jonte
Western Thunderer
Sincerest apologies, folks, for bombarding you with more paraphernalia, but here are the series of photos I promised earlier (the first is a more recent shot of where the triple crossovers we discussed earlier were situated, probably a short time prior to construction of the new building that was built over them).
https://www.flickr.com/photos/emd111/3487510909/in/photostream/
Oh, and if you would permit me to indulge myself a little further, here is the battered old crossbuck on which I based one of my own which can be seen on the thread:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/emd111/3488324568/in/photostream/
I built it from a scrap length of thin balsa, thin brass (arms) cut from a sheet of K&S, with a (fiddly) piece of thin fuse wire soldered on to represent the frame edge where the piece of boarding was missing, with lettering copied from an American Highway Code manual published on the 'net that was shrunk using Word. The paper was sanded as thin as I could get it without it falling to pieces, before being adhered to the arms with some diluted Humbrol matt enamel varnish. As you can see: no expense spent!
http://bigbluetrains.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=4126&start=255
Jon
https://www.flickr.com/photos/emd111/3487510909/in/photostream/
Oh, and if you would permit me to indulge myself a little further, here is the battered old crossbuck on which I based one of my own which can be seen on the thread:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/emd111/3488324568/in/photostream/
I built it from a scrap length of thin balsa, thin brass (arms) cut from a sheet of K&S, with a (fiddly) piece of thin fuse wire soldered on to represent the frame edge where the piece of boarding was missing, with lettering copied from an American Highway Code manual published on the 'net that was shrunk using Word. The paper was sanded as thin as I could get it without it falling to pieces, before being adhered to the arms with some diluted Humbrol matt enamel varnish. As you can see: no expense spent!
http://bigbluetrains.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=4126&start=255
Jon
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