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by LNR » Mon Apr 04, 2016 9:42 am
Gee! pleased that you recognized the truck as a Thornycroft Invicta, yes it's a 1927 Thorny A5 RSW. All scratch built (even the tyres) with a fully working thornycroft patented rear suspension, working and powered up winch and crane. (I have build pics. if anyone's interested). the Cat is a 70, the last of the 17odd litre petrol four cylinder engines, again scratch built in steel(so it rusts) except for the tracks and wheels (Bruder Cat d5/6)
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by invicta280 » Mon Apr 04, 2016 9:51 am
Wow! I am mightily impressed with the quality of your scratchbuilding. Gold star award I reckon.
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by Dwayne » Mon Apr 04, 2016 12:02 pm
James, very nice.
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by Peter Butler » Mon Apr 04, 2016 1:55 pm
Absolutely stunning images.... if they were toned in sepia and 'aged' it would be a job to tell them from the real thing.
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by LNR » Mon Apr 04, 2016 2:14 pm
Thank you very much for the kind replies, Peter not those pics. but I did these two in sepia to see what it looked like.
Back of Nayook station Healy's lane to the Mill.
The morning bakers delivery.
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by Peter Butler » Mon Apr 04, 2016 2:35 pm
Wow!!!!! That works for me.
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by MDLR » Mon Apr 04, 2016 6:25 pm
They are CRACKING pictures - so different from the usual "under construction" picture we see!
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by LNR » Tue Apr 12, 2016 12:10 am
Between Trains, the conversation.
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by Dwayne » Tue Apr 12, 2016 2:01 am
That looks so real.
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by Dr. Bond of the DVLR » Tue Apr 12, 2016 10:01 am
These photos are really wonderful. Everything seems just right!
The railway which people forgot
(to build)
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by Peter Butler » Tue Apr 12, 2016 11:15 am
I remember when I had a racing cycle and turned the handlebars up just like yours. It is only a very minor detail, but it sets the period.
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by LNR » Wed Apr 20, 2016 3:24 am
Young Jack really is the "go to" man for things mechanical. The young lad from the railway has just cycled up for advice.
2/- bob a gallon, those were the days!
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by MDLR » Wed Apr 20, 2016 5:44 pm
When my father started buying petrol (late 50s) it was 4/7 1/2d a gallon!
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by LNR » Mon May 02, 2016 4:58 am
Out of the shadows, in greener times.
The Lumberjack on its way back to Leawarra with a load of logs.
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by Andrew » Mon May 02, 2016 2:02 pm
That's a lovely photo, thank you!
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by ge_rik » Tue May 03, 2016 6:19 am
MDLR:117627 wrote:When my father started buying petrol (late 50s) it was 4/7 1/2d a gallon!
When I sold petrol at our local garage (my weekend job) in the 1960s, it was 5 bob a gallon (4 gallons for a pound). When it went up by a few pence, one of the blokes my dad worked with at the builders' merchants said, "It won't make any difference to me, I'll still only buy a quid's worth!"
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by ge_rik » Tue May 03, 2016 6:21 am
LNR:117808 wrote:Out of the shadows, in greener times.
The Lumberjack on its way back to Leawarra with a load of logs.
Really love that photo. Very atmospheric, Captures the essence of a narrow gauge light railway.
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by IanC » Thu May 05, 2016 7:33 am
ge_rik:117828 wrote:MDLR:117627 wrote:When my father started buying petrol (late 50s) it was 4/7 1/2d a gallon!
When I sold petrol at our local garage (my weekend job) in the 1960s, it was 5 bob a gallon (4 gallons for a pound). When it went up by a few pence, one of the blokes my dad worked with at the builders' merchants said, "It won't make any difference to me, I'll still only buy a quid's worth!"
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I remember my Dad complaining when it went up to 5/- a gallon (5 bob or 25p in new money)
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by tom_tom_go » Sat May 07, 2016 8:45 am
Nothing I can add other than please keep sharing pictures of your line and stock
I can remember when petrol was under a £1...
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