Some of my Gauge 3 rolling stock

[Mike W]

Seeing so many people post on here things they are making or have made, perhaps I have been remiss in not blowing the trumpet for Gauge 3. So, over time I aim to post a few pictures of random wagons!

First off, the very first Gauge 3 wagon I built. Its a long story, but I had a Christmas break with nothing to do, so shut myself away and on the spur of the moment made the body pattern for a very simple LNWR D1 single plank open, the plan being to have it cast in resin, keep a couple and sell the remainder of the batch to cover my costs. The transfers were made for me by Peter Chatham. The W irons are laser cut 20g steel, the axleboxes cast brass from a pattern made by Tim Hughes, and the whitemetal dummy leaf springs were cast by Adrian Swain. I think Adrian thought that the demand for Gauge 3 was very small, but to date I've had 5,000 of them cast! Did someone say Gauge 3 was a minority interest?

 

[john lewsey]

Looks good to me Mike, any more.

 

[Jon Nazareth]

Keep them coming,Mike. It would be nice to see your stock with a bit of a story attached.

Jon

 

[Jordan]

Did someone say Gauge 3 was a minority interest?

I remember a Gauge 3 layout at the old Wolverhampton show, a Light Railway terminus in minimum space (for the scale!! It looked like 8ft or so) that was very simple but fascinating viewing, the models had presence that even U.S. O Scale would be jealous of, and it had plenty of atmosphere.
No idea what it's name was, & never seen any photos of it. It would've been around 1985 or thereabouts.

 

[Mike W]

That's interesting Jordan. That would be way before my time in Gauge 3 and I've not heard of any portable layouts around then. The Gauge 3 Society was formed in 1990 in order to keep the scale alive, so perhaps one of the founder members had a portable track.
Mike

 

[Neil]

I may be able to help, was it this layout Jordan?



Ivydale (All Hallows) by Fraser Cantrill featured in the December 1996 Railway Modeller. I thought it was brilliant at the time and I still do. Never seen it in the flesh though.

 

[Mike W]

Ah yes! I never saw it either, but it was 16mm scale. Close to Gauge 3 which is 13.5mm, but not quite close enough!
Mike