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Barrow Hill Mark II

PaternosterRow

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Smoke hoods now in. I only intend to cover 12 roads out of the 24. I took on board the advice about lowering them closer to the locos but looking at the pictures of Saltley and old pics of Barrow Hill I noted that they are about this height anyway. I guess that when initially installed in Victorian times they suited the height of the tall stacks on the steam engines of that time. Hoods for newer roundhouses were then brought down much closer to suit later train design.

 

Below is a picture I took during my visit to Barrow Hill for a comparison with the model.

 

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Also a shot between the locos

 

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Another shot of the hoods.

 

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I'm not sure if I should cover all the roads for effect but it'll have to be done before the roof covering and lights go in so comments are most welcome.

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Mikkel
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Sure does. I personally think all the roads should have hoods for the sake of both completeness and looks - but then I'm not the one who has to do it :-)

 

That shot between the locos looks really good.

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PaternosterRow
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Thanks very much for the comments guys. Yes, I think you're right about the hoods - just for the sake of uniformity they need to go in. I'd better get busy again!!

 

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Mike

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PaternosterRow
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I need to apologize for the picture of Barrow Hill, this was sourced from the internet (can't remember where) and was in my own folder of pictures I took at Barrow Hill 18 months ago. I failed to check this before uploading. If anyone can identify for rightful credit I would be grateful.

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