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Inspiration for Victoria Bridge Part II

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Looking through old SVR aerial photos, I stumbled accross this one which I had lost, as you do, in the back of my computer.

A useful one for getting the scenery right in my diorama.
(The train is, I have to confess, a bit of a cheat.. the camera never lies.... mmmmmmm)

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Gathering inspiration for Victoria Bridge! (come fly with me...)

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It's been a while since my Victoria Bridge project appeared on the blog... hopefully this weekend will see me inspired to get it going again, I promise it will!

Sunday will see me volunteering at Halfpenny Green helping to orchestrate scenic Dragon Rapide flights over the local area (including the Victoria Bridge/Trimpley vicinity), if...
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Further progress, and just how big is a People Mover?

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...not especially big, especially in N gauge form!

After some light cosmetic bodging, some comparisons to other more familiar small N gauge models....



The Terrier, in case you wondered, is a repaint, as I wanted a BR black one with a small bunker*, so reluctantly had to obliterate all that lovely...
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N gauge Class 139 'prototype Mark II' ! (emerges from paint shop)

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-In primer!

This next prototype is still rather bodged together, more than anything to check that all the bits align nicely
(some of the windows and bits and pieces need nudging sideways to line up right)
I have quickly filled in some of the gaps with car bodywork filler, and sprayed a bit of primer over it, which imporves the look of raw...
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Update: Class 139 Headlights

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Filed under 'wot I did in my lunchbreak today' :P



..I need to make the apertures for the lights a shade smaller, they will always be a bit on the overscale side, so that 1mm jewel lamps can be installed!
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More laser cutting, components for the Class 139

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Right, back from holiday, back to some serious modelling!

Here are the latest parts cut to make the wooden master for the Class 139 moulded resin body:

A first attempt at a side panel, which will be cast from clear resin. Note that the lower body panel beneath the windows is missing, as on the completed model this will be a tiny rectangle of...
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Further unfeasably small scale adventures (N gauge Class 139)

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Hi all...

the chassis has now been sanded down on either side to fit the scale width. I was worried that this sanding process would damage the cups for the pinpoints at either end of the axle, but this turned out to be no problem in the end.

Chassis detail sanding in process..
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Class 139 sketch model (takes to the tracks)

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Taking to the tracks for the first time, on Wyre Forest MRC's Kinlet Town.. nice to see that the rough mockup suits the platforms.. also the first time a 139 has met an 86!

(PS the big hole in the side will not appear on the finished model!)



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Class 139 sketch model (rough and ready)

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Progress so far.. just sticking some blocks of wood together into a mock up body, to get used to the shapes and angles in such a small scale!



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N Gauge Class 139 Railcar (Parry People Mover 'PPM60')

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Right, back to work on some modelling, after a bit of a break!

Here is the latest project, again involving a little bit of CAD work to set the wheels in motion, the subject, the Class 139 Railcar,

see www.parrypeoplemovers.com

Which will be based on a readily available Kato N gauge chassis. The chassis is a good match for the real thing,...

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