S FRONT STREET DIVISION

Jordan or Plymouth Mad

Jordan or Plymouth Mad

Mid-Western Thunderer
jonte said:
As apparent covert cops, I always considered Starkers and Crutch would have been less conspicuous riding round the streets in a marked police vehicle than a four wheeled striped tomato.
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I think the actors commented on it at the time, it wasn't exactly an inconspicuous vehicle for stake outs, either. Who cares? It was the star of the show anyway, and the only reason I watched as a kid. :)
 
The black knight

The black knight

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Thank you for the photos Jordan,
not many photos as I was just concentrating on getting the layout presentable and reliable. I was on holiday in wales recently and popped in To the local B&M and found some 1:64ish vehicles That I thought would look good on the layout.
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So as I took them out the box the VWs are both 1:56 which I thought it was a typo but oh well. The grem is for fun and the Chevy fleet line is around correct so the Chevy will go into the scrap yard area.image.jpgimage.jpgimage.jpgthe photo above where the VW are is going to be the diners car park. And below shows the next area for ideas, my current is the gap where the picture is on the left is going to be a demolished building with a concrete and brick building where the grey one is. My next task is the make a proper wriggle tin building, I’ve drawn it up just got to print it and finish painting my pavements. Apologies for the long update.image.jpg
 
Jordan or Plymouth Mad

Jordan or Plymouth Mad

Mid-Western Thunderer
A question someone asked at Bournville that neither Stan or I knew the answer to, was "What does 'S' stand for?"

The S Scale society website has the following (bold addded)...
Gauges in common use such as 0 (zero) became the letter O and half 0 became HO. It is interesting that "S Gauge" was almost adopted as "Half-1" but due to the repetition of S in the sixteenths and 'sixty-fourths', "S" was adopted at that convention.
Louis Hertz attended that convention and almost had the "Half-1" designation adopted, but other members elected the letter "S" over his objections. As the legend goes, it was hot and getting late and the committee wanted to hit the tavern for a cold beer so "S" it was and the meeting ended. It is from the early American commercial adoption of the scale that derives the legend that 'S' is a wholly American scale!
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JimG

JimG

Western Thunderer
simond said:
(And which gauge 1 is it half of?)
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The 10mm:ft version, so that H1 was 5mm:ft. I think I remember from the annals of the SSMRS that the early members were evenly split as to whether the Society standard should be the H1-5mm:ft version or the American S-3/16":ft version. So a decision was taken to go with the scale chosen by the next member to join. That happened to be the late Alan Cruikshank and he modelled in 3/16th scale. :)

The gauge in the UK and the US was 7/8" which was half of the G1 imperial gauge of 1 3/4". But the UK Society adopted exact scale standards in the 1960s with a gauge of 0.884". The US continued with the 7/8" gauge until recently when they moved to the more accurate gauge of 0.883". I don't think there has been a transatlantic war as yet about the 0.001" difference. :)

Jim.
 
The black knight

The black knight

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I was at guildex exhibiting my narrow gauge layout “The basin” which went very well, little hicups through out the weekend but overall a very good show with some nice and entertaining layouts.IMG_1405.jpegwhile walking around, I started chatting to the chaps at Trainsporter to see if my S stock would fit in their storage box, they recommend the o gauge blue code storage, I bought one on the Saturday to test and I think its pretty good, a little slop in the width but very good(boxcars width 52 the foam gaps 60mm), better than I thought. I can fit x8 50 ft boxcars or alternate with longer stock with shorters. sunday I went back and bought two more. image.jpgimage.jpgthey’re a little too tall but plenty of foam around them for transport And with The plastic sleeves provided less chance of braking stuff while taking them in or out,plus with the stock listed on the lid I can find stock quicker & safer during exhibition for the switch lists, instead of my previous which was some foam board containers. I will be buying more in the future.
 
Vaughan45

Vaughan45

Western Thunderer
The black knight said:
I was at guildex exhibiting my narrow gauge layout “The basin” which went very well, little hicups through out the weekend but overall a very good show with some nice and entertaining layouts.View attachment 247247
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Rather surprised, but delighted that a layout I built and sold more than 10 years ago is still around. Some extra detailing and a great nameboard have been added, but essentially the buildings and scenics are as I remember them. I did document its build on RMWeb, but all the photos were lost in the 'great crash'

Is the layout still DCC operated or has it become DC?

Glad it is still providing enjoyment,

Vaughan
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The black knight

The black knight

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My lastest progress is with the fiddle yard, adding a shelf for HO - S - O scale comparison. I will be making a better sign and will be adding a simplified history sheet and info (track gauge, layout construction, THE NASG.org and some current manufacturers of stock etc..)across the front. I’m going to leave out the British side of S scale for now.IMG_2005.jpegIMG_2006.jpegIMG_2007.jpegalso in the progress of making a switching list using JMRI. If anyone’s around telford this weekend this will be exhibiting at the telford model rail exhibition at the Charlton school sports hall And I will this time get some more photos of the layout running throughout the day.
 
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