Angry Welshman Productions

22/07/2025

Goodbye, Ozzy, thank you for everything :(

A statement from his family says Osbourne was with them and "surrounded by love" when he died this morning.

22/07/2025

So....because I was a di****ad on holiday, I decided it would be a really good idea to go and break my big toe.....so now I can't work because my work involves climbing lots of ladders and stairs....sick note for the win am I right....

So.....impromptu live stream on Friday night? Anyone fancy seeing the latest updates to the Quarry Hunslet? I've been sent the latest version to try out :)

18/06/2025

Now this is the image that I've been waiting to see for a long time now.

The spitfire is back from the workshop, with two brand new SSDs fitted instead of what was in there before. This is in the hope that I can actually load train simulator assets quicker than before (train sim was trying to load them from a conventional HDD before) so this should hopefully make streaming especially on larger, and more detailed routes a smoother process.

Also, with the significantly larger memory available I can actually download and play some games that I haven't been able to even look at for the last few years. Still plenty to do, turns out this resetting your laptop business is a little harder than I expected 😆

Train Simulator was its normal self (ie old, grumpy and difficult to persuade to do anything reasonable). But it kinda seems that now that the base game is installed and references everything that it needs to, the rest of the process is a simple validation of the files that were already present.

Hopefully we will have some good news by the morning. Time for some shut eye at last....

(Yes....im over 30 and it's way passed my bed time now folks).

17/06/2025

In other news, this page has reached 1000 followers at last! :)

17/06/2025

The spitfire is in the workshop. :/ my attempt to boot windows up from a USB failed, so the spitfire has gone to the care of someone who actually knows what they are doing.

Also, I had a thought about trying to restore the original death star PC to serve as a back up until the new build commences. I would have to buy back some of the components that I sold off (IE graphics card and RAM). But that isn't as bad as buying a full gaming rig.

Hopefully we will get some positive news today or tomorrow.

13/06/2025

So....some news today that I didn't want to have to say.

Sadly, my old workhorse of a laptop, the spitfire, finally seems to have kicked the bucket. It seems to be some form of problem with the latest windows update but it has completely s**t itself and cannot even be booted up anymore. I AM hoping that it is software rather than hardware as I can't really afford to replace it at the moment.

I will be taking it to the computer repair shop soon to see if there is anything that can be done to get it back up and running. I do suspect that it will mean a factory reset and complete wipe of everything from it. That includes train simulator.

Thankfully I backed up everything not too long ago so at least I can start again. To be fair I think it has needed a good factory reset for a while now.

But until this issue is sorted out, im afraid ill be out of action in terms of live streams.

I'm sorry guys. I hope it won't take too long. I am in the process of putting money aside for a new desktop PC build, the current amount stands at about £900 at the moment. This would have been double though until last week when I suffered some significant car repairs and had to use it for that.....

Can't say that it's been a very good few weeks but there we go.

07/06/2025

Running a passenger train on the Dyffryn Lechi light railway, with Holy War at the head.

07/06/2025

Just shunting some slate wagons around the inclines with the WIP Quarry Hunslet :)

26/05/2025

Dont forget to join us on Friday evening at 1900 hrs (UK time) for a jaunt along the Bala Lake Railway (WIP).

This is the first stream for a while, and while yes its going to be a virtual footplate run, I think given the short length of the route we will be running several trips along the line and showcasing the route and Quarry Hunslets.

I know our own Leeds lad is quite excited to have a look at the HUNSLETS

26/05/2025

GWR 3717 City of Truro heading on a west bound train from Exeter to Plymouth.

26/05/2025

A comparison of the Just Trains GWR 3700 class, and the new Caledonia Works 3700 class.

An old model by todays standards, and very much in need of replacement or updating. This model has done sterling work over the last decade since it was released. The JT City has been one of my most well driven locos in train simulator. I've probably put more hours in on this loco than any other (With the possible exception of the VW 5600, or the Meshtools Austerity).

Now it can be retired in dignity and remembered fondly by those who loved her.