With a gale blowing outside confirming that it really is winter, here's a rose tinted view of railways as they were - well, in our memories anyway!
Bulleid 'Coffeepot' Q1 Class No. 33019 with a Redhill to Reading service storms past an ex-GWR pannier tank in the summer of '62 taken on my loco train photothingy. I really must add some fishplates to the track sometime!
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- Chris Nevard
- Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
- I've been into photography, railways and modelling them in miniature for 30 or so years. As well as creating the personal projects showcased on this website, I also write about model making and undertake photographic commissions for the UK based Model Rail Magazine, associated publications and books. Other interests include vintage motor cars, fine ale, having a good moan, social and industrial history. Find out more at www.nevard.com
Excellent photo! The realism is quite startling. I hadn't even noticed the lack of fishplates, my eye was drawn to pretty much everything but the track!
ReplyDeleteHi Chris, Brass cosmetic fishplates can be bought as you probably know but I read somewhere on the web about creating the plates (with bolt head detail) in graphic editng software for printing and fiting to the rail. Whilst the example showed no relief for the bolt heads this could be achieved with a centre punch or similar pressed from behind to raise the surface. I spent far too long making mine in brass before discovering this easy method.
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