What Woodsy didn't say is these pictures were sent in reply to his post asking what was your best Christmas present ever.
In my case 65 years earlier I was given a Hornby Dublo Silver King train set. The cost of the set plus transformer/controller and baseboard must have been close to a weeks pay for my father. My mother told me not to treat it like my other toys. (Don't break it!).
Now at Christmas, Silver King runs on my permanent layout 'Northern Heights' which is usually London Transport in the mid 50's. So the express runs round full throttle as smoothly as it did when new. Made in the days when Britain made quality toys.
As noted, there is an Ambulance removing the equivalent of a COVID-19 patient, this went in last year when a friend pointed out it would be an timely update. In London in the 50's CORONA was a brand of soft drinks, I'm not sure if the brand still exists, if so rebranding might be called for.
Most buses on the layout are Dinky repainted as London Transport plus a couple of early Routemasters as the layout is the period they were first run. The models are by Budgie, restored.
Paul in NZ has a good eye as the aircraft load is a Backburn Shark. The back story is that on the layout there are lorries and a warehouse for Biggles & Co. In the book Biggles in the Baltic published during WW2 by Oxford, the aircraft flown by Biggles are fictitious but the drawings are of Blackburn Sharks as monoplanes!
Here is a Shark going into Biggles private collection. This was a kit that was of interest to those of us that built plastic kits in that it could be built with wheels or floats and with the wings extended or folded as when stored on board ships.
I see a couple of his Routemasters have got the virus!
ReplyDeleteLucky there's an ambulance nearby.
Mish.
Is that a Blackburn Shark biplane kit in the top photo ?
ReplyDeleteIts a great layout. True what they say about buses, wait ages for one and then five come at once! Wish I had a layout like that, wonderful stuff
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ReplyDeleteWhat Woodsy didn't say is these pictures were sent in reply to his post asking what was your best Christmas present ever.
ReplyDeleteIn my case 65 years earlier I was given a Hornby Dublo Silver King train set. The cost of the set plus transformer/controller and baseboard must have been close to a weeks pay for my father. My mother told me not to treat it like my other toys. (Don't break it!).
Now at Christmas, Silver King runs on my permanent layout 'Northern Heights' which is usually London Transport in the mid 50's. So the express runs round full throttle as smoothly as it did when new. Made in the days when Britain made quality toys.
As noted, there is an Ambulance removing the equivalent of a COVID-19 patient, this went in last year when a friend pointed out it would be an timely update. In London in the 50's CORONA was a brand of soft drinks, I'm not sure if the brand still exists, if so rebranding might be called for.
Most buses on the layout are Dinky repainted as London Transport plus a couple of early Routemasters as the layout is the period they were first run. The models are by Budgie, restored.
Paul in NZ has a good eye as the aircraft load is a Backburn Shark. The back story is that on the layout there are lorries and a warehouse for Biggles & Co. In the book Biggles in the Baltic published during WW2 by Oxford, the aircraft flown by Biggles are fictitious but the drawings are of Blackburn Sharks as monoplanes!
Here is a Shark going into Biggles private collection. This was a kit that was of interest to those of us that built plastic kits in that it could be built with wheels or floats and with the wings extended or folded as when stored on board ships.
Oops! Sorry I forgot to mention that!
DeleteThank you for the information on the Shark. I love the Biggles connection, as it was Biggles that got me into aircraft and models in the first place.
ReplyDeleteWell, you know what I'm going to say, T47 - wrap it all up and send it to me at once. (I hate to disappoint.)
ReplyDeleteExtraordinary layout, it really creates an atmosphere.
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