The viaduct is built from 3 ply cardboard from my usual supplier Kellogg’s & co. The arches are formed by using a role of masking tape as a template and the height is decided by a Lima German tank wagon which is out of scale. The paving stones are reclaimed OO Metcalf kit from the old scenic break, which fell apart. It is painted using Humbrol Enamels 70 Brick Red, 121 Stone, 32 Dark Grey, inside the viaduct is 33 Matt Black, 34 Matt White for the road markings. The 2 other arches have pictures of farm buildings in using the arch as a frame.
Some images taken early on before I got the Britannia into steam. A fine day for train rides. Also along with the displays in the main halls provided access for our visitors to the permanent layouts. (not shown)
Due to errors with the fiddly bits and vague instructions to the Dapol LK-790 signal kit, I made my ‘rustic’ version out of a rocket stick, bits of plasticard, and some bits from the kit. Fully assembled pics will be added when the paint has dried.
Its finally finished 1 Home starter for the station on Never Doit. Never knew red paint would put up such a fight. Now to position on layout
Due to signalling works at the station of Never Doit, the railway board have decided in their wisdom to lengthen the span of the footbridge due to the positioning of the new signal at the end of the platform. The footbridge is built and in the process of being painted at the builders. Further updates will be posted.
This project came about via a photo of a scratch built GWR compressor van in OO built for Alices Wonderful Railway which is on Facebook. I contacted her for permission to copy and use her photo as a reference piece, which she duly granted.
The chassis is of the self Peco RO-8 Br 9ft chassis – steel type as it is basically the same as in the photo.
The body is made from plasticard cut to the length and width of the chassis and all other parts are made from bits from the spares box.
To get the height right I measured a Peco 8ton banana van, It is painted in GWR freight grey with HMRS transfers.
Most of us that like trains and railways have heard of Caroline, the inspection saloon, pushed/pulled by a class 37
Here is my version and tribute to this vehicle named Linda pushed/pulled by my class 33.
It started life as a Lima O Gauge MK1 in blood and custard and had all the steps, handrails removed and took a junior hack saw to the corridor connectors. Next was a lot of sanding and filing to produce a relatively flat and smooth surface, then it was a case of studying photos of Caroline and measuring 3 windows equally spaced across the carriage end. I marked out the windows and drilled out the between the pencil marks and with a rough file squared and smoothed out the window frames. The window glass is old curtain pole packaging cut to size and glued in place and held with clothes pegs. The light boxes on each end of the saloon are made from scraps of plasticard with round white discs of white plasticard (supplied by Bob Joy) acting as lights and painted accordingly to represent lights.
The horns on the roof at each end are spares from my 2H project. The jump lead boxes are made from square sprue left over from Easy Build bogie kits and the jump leads are lengths of black wire glued into very small holes drilled into the afore mentioned boxes. The ends were painted yellow (took 5 days to dry) and the coach was painted in Pheonix Colours BR(SR) Green, Jump Lead boxes are orange.
The coach numbers are made up from spare Fox Transfers and the name plates are made by Diane Carney, painted by me.
All in all, a successful build and can be seen when there is a track night, or I exhibit my O gauge layout, Never Doit.
Northolt Model Railway Club 