Stephenwolsten Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share Posted June 12, 2019 (edited) No 1 on a rail tour duty. Copyright Stephen Wolstenholme/LUPTS. No sharing or reproduction without written permission please. Edited October 18, 2022 by Stephenwolsten 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenwolsten Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share Posted June 12, 2019 Does anyone have experience of these 1:43 scale lorry kits please? They seem just the right era for me. https://www.shapeways.com/shops/1.43transportmodels 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenwolsten Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share Posted June 12, 2019 (edited) It's not difficult to see the Liverpool inspiration for the back wall and lamp standard on the Canada Street layout. Photo courtesy of Tony Walmsley 's Flickr site. Edited October 9, 2022 by Stephenwolsten 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenwolsten Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 USA 0 Scale layout showing the potential of an overhead railway (the EL) with street running below. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenwolsten Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 Typical MDHB capstan and winch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethashenden Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 On 11/06/2019 at 12:35, sb67 said: Good find! Where did you see that? Steve. Giles sells them: http://bygiles.com/ 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenwolsten Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 4 hours ago, garethashenden said: Giles sells them: http://bygiles.com/ Thanks very much. I knew I'd seen them from a 'small supplier' but had forgotten about this useful source. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenwolsten Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 3D manufacturing is opening up new opportunities but these USA elevated structures are very expensive! https://www.shapeways.com/product/C3PDA9BNR/ole-west-phl-elevated-start-nd-48?optionId=64183591 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenwolsten Posted June 14, 2019 Author Share Posted June 14, 2019 Video - how to paint cobbles. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenwolsten Posted June 14, 2019 Author Share Posted June 14, 2019 How to model dock bollards and edges. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenwolsten Posted June 14, 2019 Author Share Posted June 14, 2019 Some video of Herculaneum Dock from You Tube. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenwolsten Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 This book contains a bit on Liverpool docks in the prototype section. The Liverpool photographs are rather standard, modern ones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenwolsten Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 Not my bit of the Liverpool docks, but a great photo by the late Jim Peden. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenwolsten Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 Steve Wheeler's amazing CGI construction of the Overhead. Copyright Steven Paul Wheeler. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenwolsten Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 (edited) This shape of lamp post was a distinctive feature of the MDHB system. A few examples still survive. Can anyone suggest how best to model them in 7mm please? I won't need many posts but am thinking of cast resin or 3D printing methods. Secondly, I need to estimate the height of the lamp posts in real life. If any Merseyside readers are down in the North Docks e.g. near Clarence graving dock, I would be grateful for a photo with an adult standing next to one of the lamp posts so that the proportions can be estimated! Thanks. Edited October 6, 2022 by Stephenwolsten 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stephenwolsten Posted June 17, 2019 Author Share Posted June 17, 2019 (edited) In the late 1980s I visited Merseyside at intervals to photograph the changing dock scene. I'm pleased I found this picture of the MDHB loco works at Princes Dock, as I can now estimate the height of the building from the number of brick courses. This workshop was very near the long demolished running shed at Princes Dock station. The MDHB main line and Riverside branch continue past a transit shed to the Waterloo corn warehouse in the distance. Edited September 29, 2019 by Stephenwolsten Correction. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenwolsten Posted June 17, 2019 Author Share Posted June 17, 2019 (edited) On 26/05/2019 at 22:27, Stephenwolsten said: Is this a mobile 'tar furnace' on the left please? Or something else? A sand dryer? Preservation era image. Duncan Models produces a 7mm tar boiler. Quote Here below is the Duncan Models tar boiler for comparison. If it is not a tar boiler, what was it please? Edited October 6, 2022 by Stephenwolsten 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenwolsten Posted June 17, 2019 Author Share Posted June 17, 2019 (edited) Edited October 11, 2022 by Stephenwolsten 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenwolsten Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 Typical dock warehouse in side streets behind the dock road. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenwolsten Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 (edited) On 16/06/2019 at 20:40, Stephenwolsten said: This shape of lamp post was a distinctive feature of the MDHB system. A few examples still survive. Can anyone suggest how best to model them in 7mm please? I won't need many posts but am thinking of cast resin or 3D printing methods. Secondly, I need to estimate the height of the lamp posts in real life. If any Merseyside readers are down in the North Docks e.g. near Clarence graving dock, I would be grateful for a photo with an adult standing next to one of the lamp posts so that the proportions can be estimated! Thanks. Thanks to a Liverpool Facebook group, I now know the manufacturer of the original lights (Concrete Utilities), two suggested heights, and a link to a street lighting collector/enthusiast. The wonders of the internet! Edited October 6, 2022 by Stephenwolsten 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenwolsten Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 On 25/05/2019 at 22:11, Stephenwolsten said: I have recently been looking at lightweight baseboard designs, including the ply-edged foam beams used by Gordon Gravitt on Arun Quay (MRJ 235) and the use of dense insulation foam boards. Here is a video showing the properties of 1/16 or 1.5mm birch ply, as used to edge the foam beams on Arun Quay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenwolsten Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 On 19/06/2019 at 21:54, Stephenwolsten said: Thanks to a Liverpool Facebook group, I now know the manufacturer of the original lights (Concrete Utilities), two suggested heights, and a link to a street lighting collector/enthusiast. The wonders of the internet! Here is the catalogue picture for the standard lighting column (but with a different bracket arm). I don’t have the dimensions for the circular bracket on the MDHB lights but the lantern would be mounted at 25 ft. height. So I should be able to work out the dimension of the bracket roughly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenwolsten Posted July 6, 2019 Author Share Posted July 6, 2019 A preserved Pug on a photographic charter at Goole Docks - the closest I have got to recreating a typical dock scene. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenwolsten Posted July 6, 2019 Author Share Posted July 6, 2019 (edited) Waterloo Dock, just to the 'left' of my area of interest but a useful background view. Edited October 7, 2022 by Stephenwolsten 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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