On such a small quay there was horse shunting before WWII.

After that there was road service, maybe a wagon with horse would be possible. Although I have not find horse drawn wagons with British Railways on it.

Any information on that subject is welcome.

Before WWII a horse shunted open wagon with barrels would gave a great scene, but a have not seen any nice GWR ready to run open wagon for that purpose. A Coopercraft GWR 4 plank open (Diag. 05) would be useful.

But building an open wagon with plastic card or metal is not a real option for me. That's one of the reasons I publish on the RM web. To show it is possible to do modelling with my limited psychical possibilities and on a low budget. So I don't have to be an armchair modeler. 

On such a dock scene a GWR class 850 or class 1366 would also be an option. But as far as I know there are no ready to run models available.

But I have a nice scene in mind.

There are some nice pictures about horse shunting in railway yards mostly of the Eastern Region in the digital photo archive of the NRM.

Hi Job, great to see the Atkinson painting of Gloucester Dock.  The real thing is just three kilometres or so from my home.  When I lived on the other side of Gloucester it was fairly easy and quick to walk in (about two kilometres then) and the easier route was along the canal towpath and along where you see the railway line and people standing.  The warehouse to the left has since been demolished though I think it's where flats have gone up now.  The warehouse to the centre of the painting and some along the right are still standing in real life, serving the Council Offices and various retail premises, places to eat, etc.  Tall ships still come into the docks for re-fits and repairs I believe.  The area still retains a sense of the past though the railway lines which quite frankly, went almost everywhere around the docks and between the warehouses have now gone.  Several wagons were preserved and on show on a few remaining tracks; must check if they're still there.  All the best with the model - will watch with interest!

Thanks Steve.

As you can read in the article in the Northall Gazette it is not my intention to build a copy of this quay. I used it as a reference. Although I  have seen an aerial picture from around 1930 on which the wagon turntable is visible at the end of the quay.

Scalescenes provides two type of dock edges of which the concrete one is to modern for my. The other one is a stone wall. It is hard to find information on this subject on internet. Can you help me out with some information of the material of the dock walls in the 1950's.

Hi Job, yes, I did realise that you didn't have a copy of Gloucester docks in mind.  Do you have particular information in mind?  My time in Gloucester goes back only as far as 1990, so I still feel a bit like a new boy.  I can ask around if there's any appropriate information and images of the docks in the 1950's.  Can't promise anything but I'll willingly do a little research for you.   

Thanks for the offer, Steve.

From the information I found there were three main materials used: brick, stone and concrete. As far as I could see the concrete was poured (is this the right word?) or build up in layers with blocks and held between piles. If I want to use the stone I have to color that in a more grey tone and give it more structure, using aquarel paper. 

I believe in Gloucester they also used brick, but on black and white pictures the color is not to determinate. So I would like to know the color of the brick that was used. I can search for the right textures then,

I will use bollard I have ordered by Langley.