P4NewStreet - modelling Birmingham (UK) in the 1980's - 1:76 scale

[Ray Dunakin]

Well done!

[nk]

This is an impressive project. I moved to the UK in the late 80s and you have the bleakness of those Thatcher years catured perfectly in all the little details. Its great watching this build grow. Keep posting.

[jim s-w]

Hi all

I got hold of a cheap BG body (mail coach) and decided to open the doors up for a little diorama under the roof.



Below is a close up of the little Reliance Mercury platform tug, knocked up from plasticard and a spare bit of etch.



And finally during construction and sat on a 2pence piece for scale.



Cheers

Jim

[marc_reusser]

Great pics Jim.
Darn neat piece of work on that tug.

[finescalerr]

To build something that small so well you either have outstanding coordination or you're one foot tall. -- Russ

[jim s-w]

I'm not even a foot tall when lying down Russ!  Need to lay off the snacks a bit!   

[Ray Dunakin]

Wow, that little tug is impressive!

[jim s-w]

Hi All

Been fiddling about with bad lighting again - quite pleased with this one (would love to say it was by design but its more luck than anything)



Couple of little LED torches and some 'bad' processing in curves plus a high ISO for noise.

Cheers

Jim

[jim s-w]

Hi All

A few more class 86 roll of the workbench, i need quite a lot of these for the layout (up to 5 so far including these 2)



86102 features Hornby class 90 sideframes on the now customary Bachmann warship chassis along with a spare underframe box from a scrap class 87



To read about why i chose to model 86260 Driver Wallace Oakes GC click the link below
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Oakes

To see more of this pair go to my class 86 page - http://www.p4newstreet.com/class86

Cheers

Jim

[jim s-w]

Hi all

Planning is good as it saves on materials but every now and then its a good idea to check against what you are
doing (if only to get a different feel for it).  That's what this picture is all about.



The string mock up shows the raft above the Eastern end of the station. The main string that crosses the
baseboard is the edge of the shopping centre roof while the one that heads towards the bottom right corner
shows the station approach. (the clutter on the track is the result of a few tweaks to the platform edges for
clearance purposes.

Visit http://www.p4newstreet.com/category/workbench for more

Cheers

Jim

[jim s-w]

Hi All

Ive started work on the platform canopies and lighting, its starting to get suitably moody I think!



See my workbench for more details - http://www.p4newstreet.com/category/workbench

Cheers

Jim

[artizen]

Nicely captured feeling of the dank, dark and almost dangerous stations that they still insist on putting under major buildings!!!! It must have been terrible for ventilation during the steam and later the diesel years.

[jim s-w]

There was quite a sophisticated extraction system for diesel fumes.  The station was rebuilt from the steam era and steam was banned.  This ban has been relaxed recently but I believe that steam locos are still not allowed under the roof and any specials need to be dragged in backwards.

I remember when I was a kid a class 47 managed to set fire to the extraction system.  The station was closed for a few days and caused nationwide chaos.

After the kings cross disaster new street was declared an underground station and smoking was banned.  The also added a footbridge at the Wolverhampton end as there was technically only one exit.  Even now (although it's being rebuilt again) there's still only one exit from platform 1

[Hauk]

I just love your project, Jim.  The image above is a piece of art. It remained me a lot of this installation by Elmgren and Dragseth:

[5thwheel]

I have been watching this with interest.  Very nice setting of a mood.  I have been away from model railroading since N gauge.  How does 1:76 compare in size and is there a name for this gauge? 

Bill