A Quiet Sunday

LNR · Post 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)
Grant.

invicta280 · Post 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.

Dwayne · Post by **Dwayne** » Mon Apr 04, 2016 12:02 pm

James, very nice.

Peter Butler · Post 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.

LNR · Post 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.

Peter Butler · Post by **Peter Butler** » Mon Apr 04, 2016 2:35 pm

Wow!!!!! That works for me.

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Mon Apr 04, 2016 6:25 pm

They are CRACKING pictures - so different from the usual "under construction" picture we see!

LNR · Post by **LNR** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 12:10 am

Between Trains, the conversation.

Dwayne · Post by **Dwayne** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 2:01 am

That looks so real.

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 10:01 am

These photos are really wonderful. Everything seems just right!

Peter Butler · Post 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.

LNR · Post 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!

MDLR · Post 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!

LNR · Post 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.

Dwayne · Post by **Dwayne** » Mon May 02, 2016 12:07 pm

Post by **Andrew** » Mon May 02, 2016 2:02 pm

That's a lovely photo, thank you!

Andrew.

Post 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!"

Rik

Post 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.

Rik

IanC · Post 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!"

Rik

I remember my Dad complaining when it went up to 5/- a gallon (5 bob or 25p in new money)

tom_tom_go · Post 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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