georgealan

Hi Dave,

 

Andy does not offer any larger spans.

 

It is not the type of design that would be able to break down into a modular form to enable any larger spans to be constructed.

 

It spans 2 tracks at WH fishing boat clearance distances

 

You say you were looking to do the Princes Street Gardens footbridge?

 

I don't think this kit is a good starting point for the above reason.

 

If you want to do this from etch products - then see if you can buy the George Allan kits from eBay or wherever as they are of a design more easily combined to give the required span.

 

Hope this helps!

 

I've nearly finished the 2mm version....

 

Mark will tell you that the 4mm etches are very fine!

 

The 2mm are even finer!

 

I've had to resort to solder paste to get the 2 etches that make one side of the bridge to go together properly.

 

All in all opinion?

 

A wonderful bit of kit that makes up into a superb model.

 

Thanks

Hi

Do you have any pics of the finished footbridge? 2 & 4MM. 

I am Alan of George Alan (models)just back in the UK (retired). None of my old kit survived the passing of 40+ years and I am trying to build up a bit of an archive.

Hope you can help

alan.whines@hotmail.com

cheers

Alan

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Tony

Just properly read this forum and..well I just did not realise who was writing. Good to here you are still around and have a better memory than me. I have difficultly putting it all together nowdays. George, yourself, Dick Briton, Nee shipping, Photofab, Stephen Poole my shed in E10, then London Bridge, politicians and miner and unions. Busy time. I have just come back to the uk (retired) and living in Co Durham. I hope you have a good archive, I have one photo of the original bridge. I have spoken with Peter Dawson who told me some of Georges story, what a tragedy. He said he had some bits he will send me, which is very good of him.

cheers for now  

alan.whines@hotmail.com

Hi 5050,

Yes you are right, Bob Hunter was our first sales rep. I remembered he lived in Wakefield, drove a VW yellow beatle and had, shall we say, not a good driving record.

I went to court in his defence and hoped my presence and good character reference did something to minimise the penalties for his driving offense.

Do say hello to him and if he wants to make contact,its        tony@storthships.plus.co.

Our second rep was Stephen Barnfield who I believe is still connected to the hobby and am I right in saying he paints professionally.

Tony

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Am I right in thinking that my friend Robert Hunter was one of your first sales reps in the North?

We had a guy named Rob in the North, but cant recall surname. He drove a van which was a fully loaded mobile warehouse. He came down the M1 couple of evenings a week and met up with Tony Dyer with a vanful of replacement stocks. At that time we were operating out of Glasshill Street SE1, and we had become a wholesaler and carried many manufacturers products, including Humbrol which we had exclusive contract.

Thanks for the memory

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Sorry All .....that post seems a bit short and not cheerful. 

George Pring was indeed the George of George Alan (Models) Ltd of 10 Manor Road, London E10. I am the Alan ex of that address in the early 70s.

If anyone knows of any original kits going spare I would be please to be pointed in the right direction. I have nothing except one photograph and some magazine cuttings

It was Kings Cross Models that I made the very first sales of the 4mm lattice footbridge.On sale or return because at £4.99 I was told noone would buy them.

cheers Alan

Hi All interested readers,

Through the good offices of Paul Bartlett, I have been introduced to RM Web and in particular, the Kings Cross Model Ship topic.

It has been great to be taken down that road again and be reminded of so many long forgotten names.

The one name that has not yet appeared and yet was such a good hard working member of that stalwart Kings Cross Staff is Robert Dudrenec.

I am in touch with Robert who now lives in Stratford -upon Avon.

When I (Tony Dyer) left KX in 1989, my wife and I moved up to South Lakeland to pursue what was becoming a new found interest. Namely hill walking in a lovely part of the country. I never worked full time again, but instead had a part time job working for a very successful outdoor equipment distributor. I still ran Kemilway with George Pring (who, yes was the George in George Allan Models) until his tragic death in the late 90`s. All Kemilway rights finished up with Peter Dawson of Peter K models who is still successfully trading.

I was not aware of the passing of Bert Collins. He was a great character and always good to be in his company.

I am very impressed with the amount of information imparted by Brian Kirby. His memory is brilliant and it shows in his very accurate descriptions of

anecdotes of which a whole book could be written of the comings and goings at Kings Cross.

Where are you Brian ?  I would love to hear from you and what you are doing in life today..

There were many great names that had associations with Kings Cross.  I remember a struggling modeller/turned manufacturer who graced his presence there always using his favourite word to describe the latest models -`Fabulous`. everything was fabulous. I cant remember the company he represented but he suddenly became very successful in the pop music business and he was away. Yes of course, Pete Waterman and still so much connected with railways.

So, here I am, just celebrated my 80th birthday. Sadly, my wife died in 2004 and I miss her dearly. However, I keep very busy. Play golf a couple of times a week. I still keep my hand in with railway modelling by servicing the nearly 100 locos that are owned by a very good friend of mine with probably one of the best layouts in existence that nobody has seen.

A lot of my time is now spent scanning and digitising the many thousands of slides that are in the care of the World Ship Society. They have probably the largest collection of ship photographs anywhere and is continually being added to as members pass away and their collection is bequeathed to the Society.

All in all, it keeps me out of mischief, occupies my time and I find it very rewarding.

Love to hear from anyone who knew me at Kings Cross. Good to hear about you also Adrian. Likewise, love to know where you are these days.

All good wishes.

Tony

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