Scrapyard at the ØVJ

[philipy]

It just looks 'right' somehow, well done. The De Winton somehow fits the scene too, they always look as though they were just cobbled together ( much as I love them!).

[andymctractor]

Most 'scrapyards' on a model railway tend to be just an excuse to display rubbish. This looks like it has been considered as much as the rest of the railway and is very well done.

[St.Michael]

I do question the intelligence of your railway's workers - did they HAVE to have "TANK" in such big letters on the side of the tank wagon?

Brian: The brains of my little people are mostly plastic or someone in whitemetal But since you asked; I found the word "TANK" did work in all the languages I´m using, so basically, it´s written for you

[kandnwlr]

I do question the intelligence of your railway's workers - did they HAVE to have "TANK" in such big letters on the side of the tank wagon?

Brian: The brains of my little people are mostly plastic or someone in whitemetal  But since you asked; I found the word "TANK" did work in all the languages I´m using, so basically, it´s written for you  :lol:  :lol:

"Tank" worked - to take one example - in WWI for"Tank", because the vehicle in question looked like one. Didn´t require much explaining to the troops. It didn´t work in all languages, as the German at the time was "Schützengrabenvernichtungspanzerkraftwagen", shortened - a war later - to "Panzer".

[St.Michael]

I really love the:

"Schützengrabenvernichtungspanzerkraftwagen"

 Regarding my languages, I am part German too, so of course, I have started to change the text on the tankwagon

[kandnwlr]

I really love the:

"Schützengrabenvernichtungspanzerkraftwagen"

 Regarding my languages, I am part German too, so of course, I have started to cange the text on the tankwagon

And for those without access to a dictionary:

Schützengrabenvernichtungspanzerkraftwagen =

Trench-destruction-armoured-powered-vehicle

Practically the same length.

[IrishPeter]

The story put around at Ruston's in Lincoln, where the first tanks were built, was that they were water carriers (tanks) for Mesopotamia. I am sure that worked until they were fitted with guns.

The German term is far more descriptive, but - as is usual for German - too long!

Scrap yards always seem to be in inconvenient little corners. There used to be one in Sheffield that was wedged in the 'V' between two railways and the street that went across the back. It was always stacked about 6 metres deep with old iron!

Peter in AZ