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28ten said:Very nice pictures btwI admire anybody capable of working in P4
Thanks for that. I started working in P4 about four years ago simply because, coming back into the hobby after a thirty five year lay-off, I had no legacy of models OO or EM, so had the choice. Without wishing to stir up a debate, there are all sorts of misconceptions about P4 and about those who work in it. I'm an enthusiastic adherent to P4 but by no means a P4 zealot - there are wonderful models in all scales and gauges.
Modelling in P4 does mean that there are no r-t-r products for it and does entail building or modifying rolling stock and track but with a little care, and a degree of care well within the capacities of many modellers - hell if I can do it, others certainly can do it - it isn't too difficult. And the results can certainly justify the effort, just as in any scale and gauge.
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Mike
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As a final offering, within this new member section, some of you may have seen, in another place, one or two threads relating to building models of signals. I started building these signal models a couple of years ago, specifically for my own railway - Hessle Haven. One of the reasons for choosing this locale to model, was the presence of some very large signal structures, though all would have to be entirely scratch built, there are no etches for these prototypes. Anyway, scratch built they were as a result of which a few folk have asked me to build other models.
I am just completing what is, for me, the most ambitious model of any kind, which I have ever tackled and, to my considerable surprise, is turning out reasonably well.
So this thing stood for at least half a century in Scarborough until it, and all but one like it, were swept away in the rationalisations of the late 1960's. For me, and others, though these things were merely 'railway furniture', they represented a pinnacle of functional design; they were quite simply very elegant objects and we will not see their like again.
The model is almost 16" long over the decking, representing a span of some 95 feet. This is one of eight such models, at least one larger than this, which I will build over the next two years. The next one will be the Falsgrave signal bridge, which was removed only last October and which evoked such enormous reaction (the local papers covered its demise) from enthusiasts nationwide. Thankfully that one will survive - it has been a listed structure since 1990 - on the NYMR, there to do what is was designed to do.
Cheers
Mike
I am just completing what is, for me, the most ambitious model of any kind, which I have ever tackled and, to my considerable surprise, is turning out reasonably well.
So this thing stood for at least half a century in Scarborough until it, and all but one like it, were swept away in the rationalisations of the late 1960's. For me, and others, though these things were merely 'railway furniture', they represented a pinnacle of functional design; they were quite simply very elegant objects and we will not see their like again.
The model is almost 16" long over the decking, representing a span of some 95 feet. This is one of eight such models, at least one larger than this, which I will build over the next two years. The next one will be the Falsgrave signal bridge, which was removed only last October and which evoked such enormous reaction (the local papers covered its demise) from enthusiasts nationwide. Thankfully that one will survive - it has been a listed structure since 1990 - on the NYMR, there to do what is was designed to do.
Cheers
Mike
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28ten said:I agree that P4 isnt necessarily difficult, but I wouldnt fancy doing valve gear in any of the 4mm disciplines. to me the biggest plus point of P4 is the the trackwork and the ability to get that flowing look of the real thing in a reasonably small space.
Well the valve gear can be done but I wouldn't argue with you about the track. Perhaps like the photo below. That crossover from the up fast to the down slow is over four feet long (using B8's) and even that is compressed; it should be C9's.
Cheers
Mike
