DavidMatthewson

Great stuff - thanks.

Brilliant. Great work. I esp like the merge of the backscene and foreground. The length of trains is also one of the great features of 1:450 [1:480] scale. Very smooth controllers too! - I could never get that with Eishindo kit - very clever.

David - did they ever get back to you on this? Thanks & happy 2024! David

Brilliant as always!

Hi David Thanks for posting this. Always interested in another source of 'bits n' bobs' for T Gauge, so yes, I'm interested. brgds David

I'm the new webmaster for this long established site and thought it worth reminding people here that it is still alive! Lots of good stuff [how to fit DCC into 1:450!], photographs of layouts and locos, and good chatter. Drop in and visit. https://TalkingTGauge.net David

Amazing as always - Happy 2023!

That's great - many thanks for taking the trouble to respond. Chaps who actually *did* the work are often better sources that book, IMHO.

Thanks for that. Might i ask what the reference for this is? - a book or photo perhaps? or aural history?

Many, many thanks for that - lots of new stuff to me!

That's a real gem! - thanks very much for sharing. (How did we ever manage this sort of stuff prior to the Internet??) Great photos including some which are new to me - many thanks. Can I be really cheeky and ask if there is any railway related stuff in the remaining pages? best wishes

Neat - I like the green body shell on the back left too!

Indeed - I'm very pleased with the way it's turned out. I'm not a 'rivet counter' and and delighted with a building which catches the 'feel' of the original. I also have a version of the jetty loader which is also derived from numerous old photos.. way to go!

Just back from Shapeways 3D printing... Many thanks to all for photos, memories etc. Happy 2021!

Many thanks.. Good find!

Thanks for that Stoker. Yes, #8 was built in the early 1920s ISTR and the loader was a real monster!

Also of interest is this current Google maps view... https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Fowey/@50.3418712,-4.6336937,105m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x486b61524fbefeb7:0x47b8af07aeac1f78!8m2!3d50.33499!4d-4.636525 The red marked building towards the top is the power house I'm pretty sure. 30m long, 10m wide, right place etc - even the 'joint' between the engine & generation halves. So what'sthe second red marked building? To far away to be the chimney base and it looks like a glazed roof.. maybe something modern ...??

Oh fabulous photos, very many thanks. I guess that's Jetty #8 under construction and unusual to see a photo taken from landside, so very much appreciated. Re (c) - agreed.. let's move on! ;}

Nightmare isn't it? We all want to stay within the law - for many reasons - and yet imagery is an essential part of our research. UK advice also says: "UK copyright law permits you to 'quote' from copyright material, including images, providing your use is 'fair dealing'. Essentially, this means your copy must have no impact on the market for the original image (e.g. a lower resolution, or a cropped version), and you must credit the rights-holder." https://subjectguides.york.ac.uk/copyright/images Hence I usually try to 'play fair & safe'... as I say, nightmare!!

Many thanks for that. So from the photos it seems the chimney was located about 10m seaward from the generating station itself. Would the boilers be in the bunker like base of the chimney or the main powerhouse - in either case, how were they connected to each other? All help very much appreciated.

Following on from the jetties at Fowey, I'm now looking at the GWR electricity power station that was slightly nearer to Fowey village. There are not many photographs I can find and no drawings at all. The main building - which still exists but is inside the china clay company land, is about 30m x 10m x 10m and seems to be brick built. The chimney has long gone. I'm interested in how the chimney & boiler(s) connected to what I assume were turbines in the main power hall. Does anyone have any more images or even images of other GWR generating stations of a similar type? Thanks. Photos are (c) of the original owners and used here for research purposes only. They came from the 'net - if anyone wants credits or for them to be removed pls just ask. Thanks

DCC in the loco is quite feasible in 1/450. Tgauge.com sell the chips for about £35 or so - made in Germany ISTR. Fitting them is.. interesting but possible. Doug K's Forth bridge T gauge exhibition layout uses them a lot. https://www.tgauge.com/product/395/250ma-5v-decoder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xuI00Vg9l0 Hope that helps/inspires you!

Fantastic workmanship!