An Highland Railway signal box for Dounreay (late- 60s early - 70s era) in HO scale
Scratch built using Evergreen car siding and micro strip. Evergreen 'Car Siding' is milled plasticard sheet with, in this case, planks. It's available in various thicknesses of sheet and with a variety of plank widths. The signal cabin uses an O Gauge 'Passenger car siding' sheet with 3" planking, which works out at 6" wide planks for H0. It's also available corrugated, clapboard, setts, etc. 'Car Siding' is a US term, usually referring to the vertical planking on wooden passenger and freight cars.
7mm Twin Bolster Set.
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Work in progress on a 7mm Twin Bolster set for eventual use on Cromwell Road Bridge (Club 0 Gauge F/S Layout) as part of a rake of steel carrying wagons (1 each of Bogie Bolster C and E are also awaiting construction)
Most of the later vacuum-braked BR 1/405 Single Bolsters were semi-permanently coupled into pairs under new diagram 1/438, with the inner buffers and couplings replaced by a drawbar and dumb centre coupling. A number of BR steel Lowfits and Conflat As were similarly paired and the fleet of Twin Bolsters ran from the early-60s to the mid-70s. 26t capacity for the pair.
These are J&M Hughes cast resin Single Bolster bodies, ABS Models running and brake gear, Parkside bolsters and a scratchbuilt centre coupling. The model is almost ready to paint, just the 2nd vacuum cylinder and coupling to fit.
A suitable load will be chained down to the bolsters.
Most of the later vacuum-braked BR 1/405 Single Bolsters were semi-permanently coupled into pairs under new diagram 1/438, with the inner buffers and couplings replaced by a drawbar and dumb centre coupling. A number of BR steel Lowfits and Conflat As were similarly paired and the fleet of Twin Bolsters ran from the early-60s to the mid-70s. 26t capacity for the pair.
These are J&M Hughes cast resin Single Bolster bodies, ABS Models running and brake gear, Parkside bolsters and a scratchbuilt centre coupling. The model is almost ready to paint, just the 2nd vacuum cylinder and coupling to fit.
A suitable load will be chained down to the bolsters.
