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Nice P4 trackwork, but I do wish modellers would do the research and not get their periods mixed up.......I mean you know......Coach in LMS 1940s livery, 1980's electrification signs,  B4 bogies, hauled by a transition green Class 47. And that dog haired grass is miles too long for 4mm scale

 

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N gauge again and a neat variation on the 'North Wales Coast' type of layout with an interesting foreground representing the sea coming in on the land-side of the railway at high tide.

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Perhaps the title of this thread should be changed.  The original had a subtitle that said "but can the real thing sometimes look like a model" That subtitle disappeared in a recent upgrade of RMWeb and some newer posters appear to have either posted pictures of models, or have found some really "model like" prototype photographs.

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Perhaps the title of this thread should be changed.  The original had a subtitle that said "but can the real thing sometimes look like a model" That subtitle disappeared in a recent upgrade of RMWeb and some newer posters appear to have either posted pictures of models, or have found some really "model like" prototype photographs.

 

I'm only aware of one poster who has posted a model as opposed to the real thing?

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N gauge again and a neat variation on the 'North Wales Coast' type of layout with an interesting foreground representing the sea coming in on the land-side of the railway at high tide.

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Talk about modellers licence, as if you'd ever see a virgin train hauled by a green diesel in reality!

 

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... and it has been plonked right in the middle too ;)

Probably held up by the "Panda" car copper  questioning the driver of a MGA just out of sight........"Where did you get your cravat and flat cap, Sir?"

 

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http://transportarchiveimages.zenfolio.com/p916506534/h398D961C#h24e1d271

 

Just look how the track turns through 90 degrees right at the platform end before passing through the scenic break.

And how plausible is that branch line descending a ramp and disappearing into a tunnel right underneath those sheds?

 

(Inexplicably there seems to be no retaining wall behind the station topped by a row of Superquick shops)

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Probably held up by the "Panda" car copper  questioning the driver of a MGA just out of sight........"Where did you get your cravat and flat cap, Sir?"

 

Best, Pete.

 

This is England..... What more do you expect ?.....

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