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Originally Posted by Madcaravanner
OK not getting into the mancave much as SWMBO is insistent about me doing joinery at a 1-1 scale in the kitchen putting together the bits for her to put together a new kitchen
but when I get chance as well as doing more to the Wagon Works which is now getting the name - Jacksons Wagon Works
As the family of the Jacksons used to own Clay Cross Company and the Ashover Light Railway so I thought it would look good especially as the only PO wagons I have are Clay Cross Company ones
there are 100 OO gauge figures to paint up to look a little more realistic
I have completed a conversion of an LNER Bogie Bolster into a Crane runner to go with the 75T Hornby Breakdown train
Also my Station-masters house is progressing and now has a rambling rose and window boxes - I was hoping that there would be some children in that 100 figures I got from Ebay but alas no
and I have just acquired a proper Milk Tanker for the Branch line Milk train which is waiting for photographing for the stock catalogue
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OK
Progress report
Kitchen finished
OO figures 100 all painted
Station masters house finished and station re modelling started
2nd 6 wheel milk tanker obtained from Rails 2nd hand shop (Aladdin's Cave)
there's also a new Bogie Bolster set up as a departmental for track relaying complete now with 6 sections of rusty trackwork
The Station was just a bare back ground - now has a decent town back-scene courtesy of wordsworthmodelrailway.co.uk/ they do free printouts and their back-scenes are great
I have three platforms one has the station buildings in low relief (A Metcalfe model split lengthways) there is an over-bridge made from 2 Airfix kits and at present I am doing buildings for the two other platforms but at 6cm wide they are too narrow for full buildings so are getting Platform Canopies - these are card models totally scratch built right down to the valancing around the edges but with modelling the 60's at least I can easily make them look scruffy unlike the plastic models.
Photo's attached show
station as was
Station with new background
Station canopy construction including cutting the valances 4mm long and 1mm wide then with a point cut into the 1mm paling of the valance
Now a question
using the standard diagrams which measurement do I use to place starter signals at platform ends ???
Is it the same one that specifies where the Platform Canopy single support goes which in OO /4mm works out as 25mm from the platform edging ??