiltshire Police Flying Column. For the full story, follow this link:

https://velodoug.wordpress.com/wigmore-hall-a-triumphant-debut/

Update

The Last Valley

Received my order of trees and hedgerows from Andy of The Last Valley. Absolutely delighted with them. This will make a vast improvement to my set-ups for games.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/thelastvalley/page1

Snow Stopped Play!

Unfortunately the planned game of Pulp Alley did not take place due to severe weather conditions last week. I had made a rather poor movie of the set-up which I will post here and a couple of photos of the Snapcase League of Eccentric Gentlemen.

Tragedy at Tenochtitlan

L. to R.: Athelstan Snapcase (Younger brother and black sheep of the Snapcases), Brigadier (retd.) Jethro Q. Walrustitty, Chulmleigh (faithful bulldog), Lord Snapcase, Old Scrotum (the wrinkled family retainer), Captain (retd.) Kevin Darling and Bertie Wells.

R.E.8

Just bought an R.E.8 for Wings of Glory. To be used for reconnaissance or bombing missions by the Allies.

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Just couldn't resist posting this, it made me smile (not for long as I'm a Grumpy Old Man)!