7mm Ranelagh Bridge west London Stabling point 1959/1964

Ranelagh Yard although the Wizzos seem to be AWOL.

I am surprised to see the old tenements are still standing .

Martyn.

Great pictures Thanks
I still haven't made a trip up there yet !!! The cars are no substitute for castles and westerns

Ok some better ones

The approach bridge








General views of the site








Ladder detail, I think this was here in BR (W) days?


Approach track and probably a bit off topic for Steve but included as it's local and Western Region


Entry into the old good shed


Note track still embedded in roadway


Further in along old platform face to the left




And finally this little relic


I did also notice that the old steam engine brick work gulleys (washing down any spillages and clinker dropped by arriving locos) at the head of Platform 1 and 2 were still extant and in good order, though I didn't photograph them.

Enjoy

Thanks they are brilliant, plenty of detail shots of Ranelagh bridge its self which will come in very handy

Interesting...but poignant.

A few pictures from Martyn this afternoon of the first section of completed point work, now ready for collection at the Bristol O gauge show in a few weeks

Compton castle said:

Thanks they are brilliant, plenty of detail shots of Ranelagh bridge its self which will come in very handy

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You're more than welcome

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Ok some better ones

The approach bridge
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These should keep the rivet counters happy for a few hours

Steve

It's nice looking at the pictures of Ranelagh Bridge as it is now and then looking at Martyn's super track work, it's like we are about to restore it back to it's former glory all be it in 7mm

A nice delivery from severn mill today. Time to stock up just in case Chris decides to retire.
D806 Cambrian will be a Heljan warship conversion.
A brace of panniers for the empty coaching stock turns and a Collett Auto Tank.
Lastly a new shed code plate for Lightning, she currently has a 86C plate and in her current condition she needs a 88A plate.

D1000 ready to return to traffic after a visit to Fred Lewis, next up for the treatment will be Compton Castle.

The trackwork and western are truly inspirational!

JB.

I've subscribed to the A4 Magazine kit, she will be built as Mallard but in 1963 condition. In the above film the Railtour finished at Paddington so that's good enough for me.
Although the tender supplied is the wrong one I'm going to swap it for a corridor tender as supplied in the A3 flying scotsman subscription from a few years ago as OzzyO has one of these and would prefer a non corridor tender as he doesn't want to build 4472.
I had a Golden age A4 a few years back that I sold to fund a castle and king. I was a bit skint at the time so if circumstances had been different I would never have sold it.
Here she is after weathering by Fred Lewis
Let's hope the new one will look as good as this one.

Be prepared for some pain with the Mazak and some fundamental errors with the front doors and rivets, but other than that it's a pretty good basis for a nice model, I only buy parts 1-14, the rest I can make myself ir buy as castings from elsewhere. Once I'm at a happy place with the A3 I'll carry on with my part started one, the other will sit in a box under the bench for the time being and I just missed bidding on two others LOL.

I'm going for the over knee skirt option, a lady should always show good legs! That requires some hefty metal work to make a new footplate and cylinder wrappers.

For tenders I'm going to make my own CAD etches up and have just taken delivery of a GA for the non corridor tender (beaded non corridor, as opposed to streamlined non corridor). A lot of parts are common on the LNER tenders and I want a bow ended corridor for one of my A4s with stainless steel trim (painted over in later years) and a streamlined non corridor.

Very nice model with weathering just how I like it and in my opted time zone of early 60's , it's about time you had some 'real' engines anyway shame you had to let it go, I've had to let some of my unbuilt ones go to fund others things and changes in interest, O gauge models seem to hold their price respectably well.

Looking forward to progress shots, will drag mine out tonight and post some on my thread, if I haven't already.

What issues are there with the front doors and rivets ? I suppose we have the option to rectify these mistakes during the build?

Oh and real engines!!!!!! Don't you know I have TWO castles good sir you don't get any Realer than that.

Real = external valvegear, my friend...as you well know.

Looks like you and I will be building at about the same pace...assuming you will be doing the build? Which from another place looks like you aren't?
And who nicked the speed plaques off your Mallard?

Paul / OzzyO will be doing the honours and the plaque was fitted after weathering.

Compton castle said:

What issues are there with the front doors and rivets ? I suppose we have the option to rectify these mistakes during the build?

Oh and real engines!!!!!! Don't you know I have TWO castles good sir you don't get any Realer than that.

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Ahh Castles, then you are excused LOL, but only Castles mind Castles and rebuilt Patriots are probably the best looking 4-6-0's around in my books

Front doors, well the casting is quite crude, the door gaps and superheater header covers have trenches around them, when I looked in mine I found half a regiment of squaddies camped out like something out of the Somme!

The superheater covers I'm replacing with thin 5 thou covers and pressed rivets, they will be slightly oversize to cover the trench but I prefer oversize to moats around them.

Front doors, it's the rivet pattern, I've looked through all my photos and not found one loco from the day they were built to the day they were scraped which matches the rivets and hinges, and again the moats, I'm in two minds what to do here, either a 5 thou cover as above....but they should really be flush (the superheater covers are covers in real life) or fill all the moats and rescribe the joints or open them out and add correct doors that are flush. The last option will give me possibilities to open them up and as I have two...nearly three locos then having one with open front doors would be nice.

For the rivets I've sanded smooth I'll replace with stick on ones, I did toy with scale hardware but drilling the Mazak will be a nightmare with 0.4mm bits, let me get some supper and I'll take some photos of the front area and some compo shots of the real thing and post in my thread so you can make your own choice, you may be happy with what's already there, I wasn't and I suspect from seeing your locos, you won't be either once you know

Thankyou that would be great,
Paul will be doing the honours so we would both look into making changes. I have to admit I'm not up on my A4's so all the help is very much appreciated.