Flaxfield- A bucolic 1950s Suffolk backwater

[Osgood]

I have cleaned up maybe a dozen unrestored GER signs over the years and not once found any trace of blue paint.

 

[BrushType4]

A Middy thread to watch - popcorn at the ready.
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If it is of any interest at this stage in your planning Rob, this is how John imagined Cratfield might have looked had the line opened to passengers and stopped here, not Laxfield - hence the engine shed from Laxfield.
It was to be his last portrayal of the Middy, this time in S7.

The level crossing / platform fun is again at play, as is the push-back to run-around, albeit in a slightly different format to the Laxfield plan, and a coal yard replaces the mill.
The line back west to Laxfield runs out lower right.

A surveyor has been seen stalking the fields off the baseboard to the left - reckon he’s working on a scheme to extend the siding yet another station further towards Halesworth……

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I would love to build that.

Apologies for post hijack.

 

[NHY 581]

Many thanks to everyone for their comments.

I've understandably gone with the black and white option but seem to have overdone the rust on what is after all the Mk 1 version. Rather too chocolate for my liking !

However, easy to improve upon and I can revisit after the Exeter show. This is the current state of play.



Rob.