4mm OLD MILLS is up in the air!
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RonnieS
Western Thunderer
An ambitious plan for a model of Standish Junction was drawn up. However I hit a snag. Advancing years!
I had been (before I emigrated South at the turn of the century) a long-time Wolverhampton MRC member.
Involved with exhibition layouts Leighford, Stoke Summit, Charwelton etc. I was hoping supreme baseboard builder
Norman Turner could be commissioned to build a foundation for my project. However he was suffering with the same malady; advancing years.
mmmmmmmmmmmmm! Plan B.
Now Wolves club were considering selling Old Mills a 24 foot by 9 exhibition layout. Based on the North Somerset cross country line between Frome and Bristol. I had assisted in operating this train set one weekend at Swindon show in 2016 and was impressed. It had featured in the press too.
I had been (before I emigrated South at the turn of the century) a long-time Wolverhampton MRC member.
Involved with exhibition layouts Leighford, Stoke Summit, Charwelton etc. I was hoping supreme baseboard builder
Norman Turner could be commissioned to build a foundation for my project. However he was suffering with the same malady; advancing years.
mmmmmmmmmmmmm! Plan B.
Now Wolves club were considering selling Old Mills a 24 foot by 9 exhibition layout. Based on the North Somerset cross country line between Frome and Bristol. I had assisted in operating this train set one weekend at Swindon show in 2016 and was impressed. It had featured in the press too.
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RonnieS
Western Thunderer
Great to hear from you Mr G.
Osgood
Western Thunderer
I think we can now reliably establish that Old Mills is ...... up in the loft
RonnieS
Western Thunderer
And the damaged point is the one under the last 2 16t mineral wagons. No I have not repaired it yet !
I moved the time era of the layout back from WMRC's late '60's to 1959-62. I have rewritten the history of the line to include a fictional 1954 upgrade of the line's route restriction to red from dotted blue.
So here taken with the photographer's back to the colliery, is a "Brit" on a freight. Mmmmm; must improve the loads in the sand wagons. The white marks on the track indicate the Spratt & Winkle coupling magnets and are invisible from the viewing side.
I moved the time era of the layout back from WMRC's late '60's to 1959-62. I have rewritten the history of the line to include a fictional 1954 upgrade of the line's route restriction to red from dotted blue.
So here taken with the photographer's back to the colliery, is a "Brit" on a freight. Mmmmm; must improve the loads in the sand wagons. The white marks on the track indicate the Spratt & Winkle coupling magnets and are invisible from the viewing side.
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RonnieS
Western Thunderer
Another day, another goods train. 
This WD has now gone as it was noisy. I sent it to my good friend Tony Wright who repairs stuff and sells on donating the money to Cancer Research. God Bless him. A better man than I (and a better modeller). I had 2 WDs and the other one is WR one with the Western fire iron tunnel. The first wagon is an EnParts beast.
This WD has now gone as it was noisy. I sent it to my good friend Tony Wright who repairs stuff and sells on donating the money to Cancer Research. God Bless him. A better man than I (and a better modeller). I had 2 WDs and the other one is WR one with the Western fire iron tunnel. The first wagon is an EnParts beast.
RonnieS
Western Thunderer
Mr Portillo behind the fence? 3 panniers I acquired at a show. Only the one in the middle worked. The others went to Tony for repair the 15xx > CRUK. The 16xx was also repaired and came back to me. We have done a bit of "Horse trading" over the 40 plus years we have known each other.
