Pylon King

They also had their own dedicated publications promoting the range .

The Minic Motorways accessories were regularly featured with the Model-Land range . Photo - 1966 Triang/Hornby catalogue.

The charm of Triang charm holds true as much today as in childhood , those wonderful catalogue images and exhibition/shop layouts from the 1960’/70’s have been a constant source of fascination . The company produced many superb product ranges to accompany their railway system and two have always been a firm favourite , Model-Land and Minix . Does anyone here remember them and still incorporate them on their layouts ? The following photos show several Model-Land pre-release catalogue/promotional buildings which differed from the production versions , ML figures as well as original Triang/Hornby scatter from their Scenic Series plus a selection of Minix vehicles and Minic Motorways accessories to complete the period look . Hope the accompanying photos will bring back a few fond memories from the wonderful world of Rovex Models .

A contact who works in the industry sent the PL16 blueprints for this particular design .

1:76 scale 132kV D30 model specially built for an article about model pylon construction in British Railway Modeller magazine published earlier this year.

Reposting a few photos which had previously been deleted due to the RM server crash . Maintenance team in 1:76 scale .

It’s been a few months due moving , fortunately all the models were undamaged thanks to the specially made foam inserts. SF60 now has both maintenance cradles installed .

Unusual find today - Tri-ang/Hornby 1966 12 page Singapore catalogue with price list.

There goes another kite !

Oh well , there goes another kite !

The Walthers kits are excellent and well worth the money. I’ve had a go at building several British prototypes in 1:76 scale using the original design blueprints.

1:76 scale PL pylon designs .

A couple more photos.

Just completed -1:76 scale 132kV Blaw Knox PL16 DD30 which also features two to one earthing wires as found on the St Albans prototype . More pictures to follow when daylight permits.

BICC D90 Eastleigh.

Another wonderful layout scene photographed back in 1973 for the following years catalogue and subsequent Track Plans book editions, although this particular original studio photo was never published .

It appears the Rovex marketing team were not happy with several errors and graphics issues , these were swiftly amended on the standard reprint and include the following : 1- Several products releases had their ‘NEW’ logo tags omitted . 2- Page three features a rather dark background incorporating the boy in a lying position , subsequent prints had the background retouched/lightened to leave him seated . 3- Back cover ,floating Riko Scenics logo was replaced by a bolder yellow box version while the company’s address was also added. Although these were not major issues it still warranted a new catalogue run to be printed .

A few photos featuring the rare 1973 misprinted 19th edition catalogue. No doubt it caused a few headaches in the Rovex marketing department resulting in a swift reprint with all the errors corrected.

This particular photos was never published , however another from the same photo studio session can be found on page three of the 19th edition catalogue . The only difference is that the boy is looking down instead of facing the camera.

The Vectis image was lifted from the 4th edition Track Plans book.

The original studio photo from autumn 1973 for next years Hornby catalogue and the latest ad by Vectis Auctions .

That particular one is a Balfour Beatty deviation tower .

Giants among us -Balfour Beatty D90 Oxford .

Love this layout , always remembered seeing when choosing Christmas presents back in the early seventies , very fond childhood memories. Photo - Rovex Studio Archive .