Project 24 - Battledown Flyover #25 (Photo Shoot)

I have taken the modelling as far as I can for now. There is just one anomaly concerning the signal box plinth. I caught a glimpse in a video of stone steps in the alley way that I have not modelled. It raises a question as to where the door is in that side of the building? Clearly the steps lead up to the signal box cabin before it was removed but where is the entrance for the plinth/store that remains? Until evidence materialises I cannot complete the building.

One of the great joys for me is to recreate and photograph prototypical scenes on the layout. Below is my new portfolio with references to the prototype. Smoke effects have been added and the railway room background wiped. Head codes (white disks) have been manipulated for the correct route. Everything else is the actual model railway layout. (Click images to enlarge).

One final posting (#26) to come.

1. West country class with an up Bournemouth train (1962)

2. West Country Class with the Willesden to Salisbury empty milk train

3. N class hauling vans to Southampton Docks (1962)

4. Warship Class 42 with a Waterloo to Exeter train (1964+)

5. West Country Pacific with a Plymouth to Waterloo train (1950s)
 

6. The Atlantic Coast Express. Waterloo to Exeter (1960s)

7. West Country Class approaching the flyover from the South

Bibliography of prototype photos. Scenes of which were recreated on the model railway.

1. Hampshire Steam. M. Welch. ISBN 1-85414-229-1
2. Mainline to the West (Basingstoke to Salisbury) J. Nicholas et al. ISBN 1-903266-43-2
3. Decline of Southern Steam. M. Welch. ISBN ?
4. Waterloo-Exeter Heyday. G. Siviour. et al. ISBN 0-7110-1895-2
5. Railway Herald Issue 205 (link)
6. ?
7. ?

To Part 26.

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