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At this point I started to do a bit more scenic work and adding buildings and small details to the model.
I found another lorry kit, a Canadian Ford which I found most attractive but how to power it. The Athearn chassis I already had in stock was too big. After much searching I found a crude Bachmann inter urban car with passengers painted on the windows, but it did have a small can motor. After a certain amount of fiddling and cutting I got the body to fit the chassis and it performed quite well.







In this last picture you can see the Canadian Ford and a Davenport diesel modified from the On 30 original. The small diesel in front of the greenhouse was a kit powered with a Tenshodo motor bogie, there are also a few wagon kits made up and painted.

Peter M

A few more bits and pieces added to create an interesting scene, for instance a roadway over the track to hide the entrance to the two road fiddle yard.
The little Porter 0-4-2 steam engine is seen with a train of side tipper wagons and two white metal kits of Fordson tractors are in the asbestos workshop at the rear of the layout. The Opel rail truck is seen with a couple of wagons
The whole scene is starting to come together at this stage although there is still much to be done.







Peter M

I thought id logged in to Rmweb for a minute, this build must be over 15 yrs old.

I suspect you are right Brian, the years roll by so fast as you get older.
You never know it might give someone some ideas.

Kind regards Peter M

I think it will without doubt.

Just proves how timeless model railways are.

A view showing some of the detail in the large tractor workshop. There is a bench with a vice and tools. On the wall is a lubrication chart for the Fordson 27A which is the tractor on the left hand side of the picture.

In the second shows a front view of the Canadian Ford truck now fitted with a canvas tilt over the back. She is used to ferry workers out to the fields.
Note on the wall another lubrication chart for the Fordson tractor.






Peter M

Stunning detail.

Thanks TDD the bigger scale means you can add more detail to a model. The problem I had was finding figures in 1/32 scale only Britains did a few farm related figures, so I used them. There are more figures available in 1/35 scale but these are mostly military, although there are a few civilian about as well.
Half the fun modelling is looking for bits you can use.

Kind regards Peter M

A view showing the Davenport diesel and the Opel Blitz rail car behind it. You can just see tomatoes growing in the greenhouse. This was a cash crop grown during the summer, in winter the potatoes were chitted in the greenhouse ready for planting.
In the second picture one of the two farmers himself is admiring the crop of tomatoes.





Peter M