GWR Helston Signal Box

[pianoforte]

To distract a little from my building activity on Le Coureur, a small contribution from my gauge 0, English railroad, the Great Western Railway.
Helston signal box stood in the village of the same name on a GWR branchline on the Lizard Peninsula in southwest Cornwall.
The kit is lasercut from wood in scale 1:43.5, interior and figure were added from the rich accessories trade.

 

[Uwek]

Really a nice work - good to have another hobby to get sometimes something different on the table.
Seems, that there is no rail traffic in moment in Helston?!?
All signals are in the same position....

 

[pianoforte]

Very accurately observed Uwe, Helston was a terminus of a branchline with rather rural character. There was not much going on, the train in the early afternoon is just out (10 min before 2 o'clock) and the signalman now has time to drink his black tea with milk.





Copyright Oxford Publishing Co.

 

[kidsgalore]

Love it especially his cup of tea great work

 

[Jimsky]

Impressible workmanship and something great in-between main projects! Great job, Adi! Something magical in those mini railroads, especially this time, when Christmas is coming!!

 

[dockattner]

Ah ha! Suddenly your excellent detail work on your ship makes perfect sense! When I was just a lad my dad had an HO gauge set-up in our basement. He did all the mechanicals and I was the model maker... Its a wonderfully creative hobby.

 

[pianoforte]

Thank you very much dear friends, I have been involved in model building, especially railroad building, since my youth. I always have a lot of fun with it and am grateful that getting older has also given me growing experience, which now benefits me in shipbuilding.

 

[Philski]

Ah ha! Suddenly your excellent detail work on your ship makes perfect sense! When I was just a lad my dad had an HO gauge set-up in our basement. He did all the mechanicals and I was the model maker... Its a wonderfully creative hobby.

I built Varney passenger coaches for my dad's HO layout. You can really become involved in model railroading. But I went into RC airplanes......

 

[shota70]

It looks really beautiful and accurate, impressive work.
I admit that I also have a great fondness for the field of trains and historic locomotives
merry Christmas

 

[pianoforte]

It looks really beautiful and accurate, impressive work.
I admit that I also have a great fondness for the field of trains and historic locomotives
merry Christmas

Thank you Shota, Merry Christmas too. I am already looking forward that maybe we can meet next year.

 

[tedboat]

Nice work! - would love to get in to model trains, but as a SABLE haven't enough time left!

(SABLE: Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectation)

Ted

 

[pianoforte]

Nice work! - would love to get in to model trains, but as a SABLE haven't enough time left!

(SABLE: Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectation)

Ted

Hallo Ted, isn't this a problem we all face? I wouldn't let spoil my fun as long as your health cooperates. Some descendant will take care of it no matter what. Hope is the last thing to die.

 

[Martin0]

Adi, my 0 gauge GW layout Aston, signal box and goods shed (plank on frame!)

 

[pianoforte]

This is absolutely wonderful Martin, are you member of Gauge 0 Guild?

 

[Martin0]

Yes and really missing all the cancelled shows!

 

[pianoforte]

Yes and really missing all the cancelled shows!

I have also been a Guild member since 2007 and have attended the Guildex in Telford several times. I also hope that it will be possible again soon.

 

[Martin0]

We took Aston to the 2007 Guildex!

 

[Kurt Konrath]

Good to see we have so many with dual hobby talents that can all be used for work in both hobbies.

Lots of fellow model railroaders here in the membership of the SoS forum.

 

[Kurt Konrath]

I am working on a G scale OcCre boxcar, old WWI/WWII era.

Building it for one of the veterans groups I belong too.

It represents on of 48 German boxcars sent to the US after the end of WWII, what was called the Liberty Train.

Each state in the US at the time, got one car sent to them, full of personel items from the people of Germany, a way to say thanks for help ending and rebuilding after the end of that terrible war.

I will be posting a build log on it soon.