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dbanbery

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After some local sight seeing, i have been amassing information and items.

 

Over the last few weeks i have managed to get out and visit particular features i am planning to build, and my Photo albums can be seen here:

 

Wolverhampton LL

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/album/2334-wolverhampton-low-level-visit-110812/

Tettenhall Station + surrounding buildings

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/album/2374-tettenhall-station-01092012/

Wombourn Bratch

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/album/2375-wombourn-bratch-station/

 

aside from buying a number of books from Waterstones etc, and some historical maps, I have also ordered some copies of Archive track layouts for the above three locations when i was at York NRM a few weeks back. they cost £5 per record and £5 for the CD format. i should expect these in the next few weeks, hopefully. there are four records that ive ordered, and i think they should be a big help to building the layout of each station.

 

I wonder if it is possible to still obtain a book/database with all the old GWR standard building type details anywhere nowadays, surely such a book would have existed [some 100 years ago] back in the day. Wombourn Bratch is now a cafe which has a load of old pictures hung on the wall from 1915 when the station was being built, i may get hold of the Wolverhampton Archives and see if i can get hold of any similar for all of these.

 

There is a fourth album too, but i havent uploaded the pics yet. the metal lattice bridge at Tettenhall. this will be an interesting build! although how to do it i'm not sure. it is possible to buy plastic model representations of steel sections, so i might go and have a look at those and see if the scale will be right for building this up. Lots of rivets though how do i do rivets!?

 

I havent been active on here long, but a thanks already goes out to Mark Forrest for his help early on!

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