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Very nice. Do you intend to do a "Dave Rowe" and add spokes made from hair?

 

(Coat on as I head for the door...)

Lol! I thought about adding a chain, but I think spokes may be a step too far :-)

Simon beat me to it!  After all that splendid work, it really needs the finishing touch   Seriously, though, I am impressed and the signal box looks very good too.  Now, what are you going to do with the other bicycle on the fret.

 

Mike

Very nice. I do like little touches like that.

Kind regards,

 

Nick.

Very nice Dave.  The 'box looks excellent too.  I particularly like the toned down point rodding - when I finish all of mine I will try to do similar.

 

Ian

Simon beat me to it!  After all that splendid work, it really needs the finishing touch   Seriously, though, I am impressed and the signal box looks very good too.  Now, what are you going to do with the other bicycle on the fret. Mike

Thanks Mike, glad you like it:-). I think the other bike will be placed leaning against the platform fence once I get round to building it!

 

Very nice. I do like little touches like that.Kind regards, Nick.

Thanks Nick, I must admit adding all the little details are my favourite bit too!

 

Very nice Dave.  The 'box looks excellent too.  I particularly like the toned down point rodding - when I finish all of mine I will try to do similar. Ian

Thanks Ian, glad you like the toned down rodding. It all looked a bit too clean and stark before and I'm sure even Mikkel would allow for a little bit of Edwardian grime here and there! :-)

Hi Dave, oh allright then, grime is good :-)

 

I like the green algae look on the boarding over the point rodding. Nice subtle effect. 

 

The bike is a little wonder of its own, both model and prototype. Have you seen the military version, a little unsettling! See: http://www.oldbike.eu/museum/bikes-1800s/1869-1891-velocipedes-dwarf-safeties/1888-the-singer-safety-semi-diamond-cross-frame/ (scroll down)

Glad you re-made the roof: it really does look better for it.

Hi Dave, oh allright then, grime is good :-)

 

I like the green algae look on the boarding over the point rodding. Nice subtle effect. 

 

The bike is a little wonder of its own, both model and prototype. Have you seen the military version, a little unsettling! See: http://www.oldbike.eu/museum/bikes-1800s/1869-1891-velocipedes-dwarf-safeties/1888-the-singer-safety-semi-diamond-cross-frame/ (scroll down)

 

Hi Mikkel, thanks for that link I hadn't heard of the military version! I do hope the weapon was designed to be removed from the bike before firing, I imagine the recoil would play havoc with the steering! :-). Isn't it great how this hobby of ours sends us down such interesting byways!

Certainly is. I suppose those military bikes give a new meaning to the term "riding shotgun". Argh, sorry!

Glad you re-made the roof: it really does look better for it.

Hi Simon, glad you approve:-)  It just goes to show we all need a little nudge now and then to keep up our modelling standards, it serves me right for trying to cut corners!

 

I must admit I'm much happier with it now :-)

Glad to have nudged you, then - it would only have rankled.

That bicycle is exquisite, I like the back story too.

 

Your signal box looks more Great Westernised with the new roof too, something vaguely reminiscent of a contractor built box on a faraway branch line in a remote corner or the GW empire, reminds me of a photo of one of the Cornish branch lines but I can't quite put my finger on which one. So definitely effective! Plus it looks distinctively different to the out of the box Peco original.