jameshilton
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I've always wanted to give the EJ&KLR more of a 'model in the garden' feel and part of this is to provide realistic structures and lineside signage.
My early research, scouring photos in my Austrian narrow gauge books for appropriate signals and signs proved fruitless, very few signs were caught in the photos I was using as a guide. It wasn't until I visited Bruce (798.03) and his garden line earlier this year that it came up in conversation again. He shared with me a small book he had sourced on Austrian signalling which had a short chapter on narrow gauge signage. He briefly translated a part, and now I knew what the signs looked like, and roughly what they meant I could start looking on the internet.
A quick trawl turned up this excellent website: http://mysite.du.edu/~jcalvert/railway/germaust.htm < Link To http://mysite.du.edu/~jca.ert/railway/germaust.htm that describes the key signs and their use - which when put together with the track diagrams I'd seen in Bruce's book meant I could put something down on paper for my station.
This first post shows that I've finished the signs and mounted them on BBQ skewers ready for painting. They're 40 thou Plasticard and Slaters 8mm high black letters, and the black lines were drawn with Humbrol satin black with a bow pen and metal rule. I will draw up a track diagram and show where I plan to use these (not quite prototypically but enough for me!) and share that later.
My early research, scouring photos in my Austrian narrow gauge books for appropriate signals and signs proved fruitless, very few signs were caught in the photos I was using as a guide. It wasn't until I visited Bruce (798.03) and his garden line earlier this year that it came up in conversation again. He shared with me a small book he had sourced on Austrian signalling which had a short chapter on narrow gauge signage. He briefly translated a part, and now I knew what the signs looked like, and roughly what they meant I could start looking on the internet.
A quick trawl turned up this excellent website: http://mysite.du.edu/~jcalvert/railway/germaust.htm < Link To http://mysite.du.edu/~jca.ert/railway/germaust.htm that describes the key signs and their use - which when put together with the track diagrams I'd seen in Bruce's book meant I could put something down on paper for my station.
This first post shows that I've finished the signs and mounted them on BBQ skewers ready for painting. They're 40 thou Plasticard and Slaters 8mm high black letters, and the black lines were drawn with Humbrol satin black with a bow pen and metal rule. I will draw up a track diagram and show where I plan to use these (not quite prototypically but enough for me!) and share that later.
