Gilbert
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I did say earlier I'd taken the opportunity to detour to some kit building... Fruit van Parkside Horsebox....with thanks to John Emerson for some research material. "Airfix" cattle wagon with a few modifications
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Fair point.....
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"Wisbaach"....... I believe....
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I think #1 is pretty close...
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Cornwall.......Helford River is - I think - a creek...back to Panniers....
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I think we need yellow card and red card buttons as well as a groan......I like a Shay as much as the next person.....but there are limits....mind you those Fenland gradients can be quite challenging...
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Exactly what I thought.....good opportunity for a race with Mavis......
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Yeah - I reckon they swap at shows - no one person can talk for that long....
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Glad to be of service...
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That was his evil twin brother....
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Oh yes the pill box.....I resisted on Lockdown Fen but it would look good...small stretches of unnecessary brick wall also add to the overall picture.
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I've certainly followed Chris's W&U related projects as part of the research for this layout
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and a bit of dry-brushing a la Roger Nicholls (for them that know him and his prolific layout building activities...)
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Its a mixture of Woodland scenics buff and light gray plus some Green Scenes grey. IIRC the whole thing was very lightly airbrushed with Precision weathered sleepers - a very light brownish grey Chris
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and how the canal and roadway ended up. There is still some detailing to do in this picture.
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An early picture of the main road.
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Bridges over the canal. The single "between the rails" Kadee uncoupling magnet will form part of the bridge. and the second attempt at a planked crossing in the yard. #1 was too high.
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Some pictures of scenery development. and a trial fit for the 3mm ply fascia.
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Yes - the SMS boards are designed for the box - as endorsed by "our" very own Phil Parker in BRM....
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Hornby J15 - Dead on arrival?
Gilbert replied to Wear Valley Wanderer's topic in Modelling Questions, Help and Tips
If you get a working one its a nice loco. They are readily available so I expect Hattons will get you another if you want. The return of same is not new. I had a DCC item from a well known supplier and had the same faulty one ( or an identical used one that someone had soldered connections to in the same way I had) returned to me - and was then accused of lying. I don't use them anymore -
Scenery coming together...I thought about adding a crane (based on Framlingham) but there was simply not enough space to fit it in sensibly
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An image from the intensive "testing" phase....
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I found a better picture of the loading gauge. Its being held in some tweezers in this picture. Another signature W&U structure is the water tank at Wisbech. This model is about 3/4 size but looks the part. Strip wood base with Grandt Line NBW plastic parts and a styrene tank with Archer rivets. and here's the yard office - prototypical W&U as modelled by Hornby and repainted by me. Signs by Scalescenes from one of their Hornby Magazine freebies.
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Branchie - now that Model Junction have gone I've been using Mech Models for advance orders. https://mech-models.com/ I think Gaugemaster are also Walther's agents so should be able to get stuff. In HO I use Anoraks Anonymous and Contikits for pre-owned stock. http://www.contikits.com/US N.htm https://www.anoraksanonymous.net/ I think Rails of Sheffield are a Rapido dealer here. Chris
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I decided I wanted some signature structures and set about making a GER loading gauge. As usual photos were hard to come by until after I'd completed it...... I used some dimensions from an article in MRJ on a SR version plus some sketches from the photos I did find. It was soldered up from BH Code 75 rail.
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