Wot He Said....Its impossible to guess the scale of the loco in that top photo and if you hadn't posted that it was 2mm I would have guessed it to be much larger - most impressive!
Steve
Nowt wrong with a Red Engine.... Best if it's White with a Red nose and Mid-Western, of course, but we can settle for less....I'll be interested to see what all these Western Region modellers think of your latest red engine
Why..??Alex (running for cover)
Not to detract in any way from your modelling, because I appreciate there's far more to it than this, but - one thing that instantly sticks out to me is that removing that 'orrid great "Arnold" coupler from off any 2mm/N scale model is a 100% immediate improvement in looks!!!
Here endeth the sum total of my 2mm modelling.
Alex.
3-links in 2mm.......here's a photo showing 2mm wagons coupled with Mathieson 3 links.....
Hello Graham, many thanks. The box was situated at Oxspring Junction on the Wath branch of the Woodhead, just after Barnsley Junction and before Oxspring Viaduct. I'm aiming to model that part of the line. I could only find only one photo of the box and no drawings, then Alan Whitehouse found me another photo, unfortunately from almost the same vantage point, but larger, of better quality and featuring railway personnel. I used these photos to estimate sizes and built two 0.5mm perspex boxes for the top and botton halves of the box, then fixed modified Modlex etched brass window frames and planked around them with microstrip, also used for the balcony and supports. Open windows were cut out with a piercing saw. Finials turned on a small lathe, steps are trimmed down Plastruct, internal details from Ratio, roof slates from Noch, and the nameplates were etched for me by the excellent 'Guilplates', who also supplied the plates for 1501.
In line with Graham's question, it'd be interesting to know why this Box was built like that, on stilts more or less? What was the reason? It's a most unusual prototype. (and an exquisite model, too )Please tell us about the prototype of the signal box...
Alex,
I can understand why the box might have been built on stilts... why build the locking room smaller than the operating floor? Imagine the fun if ever there had been a need to extend the frame? And why does the vertical sheeting not reach to the ground? (although the builders get a bonus score for the frilly edge!).
Maybe the box was raised at some time??