I've been buying up some suitable signals for the garage layout off Ebay; 3 obtained so far and one more auction result awaited.
The signals will need some TLC and stands; the bracket signal will be used for parts to make one or two single sempahore signals. The plan is to have starter signals for each station; another 'winter' project.
Picked up an old MDA G scale Speeder, had to stick it together as the old plastic clips that held it together were getting a bit loose. Its had a quick test on the garage layout - works well.
It is going to be a 'winter' project, to build an upper part with seats - maybe something like a Wickham trolley.
A recent Ebay purchase, nice kit-built wagon for a good price. I've fitted Accucraft chopper couplings.
My empty war game table makes a suitable place to let the paint dry on the telegraph poles prepared for the garage layout....
Picked up a couple of Bachmann telegraph poles off Ebay; quite reasonable plastic mouldings. I painted three with the insulators and bases a light grey. These have been put out on the garden layout to bring a bit more visual realism to the station, signal box and halt.
Was stuck for a while on suitable 'face plates' to fit to the steam locos; to the rescue - plastic packaging in the form of the tray that had held some garlic dough balls (yummy !). The depression to hold the dough ball was just the right diameter to fit over the loco smokebox door.
The steam engine line-up
I wanted a 'Thomas the Tank Engine' style option for running sessions, rather than buy the Bachmann engines and rolling stock I decided to add faces to the locomotives I had. I sourced some suitable face images off the internet. I used the same scheme I did for the face I use won my tram loco; the face printed and stuck onto a rectangle of cardboard, held in place on the loco with some blu-tak. Diesels have been done, still tinkering with the steam loco ones to get best look and fit.
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