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Hi,

My OO layout lives in the 8'x6' shed at the bottom of the garden.


















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Hi John

Excellent work, I agree with dbclass50 - painting the sky all round gives a huge image of space.

QUOTE (John at RJR @ 12 Apr 2008, 11:56) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>


I had to look at this for a while before I realised it was a model.

Welcome and keep up the good work.

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QUOTE (John at RJR @ 14 Apr 2008, 15:11) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>To be fare the pictures of the viaduct were taken outside. The viaduct spans the doorway and therefore lifts out.

Well that explains the lighting effect, which was probably what caused me to think it was real.

Incidentally it's only when I looked at the picture on the rook of the car that i realised how tall the trees are - it's nice to see scale height trees.

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John,

I have to agree with David (above), PO wagons were technically nationalised during the war into a pool. Certain vehicles were exempt from this - mainly specialist stuff.

On the formation of BR PO wagons were nominally returned to their respective owners although in practice this didn't happen, and they effectively remained in a national pool. As David pointed out those that survived, and many didn't, were in an incredibly run down state and were barely recognisable.

The modernisation plan of 1955 took all remaining privately owned wooden bodied two axle wagons into BR stock, when the vast majority were scrapped or taken into departmental use.

The bottom line is that you can not accurately run PO wagons with first generation diesel locos.

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It looks like the warhouseing is going to make an impressive backdrop.

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Looking good - but how do you find the time?

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Once again John I'm astounded - the 'decking' looks good, but I won't be buying any this year.

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QUOTE (John at RJR @ 1 Jun 2008, 23:21) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>


I like that effect John, and nice to see you've modelled one of my fathers works wans. (Mind you he normally used electric ones!)

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QUOTE (John at RJR @ 3 Jun 2008, 22:46) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>


That's mighty tall grass - are you planning on hiding elephants in there?


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The grass looks a lot better now John, and the whole thing is looking good.

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QUOTE (Brian Considine @ 9 Jun 2008, 13:35) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>They look well fed - must be the ones that had my fish !

I thought that was the cats!


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When do we get to "bunk" the shed properly?

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As usual excellent modelling - and a nice touch to let the preservationists have some space.

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Hi John,

I like the boarded up 'box - something you don't often see modelled.

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QUOTE (zmil @ 6 Oct 2008, 01:01) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>That Drivers is going to get in trouble because his "load" is not secured !

Indeed he is


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QUOTE (Richard Johnson @ 24 Oct 2008, 07:55) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Or like this.... (sorry, couldn't help myself)


Hmm, sort of reminds me of a photo I have of my late Grandmother (no she wasn't a trainspotter)

Actually looks very good with the "frame"

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QUOTE (John at RJR @ 26 Oct 2008, 22:31) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>


By Heavens - they were lucky to find a "scrapper" so complete - anything that came out of Barry was normally devoid of 90% of the motion and 100% of anything else removeable.

Also I have never come across locos being craned off lowloaders - normally a swan neck trailer is used and the loco is either winched off or pulled of by another loco.

Good pix though and good effects.

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Yup - the scrapper looks better with most of the motion removed, and I'm glad you added the door to the shed - I did wonder how the tender got there.

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QUOTE (John at RJR @ 1 Nov 2008, 19:53) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>It was pointed out to me that a crane would not be used to unload a lowloader, it would be more likely unloaded down a track ramp (Thanks Britho).

My pleasure, hopefully you enjoyed the change of plan - I think the results were worth the rethink.

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QUOTE (John at RJR @ 27 Nov 2008, 16:41) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>All the containers are detachable, in fact they are a bit too detachable so I hold mine on with a small dot of bluetac

Aha - do I detect another member of the "Blu-tack for everything " club?

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Superb work John, it really looks the part.

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