Chris Nevard's Blog

I think I'm in love with Betty Stoggs

 

do you think she stands by that lamp post every night?

 

... Nice pair of lamp posts Chris, superb detail as always - pity they don't actually work

Nothing nerdy about taking the time to do good work Chris. The lamps look great and, perhaps more importantly, are unique. I do however suspect that you've got an Observers book on streetlamps tucked away...

 

Is Betty 'looking for business' or keeping an eye out for illicet alcohol dealings?

 

Paul.

I'm up against it with time getting it ready for Model Rail Live 17/18 Sept, and to get them to work I'd need the swan neck to be thicker to get the wires inside. The problem about night time would mean all the buildings would need to be lit and need interiors. And anyway that involves elektriks which I don't really understand.

 

Pics - oh yes - but with modern sodium heads - actually I might do one of these with the more ornate swan neck and later (mid-1960's) timer box. Gosh I am super-nerdy this evening!

 

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I dunno Chris

 

I built a working street lamp with a 0.6mm neck. (you only need one wire if the lamp is metal) Although unless the layout is set in the day theres no point having the lamps on as they arent in the real world.

 

HTH

 

Jim

As someone who worked in the street lighting manufacturing industry until a few years ago I would disagree with SOX being modern, however it would fit in with what many of us would consider 'modern image'. The road we live in has recently had the Low pressure sodium lighting replaced by PLL compact fluorescents. I had a look through your photos on the link and the subject matter are a little bit frankenstein in appearance.