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    Vehicles

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    At yesterdays High Wycombe show Cheltenham were selling Oxford DC cars for just ??1.99 each. I purchased
    a couple more taxis to add to my collection;
     
     

     
    Now why would I need so many?
     
    G.
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    Weekend report

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    I attended the Crawley Club's exhibition at Horsham over the weekend with my layout and have to report that I had a super
    time. It was a very good exhibition, the club were friendly and helpful and my layout won the Bill Avery/Plus Daughters
    award for 'best in show'. Plus I was able to pick up a few second-hand goodies including a Lima Enparts Siphon G which now
    that I've changed the bogies/wheels for those from a Dapol Siphon and given it a dusting of matt varnish looks pretty acceptable
    to my untrained eye;
     
     

     
     
    And I was fortunate enough to purchase a hand-built Croydon tram by Bill Avery. It's cleverly articulated and the body is
    fully scratch built from plasticard. We had it running on SLD over the weekend. It probably needs a little renovation but
    really looks the part;
     
     

     
     
    I also picked up a rake of built Seacow NGS kits. Again some work is required to lift them but they were excellent value
    and aren't exactly badly put together;
     
     

     
     
     
     
    G.
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    Yep, before the first one is completed, work has begun on the second high rise block - Southwark Towers. Overall sizes have been considered and design work based on photos and google has been sketched up. On my dining room table you can see some of the rough working drawings including a scale size footprint.
     
     

     
     
    And this afternoon the first of the three wings went up. At 100 metres it's slightly taller than New London Bridge House but as soon as I've got the basic shape completed I'll have a better idea and understanding of how they will fit in. These are the two tallest buildings I need for the new proposed layout - the next tallest one I might possibly need is only 13 storeys and about half the height. However it wasn't built until 1986 and could be too modern for the era I'm trying to represent. Also it may not be required as it might not quite fit in the final plan which needs a little slimming down.
     
     

     
    G.
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