DavidMatthewson

Great stuff - thanks.

Brilliant. Great work. I esp like the merge of the backscene and foreground. The length of trains is also one of the great features of 1:450 [1:480] scale.

Very smooth controllers too! - I could never get that with Eishindo kit - very clever.

On 20/09/2023 at 23:17, David the Republican said:

I have been in conversation with a Chinese company who produce items for many of the scales in model railways. I have sent an extensive file with a request to re-scale the items from Z to T. In order to generate trust, I have been asked not to provide pics or lists to 3rd parties, at the moment.

 

How many would be interested? Buildings, Vehicles, Outdoors, Work. A few of the groupings I have set up for my convenience.

 

David MUNROE

David - did they ever get back to you on this?

Thanks & happy 2024!

David

Brilliant as always! 

Hi David

Thanks for posting this. Always interested in another source of 'bits n' bobs' for T Gauge, so yes, I'm interested.

brgds

David

I'm the new webmaster for this long established site and thought it worth reminding people here that it is still alive! Lots of good stuff [how to fit DCC into 1:450!], photographs of layouts and locos, and good chatter.

Drop in and visit.

https://TalkingTGauge.net

David

Amazing as always - Happy 2023!

That's great - many thanks for taking the trouble to respond. Chaps who actually *did* the work are often better sources that book, IMHO.

Thanks for that. Might i ask what the reference for this is? - a book or photo perhaps? or aural history?

Many, many thanks for that - lots of new stuff to me!

That's a real gem! - thanks very much for sharing. (How did we ever manage this sort of stuff prior to the Internet??)

Great photos including some which are new to me - many thanks.

Can I be really cheeky and ask if there is any railway related stuff in the remaining pages?

best wishes

Neat - I like the green body shell on the back left too!

Indeed - I'm very pleased with the way it's turned out. I'm not a 'rivet counter' and and delighted with a building which catches the 'feel' of the original. I also have a version of the jetty loader which is also derived from numerous old photos.. way to go!

Just back from Shapeways 3D printing... Many thanks to all for photos, memories etc. Happy 2021!

7 hours ago, Stoker said:

Brilliant - many thanks -

Many thanks.. Good find!

Thanks for that Stoker. Yes, #8 was built in the early 1920s ISTR and the loader was a real monster!

Also of interest is this current Google maps view... https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Fowey/@50.3418712,-4.6336937,105m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x486b61524fbefeb7:0x47b8af07aeac1f78!8m2!3d50.33499!4d-4.636525

The red marked building towards the top is the power house I'm pretty sure. 30m long, 10m wide, right place etc - even the 'joint' between the engine & generation halves. So what'sthe second red marked building? To far away to be the chimney base and it looks like a glazed roof.. maybe something modern ...??

6 hours ago, Stoker said:

Yeah "play fair and safe" is a good mantra. As far as I know, no case precedent exists for prosecuting a lack of attribution on an otherwise fair use of a copyrighted work, but it's no skin off anyone's nose to give credit where it's due. In reality, I don't think any "violation" on this forum would ever get past the takedown-notice stage since we have quite proactive moderators.

 

The boilers were in the building, and a flue ran underground to the base of the chimney. The building was split into two rooms, boilers in the room closest to the chimney, steam engines in the other. If you look at the photos you can see that there is a parapet in the middle of the roof which marks the point of the partition wall.

I'll ask around and see if anyone I know has any more information about it.

Oh, and here's a couple more photos you might find interesting:
 

Oh fabulous photos, very many thanks. I guess that's Jetty #8 under construction and unusual to see a photo taken from landside, so very much appreciated.

Re (c) - agreed.. let's move on! ;}

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1 hour ago, Hal Nail said:

Dont want to stray off topic but this is the first line from the official govt advice. (nb. copywrite is automatic, its doesn't have to be stated).

 

Copyright in images and photographs

The basics

Photographs illustrations and other images will generally be protected by copyright as artistic works. This means that a user will usually need the permission of the copyright owner(s) if they want to perform certain acts, such as copying the image or sharing it on the internet.

 

 

Nightmare isn't it? We all want to stay within the law - for many reasons - and yet imagery is an essential part of our research. UK advice also says:

"UK copyright law permits you to 'quote' from copyright material, including images, providing your use is 'fair dealing'.  Essentially, this means your copy must have no impact on the market for the original image (e.g. a lower resolution, or a cropped version), and you must credit the rights-holder."  https://subjectguides.york.ac.uk/copyright/images

Hence I usually try to 'play fair & safe'... as I say, nightmare!!

8 hours ago, Stoker said:

So far as I'm aware the old powerhouse didn't have turbines, it had conventional steam engines. Maurice Dart gave me a lot of information on the powerhouse during our visit in 2004, most of which I promptly forgot! But IIRC the steam rising from behind is from the condenser, and the water tower in front of the building contains condensate to feed the boilers of which I think there were two of the Lancashire variety.

Many thanks for that. So from the photos it seems the chimney was located about 10m seaward from the generating station itself. Would the boilers be in the bunker like base of the chimney or the main powerhouse - in either case, how were they connected to each other? All help very much appreciated.

Following on from the jetties at Fowey, I'm now looking at the GWR electricity power station that was slightly nearer to Fowey village.

There are not many photographs I can find and no drawings at all. The main building - which still exists but is inside the china clay company land, is about 30m x 10m x 10m and seems to be brick built. The chimney has long gone. I'm interested in how the chimney & boiler(s) connected to what I assume were turbines in the main power hall. Does anyone have any more images  or even images of other GWR generating stations of a similar type? Thanks.

Photos are (c) of the original owners and used here for research purposes only. They came from the 'net - if anyone wants credits or for them to be removed pls just ask.

Thanks

DCC in the loco is quite feasible in 1/450. Tgauge.com sell the chips for about £35 or so - made in Germany ISTR. Fitting them is.. interesting but possible. Doug K's Forth bridge T gauge exhibition layout uses them a lot.

https://www.tgauge.com/product/395/250ma-5v-decoder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xuI00Vg9l0

Hope that helps/inspires you!

4 hours ago, justin1985 said:

Here's some progress with BR Mk2 Intercity coach....

Fantastic workmanship!