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Posted: Fri Jul 29th, 2022 11:05 am |
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In the early 1950s I spent several years on holiday in West Bay.
I can honestly say they were some of the happiest years of my life,
West Bay is such a wonderful and magical place.
For many visitors,
it was a world away from the war-damaged London,
and the little train took us the town.

Frank Butt - Fisherman and Harbour Pilot.
As mentioned, West Bay had a station,
it closed when the local bus service made it uneconomic.

This is the station after closure, it became a local boat repair yard such was the lack of space at West Bay. The intention is to model West Bay just before closure with the rather grand station replaced by something more prosaic in the shape of a colonial clapboard pavilion. The space really is minimal, just 1100x222mm, enough for a lone turnout and a couple of rather neglected sidings. By 'borrowing' scenes from other locations, a more plausible story will emerge, the iconic 'White Swan crossing' will do as a scenic break, a train emerging from such a tight space is rather surprising.

Thankfully two tiny terraced houses
are in my 'roundtoit' cupboard and will do very nicely indeed.

That's enough of a pre-amble, in the meanwhile, there is more to be found here.
Tim
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Posted: Fri Jul 29th, 2022 03:22 pm |
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Posted: Sat Jul 30th, 2022 10:53 am |
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Lee B wrote:
I can't wait to see more of your work.
That photo of the abandoned station is heartbreaking,
I assume most of us get saddened by torn up tracks.
There are two active links to my blogs in the posting above.
Tim
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Posted: Fri Aug 5th, 2022 04:15 pm |
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A couple of buildings for the diorama.
The 'office' is actually a colonial pavilion, pre-fabricated and delievered to the site in sections. The chair is a copy and a tribute to James Henry Hale, who recycled two Georgian garden chairs from a site on the Portman Estate, london during the blitz. They survive to this day after moving around Southern England, they currently occupy a space in our garden in west Dorset. Finally, what other building is needed to empasise the proximity of the sea - a boat repair workshop with accompanying small boats seems appropriate.
The odd blotchy weathering is inspired by a similar structure on the strand nearby, it always seems to be grey, weather-worn whilst the corrugated roof is rusty and covered with a layer of beach deposited by the relentless wind. More to follow but only if there is interest.
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Posted: Fri Aug 5th, 2022 04:28 pm |
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I am VERY interested.
Very good workmanship.
Thanks for posting.
Jose.
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Posted: Fri Aug 5th, 2022 07:20 pm |
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Since Tim's Threads on Freerails
have received 438,591 Page Views
as of a minute or two ago ...
I doubt there's a lack of interest !

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Posted: Sat Aug 6th, 2022 07:32 am |
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Tim H
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Hi Eddie
I don’t seem to have access to the viewing figures,
I only take notice of comments whether good or bad.
Posting takes time and effort, without feedback,
it does seem as if that time and effort is wasted.
However, thanks for your response,
it is appreciated.
Tim
BTW, what is it with the formatting ?
I hit the return to create paragraphs,
and as soon as I hit send,
all the paragraph detents disappeared...
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Posted: Sat Aug 6th, 2022 07:05 pm |
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" I don't seem to have access to the viewing figures "
Hi Tim
If you CLICK on 'Tim H.' your Freerails Member Name,
you then have the option to CLICK on VIEW PROFILE,
there your TOPICS started, & POSTS made, are all indexed,
& there are LINKS to them all, & viewing figures shown.
Members can all use this sometimes overlooked feature,
to find their own TOPICS if they forget where they are,
or to SEARCH for similar TOPICS by Members they like,
it can turn up scale & prototype connections of value etc.
" What is it with the formatting ? "
You seem to be using a 'Large Blanket' approach,
HIGHLIGHT and COPY and PASTE, direct from your Blog,
& PASTED in 1 go, into the Freerails 'Post Reply' Window.
That can often, mostly, work fine, for both text & photos,
but Blogs are just that, & Freerails is this, a Web Forum.
We don't really want photos 'Centered' on Freerails Pages,
also we try & optimize Posted content, as much as possible,
such as adding line-breaks, to make things easier to read,
& attempting to help things view OK on different devices.
Posters COPY and PASTE from here there & everywhere,
is OK if that's quick & easy & requires minimal effort,
though formatting direct from Blogs, is often less than ideal.
I will always try to make content appear here on Freerails,
as optimized as possible, for phones, tablets, PCs & OSs etc.
That's why they pay me the Big $$$ Bucks ! (I wish !)

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Posted: Sun Aug 7th, 2022 09:27 am |
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Sunday morning in the cool of the shed.
Selecting figures is always a bit pragmatic,
especially if the scene only features but one figure,
in this case the stationmaster.
Unfortunately not sure what constitutes a Col.Stephens* employee,
presumably he would have some type of uniform possibly outdated.

The figure is a 3D-print for one of our FB group members,
and is rather appropriate for the late '40s,
the bench is also specific to the location in West Dorset,
but not sure about the dog.
*This link will take you to a short description of Col.Holman Stephens, it is interesting.
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" ...not sure about the dog. "
Taking it from this site,
I think it will pass.
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