Michael Delamar

the set up looks very similar to that at Garston in Liverpool. there is a very good colour photo of grey 16tonners being unloaded at Garston in 1977 in "seaport city" by Neil Cossons and Martin Jenkins also a good series of 1960s colour shots of 16t wagons being tipped up at Bramley moore dock Liverpool , there the wagon and its track where lifted and tipped by a crane. Mike

not a 16tonner, but shows how they could be unloaded.

some more I think this last one is heading towards Wicker goods Sheffield?

cheers Muckyduck some more prototype inspiration http://www.flickr.com/photos/johngreyturner/4163992666/in/photostream

heres another with an L marking and one with the black on the ends over the buffers.

cheers chaps Ive been rummaging in the loft in a couple of old plastic boxes weve got which are full of remnents of our old trainset, old locos and station bits and bodies which have been practised on etc. I only thought we had the one of them, this one being the one I remembered as its been crudded up by my early childhood attempts at weathering which will need cleaning off.I think some white spirit will get it off. will get round to EM'ing it once I get some wheels and brass bearings etc. nothing to watch or look out for here is there? cheers Mike

fantastic Pix post them in here too http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/36891-16t-minerals/

weathering inspiration from the British transport films..

good shot for iron ore weathering http://www.flickr.com/photos/barkingbill/2138803418/in/set-72157603559145841

a good way to make use of those cut off Bachmann cabs and dont worry if its not 16t minerals. iron ore ipplers, 21tonners even hoppers are welcome, just as long as its steel and rusty

interesting scrap loads http://www.flickr.com/photos/74009/4725465410/in/faves-phill_dvsn/

A 4F emerges into the short cutting below Swan st Liverpool with a freight for Huskisson yard in 1963. Chris Hewitt.

and Saffron st

apart from Chris Hewitts Liverpool based layouts Id say Bradwell. Canada road and Herculaneum dock.

very nice Dave

one more of Chris Hewitts swan st, bit blurred but no photoshop etc Bank Hall's 41237 shunts vans in the 1960s.

thanks chaps, I think ill paint it round the panels in unfitted light grey, so the panel in the centre and the one on the far right, ie before the 14-11 should be painted over?