SHOCK!! HORROR!! WGLR goes 16mm
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3 of the Binnie granite wagons have been lettered for the Clee Hill Granite Co. courtesy of rub down transfers from Powsides. These are actually for 7mm scale standard gauge wagons, but I`ve since found out that the Clee Hill site (on a branch from Ludlow) actually had a narrow gauge system too. It was 3` gauge ..... there`s ironic!! 
I`m really happy with the distressing around the wagon tops, simulating years of loading granite from above. The idea is that Clee Hill sub-contracted granite extracation from the Gooey quarries and provided wagons for the job.
I`m really happy with the distressing around the wagon tops, simulating years of loading granite from above. The idea is that Clee Hill sub-contracted granite extracation from the Gooey quarries and provided wagons for the job.
I`m quite pleased with the subtle weathering on the guards van. It`s very easy to go OTT on a light coloured vehicle, but this came out pretty well with VERY thin washes of dark grey and a few passes with the airbrush (Tamiya acrylic paints). It`s so subtle, it actually doesn`t show up much in the photo.
I`ve eventually plumped for the Gooey Quarry Tramway. Maybe not as imaginative as some of the alternatives discussed, but it does what it says on the tin .............. a Fray Bentos tin in this case. It reminds me of a tin of corned beef. 
I`ve eventually plumped for the Gooey Quarry Tramway. Maybe not as imaginative as some of the alternatives discussed, but it does what it says on the tin .............. a Fray Bentos tin in this case. It reminds me of a tin of corned beef.
ge_rik said:GQT - Gardeners' Question Time
Hadn't realised you were a R4 devotee, Mel
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qp2f
As well as carrying quarrying stuff, maybe there could be allotments or a Market Garden somewhere long the line
Rik
Brilliant!! I came up with a pun and didn't even know it!
Mind you, a little railway carrying stuff to allotments and market gardens sounds worryingly like an idea for a 7/8ths line?
green park
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nice job mel, never noticed the switches till i looked closer, hardly stand out at all. tough lookin little machine... mart
beavercreek
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This is all so darned good.
Where does it fit in on your track plan Mel?
Where does it fit in on your track plan Mel?
Well primarily Mike this 16mm stuff is being accumulated for taking to friend`s 32mm railways so that I`ve got something to run when I visit. As far as the WGLR is concerned, I simply don`t have room anywhere to fit in so much as a loop of track to allow running, so the plan is to lay a short section of track that will be little more than a small diorama on which the stock can be displayed. There are a couple of possibilities as to where this will be, the most likely being on one of the tow paths alongside the canal which passes under the standard gauge line.
As you`ll see in this photo, the left hand tow path is wider, so I`m thinking of building a couple of 32mm gauge sidings on this making a facility for off loading granite into canal barges, the lines disappearing towards the quarries under the bridge.
As you`ll see in this photo, the left hand tow path is wider, so I`m thinking of building a couple of 32mm gauge sidings on this making a facility for off loading granite into canal barges, the lines disappearing towards the quarries under the bridge.
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beavercreek
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That would work in very well.
It will also make the whole scene busier and bustling like real industrial scenes....lovely
It will also make the whole scene busier and bustling like real industrial scenes....lovely
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"I'm thinking of building a couple of 32mm gauge sidings on this making a facility for off loading granite into canal barges, the lines disappearing towards the quarries under the bridge."
Good plan, but could the quarries be behind the observer rather than under the bridge?
I fear even a short driver of that little diesel could bang his head on the bridge unless the photo is deceptive.
Good plan, but could the quarries be behind the observer rather than under the bridge?
I fear even a short driver of that little diesel could bang his head on the bridge unless the photo is deceptive.
