Dave,

That looks fantastic! JLRT. Keep up the steady work & see you at the NLG Xmas party

Tony

That does look good, especially the 3rd picture with the train in the station. The foreshortening apparent in the station shots compared to the overview of the board is interesting to note.

Pity we couldn't magic up some buildings for Slattocks with the track running again but we have to design them yet .

Thanks for the kind comments.

Tony: Beware! Mr Waterman has probably trade marked all uses of those letters - like the use of the word "Virgin" by another entrepeneur.

Craig: It might be the camera settings. With a zoom lens, it's tempting to fill the shot without paying much atention to the focal length that results - and, of course, this can affect the perspective of the view. The other thing is that I loaded the photos out of sequence. I took shots 2 & 3 with just the station board on its own. I then placed the adjacent board, with the coal drops, and took photos 1 & 4, so the view really is shorter in the 3rd shot! Sorry for any confusion caused!

Dave.

Thanks for the kind comments.

 

Tony: Beware! Mr Waterman has probably trade marked all uses of those letters - like the use of the word "Virgin" by another entrepeneur.

Ah but Tony went for t'Northern version . With apologies to people in the north who get annoyed enough with Michael Mcintyre doing that..

Craig: It might be the camera settings. With a zoom lens, it's tempting to fill the shot without paying much atention to the focal length that results - and, of course, this can affect the perspective of the view. The other thing is that I loaded the photos out of sequence. I took shots 2 & 3 with just the station board on its own. I then placed the adjacent board, with the coal drops, and took photos 1 & 4, so the view really is shorter in the 3rd shot! Sorry for any confusion caused!

 

Dave.

Doh! Well you certainly caught me out with that one! I was suggesting the view followed quite a few prototype shots anyway in making the platform look shorter.

Hi Dave - The third shot is very close to the view of the real place when passing the station. Peter has made a super job of the station and goods shed, and this must rate as the best recapture of Delph ever.

I always look enviously at your Fowler 3MT....!! I hope to upgrade one of the open saloon driving trailers before Adrian retires as I never did build one the earlier ones for myself.

Seeing as you obviously plan to build the mainroad to Uppermill, don't forget to pick up a North Western Road Car lowbridge half-cab bus. For Manchester Corporation you could always clip the front wings and stick a Leyland PD1 radiator on a Crossley DD42. For Oldham Corporation, there is a tinfront Leyland PD2 with Orion body of 1954, what we called bouncy buses, but you would have to repaint it.

Cool!

Looks great Dave - you must be well chuffed B)

Jim

Hi Dave - The third shot is very close to the view of the real place when passing the station. Peter has made a super job of the station and goods shed, and this must rate as the best recapture of Delph ever.

 

I always look enviously at your Fowler 3MT....!! I hope to upgrade one of the open saloon driving trailers before Adrian retires as I never did build one the earlier ones for myself.

 

Seeing as you obviously plan to build the mainroad to Uppermill, don't forget to pick up a North Western Road Car lowbridge half-cab bus. For Manchester Corporation you could always clip the front wings and stick a Leyland PD1 radiator on a Crossley DD42. For Oldham Corporation, there is a tinfront Leyland PD2 with Orion body of 1954, what we called bouncy buses, but you would have to repaint it.

Larry,

I can see that I'm going to need a "bus consultant" to avoid glaring errors - I never paid any attention to them and still haven't a clue! From memory, there were limited stop services 10, 13 & 14 on the Manchester/Oldham/Saddleworth route of which I think the No.10 terminated at Greenfield. Did the others go round via Delph - never went that way, only from Oldham to Manchester.

Do you know if there are kits or models out there that could form the basis of a conversion? I see there's a couple of companies advertising 4 mm scale busses.

I'm not over keen on frozen action on models, so if I have a bus, it should be stationary at a stop. Was there a stop on the New Road near the station master's house? There was a sort of pull-in area where the goods yard retaining wall cur across the end of the yard, just where the gradient got steeper.

Dave.

Beware Dave

Buses are addictive, just like trains!

Cheers

Jim

Hi David,

It's great to see the buildings in situe on the layout, can't wait to see the same shots when all the scenics are done especially the one with the Delph train in the platform.

cheers

Peter (Gravy Train).

Beware Dave

 

Buses are addictive, just like trains!

 

Cheers

 

Jim

Jim,

I don't think so! Not in my case, anyway. Busses were just things you travelled on when you couldn't persuade your mum to go by train! I remember when I still collected loco numbers, there were some other lads who spotted busses - I thought that was a very strange pass-time! Pots & kettles come to mind!

Eventually, I gave up spotting in the early 60's and just went to watch and absobe the atmosphere. Pity I never took much notice of coaches, wagons, signals and other infrastructure - railwways started and finished with locomotives! Ah, well.....

Dave.