Northroader
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I would think branded commercial products were on the enamel signs and probably these would be paid for as a bulk supply to the railway company for general application to the system. The b&w printed paper posters for non railway purposes, appearing for a limited time, such as auctions, would appear wherever they could be squeezed in without anyone complaining, most likely not on railway property?
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You could try gloss black rather than Matt?
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Impressed by your ambitious scheme. It is a big station to be modelling, and will follow with interest.
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Makes you wonder if the great man intended sleeping inside when out in the sticks, what was the poor coachman intended to do? I seem to remember it was well stocked with a storage place for cigars.
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“Holidays in Biggar”, I see.
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The collection of models you’ve made will form a good basis for some really appealing dioramas, and I’m looking forward to seeing these.
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I think the depiction of poor peoples hard lives is done well by the Dane, Michael Ancher.
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The pits in the foreground are a bit reminiscent of ecclesiastical surrounds, viz. the Hunchback of Norte Dame. Getting along the pit under a loco meant adopting a form of crouch with an added slew to one side, something like a two legged crab as you scuttled along.
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And another thing, the presence of the old 27xx model can’t be escaped, you see them all over the place and want to give them a good home, so I can see why you did it, but would turning a Bachman 57xx bodyshell into a half cab have been simpler? (Just asking for a friend)
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Like the rest, I thought the map presentation for the allocations was a brilliant way to bring clarity. Amazed at the amount of detail work added to the basic shell.
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I have seen it suggested as a tip, to rejuvenate old loco permanent magnets by applying one of the old big horseshoe permanent magnets across the magnet, so that it forms part of the flux circuit, always assuming you can lay your hands on such an object.
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Nice to see how simple the track plan is, and the ingenious traverser arrangement.
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Having followed your blog, it was a real treat to see the layout for the first time. It’s nice to hear that you had a good time as well, without getting stressed out.
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It’ll be nice to see a Dean Goods with nameplates. Very good reclamation in any case.
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I think the broad gauge buffers used the same spacing as standard gauge?
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Very neat job. The thing I really like is that you made it with separate sides, ends, and so on, like an old style kit, rather than trying to do it as a one piece item. When I say this to 3D people, they usually say “ah, but you’re not taking advantage of the facility 3D printing offers” whereas I’m convinced doing it the way you made this would give real advantages for things like quantity of material used, and finishing?
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I think it’s better to paint the track before it goes down, Douglas. It’s much easier to paint the sides and ends of the sleepers.
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There is a recent book by Roy Link summarising his work including drawings of Bagnall 0-4-0Tand small wagons:
https://www.camdenmin.co.uk/products/the-crowsnest-chronicles
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“In villages, the manure would have been rarer” The farm over the way from us was still using horses, I was regularly sent out with an ancient shopping bag and a small shovel, as it was excellent top dressing for dads roses. Villages usually had keen gardeners who would be on the lookout for such treats. There was a traffic on the railway from cities to farms for manure, so maybe the produce from your stables would be collected up, wheelbarrowed into a corner until there was enough to make up a wagon load, so keep busy!
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If he liked living at Traeth Mawr, I rather fancy Round Oak would not be to his liking at all, whatever the pay grade.
I notice on the correspondence on the heavy LNWR wagon, that Crudgington station is involved, a small country station just north of Wellington, Salop, on the Crewe line.
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No elephants in Farthing, but there was this tyger....
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Knutterful Yard
in Modelling the 1840s in HO
A blog by Ian Simpson in RMweb Blogs
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In full approval of what you’re doing, particularly keeping the length right down, although I would want to up the width a bit more?