>so no Mini's
Ah, not even one of the first off the production line in September 1959?
Fraid not David. That was the point I was trying to make. I keep the actual layout - buildings, road signs, road traffic, road, station and advertising signs as period authentic to mid 1958 as possible so that the overall 'feel' is correct, and then play fast and loose with locomotive and rolling stock dates within my self imposed 5 year plus or minus window.
This way I find the overall appearance of the layout is 'authentic to the eye' (if not the critics
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Why 1958 ?? This was largely due to the fact that I can't be bothered to keep changing all the BR totems to either early or late versions. 1958 allows me to have about a 50/50 mix of both
This is why I can't even justify Mini prototype #1 on the layout...
The last trick on dates that I resort to is that even if a locomotive is withdrawn, it is not necessarily scrapped, and might be pressed into one last service on an enthusiast special, or shown at a works open day.
Does anyone else agree that it would be really useful for model car, truck and bus suppliers to provide information on year of introduction for their models? Hattons do supply some information in some cases, but I find I often have to Google phrases like 'Austin J2' to see if I can buy a particular model.
the replies to this topic (now way off topic) have been interesting - some would probably say I am too obsessed with keeping everything in period, but I find it is all down to that subjective feeling that the layout looks 'right'
Cheers
Norm
Ah, not even one of the first off the production line in September 1959?
Fraid not David. That was the point I was trying to make. I keep the actual layout - buildings, road signs, road traffic, road, station and advertising signs as period authentic to mid 1958 as possible so that the overall 'feel' is correct, and then play fast and loose with locomotive and rolling stock dates within my self imposed 5 year plus or minus window.
This way I find the overall appearance of the layout is 'authentic to the eye' (if not the critics
Why 1958 ?? This was largely due to the fact that I can't be bothered to keep changing all the BR totems to either early or late versions. 1958 allows me to have about a 50/50 mix of both
This is why I can't even justify Mini prototype #1 on the layout...
The last trick on dates that I resort to is that even if a locomotive is withdrawn, it is not necessarily scrapped, and might be pressed into one last service on an enthusiast special, or shown at a works open day.
Does anyone else agree that it would be really useful for model car, truck and bus suppliers to provide information on year of introduction for their models? Hattons do supply some information in some cases, but I find I often have to Google phrases like 'Austin J2' to see if I can buy a particular model.
the replies to this topic (now way off topic) have been interesting - some would probably say I am too obsessed with keeping everything in period, but I find it is all down to that subjective feeling that the layout looks 'right'
Cheers
Norm
