Andy, just my tuppence worth: The milk tanks could be served by a dairy off scene and then stored at the terminus waiting to be taken away. This would happen if entry to the dairy sidings could only be accessed in one direction, in this particular case the down direction, possibly because of a gradient.This morning I decided to remove the Dairy and put in place a temporary Grass bank to see how it looks.
TBH the scenery behind the Dairy was to good to waste and be hidden, and now I think / now I prefer this View.
The Milk Tanks can be unloaded in the Yard, direct to a Tanker.
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Nick the work you have done on this and the Cattle Dock is truly amazing, lets just say that I'm more than impressed and a H A P P Y C H A P P YBelow are a few photos of the signal box, which Andy asked me to build and paint.
The stone base was painted in a similar away to the cattle dock. The timber frame was painted in Humbrol 71 for the cream and 160 for the brown.
I then painted some of the slates individually and then carefully airbrushed over the top with a suitable colour. The chimney stack was painted in a range of brick and orange shades and needs a bit of toning down before that can be signed off.
The windows and door have been built and await installation. Final jobs include wire for the handrail and guttering.
I hope this reflects a signal box in Cornwall towards the twilight of its days…
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Cheers Larry, Paul (pwr) on the other channel said similar, so the Tanks will now form part of the through Traffic, and occasionally held over as you have suggested, which is another brilliant idea and forms even more operational interest.Andy, just my tuppence worth: The milk tanks could be served by a dairy off scene and then stored at the terminus waiting to be taken away. This would happen if entry to the dairy sidings could only be accessed in one direction, in this particular case the down direction, possibly because of a gradient.
Cheers Martin, Its always good to get feedback from you Guys.Agree with Larry’s “tuppence worth” it’s a good idea. Felt the dairy looked a bit small now you will have an excuse to increase the traffic amount to the dairy without taking up valuable space. You could have a local passenger dropping off some milk tanks in the siding ready for shunting in a later movement. All looking positive Andy